The Weekly SPHere Jan. 12, 2009
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Students who wish to apply for Field Experience Scholarships must do so by Sunday, Feb. 15.
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Call for proposals: the Joseph M. Juran Center for Leadership in Quality is seeking proposals for the 2009 Juran Fellowship for Ph.D. students. An information session will be held Friday, Jan. 30, 11:30 a.m., in 2-250, Hanson Hall in the Carlson School of Management. Fellowships are open to University students and are due Tuesday, March 10. For more information and to register, e-mail Jill Pearson-Wood at pears128@umn.edu or call her at 6-4555.
Enter the “It’s Global” PSA Contest for a chance to win up to $500. Want to tell the world how you feel about pollution, clean water, climate change, second-hand smoke or another global public health topic? Here’s your chance. Create a public service announcement that is 30 seconds or less and enter the 2009 “It’s Global” Public Service Announcement (PSA) contest sponsored by the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health. Novice and seasoned filmmakers are encouraged to participate. The deadline to enter is March 6. Select entries will be showcased and winners of cash prizes up to $500 will be announced on April 6 during National Public Health Week.
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Student News
Vietnamese Conversation Group for Future Health Professionals. The group’s purpose is to provide a forum to practice and build professional language skills in Vietnamese as preparation to work with Vietnamese individuals and families in health care and educational settings. Graduate and undergraduate students in fields such as speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, nursing, social work, psychology, special education, and medicine are welcome. Meetings will consist of presenting and discussing topics and terminology across health-related disciplines. The goal is to speak only in Vietnamese during each meeting. The first organizational meeting will be held the last week of January. Those interested should contact Giang Pham at tangx098@umn.edu with a list of times you will be available for spring semester.
A new spring course is being offered that focuses on community mental health. The two-credit class, PubH 6804, will meet on Thursdays from 1:25 to 3:20 p.m. This course provides an overview of the social-psychological processes that shape the experience of mental health and illness and the consequences of disorders for individuals, families, and communities. It examines epidemiological research, theories of mental health and illness, and policies that effect the organization and financing of services. Students will consider the implications of thinking about these issues from a social perspective, rather than focusing on mental health or illness as attributes of individuals. SPH faculty member Donna McAlpine (mcalp004@umn.edu) teaches the class.
The Health Research Training Program (HRTP) of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is accepting applications for the summer session. The program is open to undergraduate, graduate and professional school students. Since 1961, HRTP has provided students with valuable, real-life experience in public health research and practice in New York City. HRTP is now accepting electronic applications. Forms are available in the Career Resource Center, D305 Mayo. The deadline for summer session 2009 is Monday, Feb. 16.
• More information online or
call 212-788-3166
Center for Bioethics accepting applications for new master’s program. The Center for Bioethics new interdisciplinary master’s degree program is now accepting applications for its first class, enrolling fall 2009. The core of the 30-credit degree program will be made up of bioethics courses offered by Center for Bioethics faculty. Courses are open to graduate and professional students throughout the University, and the center will continue to offer the graduate minor in bioethics. For more information, contact Margie O’Neill at (612) 626-4817, or bthxed@umn.edu.
• View spring course listings (PDF)
• Learn more about the program online
Interested in international opportunities? Contact Diana Yefanova, graduate advisor in the Learning Abroad Center. She is available for walk-in appointments every Monday or Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in 230 Heller Hall. Appointments can be scheduled at other times Monday-Wednesday by e-mailing gradadv@umn.edu. During the appointments she will discuss international internship, study abroad, and research abroad opportunities, as well as funding sources.
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists is sponsoring an applied epidemiology fellowship program to provide a high quality training experience and to secure long-term career placement for fellows at a state health department. The fellowship provides two years of paid on-the-job training at a state health agency under the guidance of an experienced doctoral-level mentor. The fellowship is open to any recent public health graduate (or soon to be graduate in 2009) with a master's or doctoral-level degree who has completed at least three graduate-level epidemiology courses and at least one graduate level biostatistics course. U.S. citizenship is required. More information can be found at . The application deadline is Feb. 3.
• More infiormation
• Online application
Seats are still available for PubH 6862: Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Health Care. The three-credit class, taught by John Nyman, will meet from 4 to 5:15 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the spring semester. The course starts with a review of relevant theoretical concepts; distinguishes among return-on-investment analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-benefit analysis and cost-utility analysis; critically reviews the recommendations of the Washington Panel for how to conduct cost-utility analyses in the US; discusses the survivor cost and discounting controversies; teaches the DataPro software package; covers Markov analyses and the statistical issues in cost-effectiveness analysis; and, reviews a number of exemplary CEA studies. Questions? Contact the instructor: nyman001@umn.edu.
A resource for advice and information on careers in business and industry is just a mouse click away. It’s a website called WetFeet and it includes articles, videos, and 100-plus page “insider guides” that are downloadable and printable. Normally, these guides retail for around $30, but are available to students free through the University. For questions or concerns about accessing WetFeet, contact Van Houlson, Business Librarian, at houls001@umn.edu or 4-1140.
• Access WetFeet
• Read instructions about using WetFeet or visit Career Services
The Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment and the Life Sciences has a funding opportunity for graduate and professional students. This funding initiative aims to encourage work on the broad societal implications of problems in health, environment, or the life sciences. The application deadline is March 23. Funding will provide support for the summer of 2009 or the 2009-10 academic year. Questions? Contact Audrey Boyle at Boyle032@umn.edu or 6-5624.
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Requests for Proposals
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School News
Check out the 2008 All-School Winter Reception photos. The 2008 All-School Winter Reception was a hit thanks to the guests and volunteers. Congratulations to Environmental Health Sciences for their victory in the SPH version of “Hollywood Squares.” Photos from this event can be viewed or downloaded at: www.flickr.com/photos/umnsph/. If you have any comments or suggestions for next year’s event please email SPH event coordinator Nichole Axtman at mart1047@umn.edu.
Save the date for, “What’s Next in Law, Health and the Life Sciences? Debating Openness, Access and Accountability,” which will be held Friday, March 6. The daylong seminar, sponsored by the Consortium and Joint Degree Program, features SPH faculty members Michael Osterholm and Bill Toscano, and Frank Cerra, senior vice president for Health Sciences.
• More information about the seminar
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SPH Events
Save the Date for the next SPH Alumni and Friends Scholarship Gala. The event will be held on Saturday evening, May 16, in the Great Hall at Coffman Memorial Union. New York Times best-selling author, Dan Buettner, will deliver the keynote. There will be a discounted rate for students. And since the gala is two days before commencement friends and family of graduates are encouraged to attend. Last year the event raised $45,000 for SPH student scholarships. For more events, go to the SPH Online Calendar
• More about Dan Buettner's book
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Other Events
Jan. 14 11:30 to 1 p.m.
Expedited Partner Therapy Brown Bag Lunch
Jan. 29 11:30 to 1 p.m.
2009 Deinard Memorial Lecture on Law & Medicine: "The Emergent Logic of Health Law"
For more events, go to the SPH Online Calendar
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