Table of Contents Winter 2009

Feature: Community Partners
SPH experts are teaming up with a host of partners across the state. While the projects are diverse, they all share the common goal of making Minnesota a healthier place.

Research News
Vitamin D's benefit to transplant patients; improving end-of-life care for the homeless; linking household allergens to asthma; and more.

School News
Remembering SPH professor James Rothenberger; school gears up for film festival and public health institute; explorer Dan Buettner to speak at scholarship gala; and more.

Student News
SPH students mentor high schoolers for PSA contest while another student authors a report on pandemic influenza's threat to the coal supply.

Philanthropy
Alumni support helps bring MHA program to national prominance.

Alumni News
Alumni lead three decades of public health in Dakota County; SPH book club to meet again; apply to be a member of the alumni board; and class notes.