• Healthy Homes Workshop

  When: Wed May 30, 2012 6:30pm to Wed May 30, 2012 8pm CDT
  
  Where: Maplewood Library
  Event Status: confirmed

• Healthy Homes Workshop

  When: Mon Jun 4, 2012 6:30pm to Mon Jun 4, 2012 8pm CDT
  
  Where: Roseville Library
  Event Status: confirmed

• MN Cancer Summit 2012

  When: Wed Jun 6, 2012 to Thu Jun 7, 2012
  
  Where: Earle Brown Heritage Center, Earle Brown Drive, Brooklyn Center, MN
  Event Status: confirmed

• The latest from Youtube:
  Commencement 2012: University of Minnesota School of Public Health

• The latest from Twitter:
  publichealthmn: New SPH study: #Alcohol linked to violent #crime in neighborhoods. http://t.co/rlCpASXH

Careers Blog

• Strategic Career Planning: The Personal SWOT Analysis

  Now that you have done some personal assessment, exploration, and goal setting, it is time to move on to the final step of developing your career plan: the personal SWOT analysis. While the SWOT analysis is traditionally used by organizations in their strategic planning process, it also serves as an excellent tool for career planning. [...]

Student SPHere 2012

• Believing in Public Health

  If you are reading this post as a perspective student, then I hope this helps push you in the right direction. If you are reading this as a current student, then I am sure you know how I feel. If...

Alumni Notes

• Two Years Later

  By Kate Levinson Awsumb

  Exactly two years ago, I was recovering from my MPH and MA graduations. I was putting the final touches on my master's project in preparation for my defense. I was packing for what would be an epic trip to Greece...

• Alcohol linked to violent crime in our neighborhoods

  A new University of Minnesota study has confirmed that neighborhoods with a higher density of alcohol establishments experience more violent crime. But the study also compared neighborhoods with on-premise alcohol sales such as bars and restaurants with neighborhoods containing off-site alcohol sales, such as liquor stores.

• Commencent honors 2012 public health graduates

  More than 225 University of Minnesota students earned public health degrees in 2012, and the U of M’s School of Public Health honored the graduates during its annual commencement ceremony, held this year at Mariucci Arena. The commencement address was delivered by Reed V. Tuckson, MD, executive vice president and chief of medical affairs for [...]

• The Health Impact Assessment of New Energy Sources: Shale Gas Extraction

  Deborah L. Swackhamer, co-director of the Water Resources Center at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, presented recently on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on water resources and implications for human health at a two-day workshop, hosted by the Institute of Medicine.

Alan R. Lifson, M.D., M.P.H

Professor

Division of Epidemiology & Community Health

Alan Lifson received his M.D. from the University of California- San Francisco and his M.P.H. from the University of California- Berkeley. His research interests in infectious disease epidemiology include HIV/AIDS and international health. His current research includes the clinical epidemiology of HIV in various settings. He is also clinical director of the Minnesota site for the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center. He has taught, consulted, or conducted research on HIV and other infectious diseases in Africa, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia. He teaches a course on infectious disease epidemiology.

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