The Weekly SPHere March 16, 2009
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Share Your Ideas about the Restructuring of the Graduate School on Tuesday, March 24, at 10 a.m., and Wednesday, March 25, at 4:30 p.m. The sessions will be held in A301 Mayo (SPH Dean’s Office Conference Room). M.S. and PH.D. students are invited to meet with SPH professor Betsy Wattenberg to share ideas concerning the restructuring of the oversight and support of graduate education. Refreshments will be provided.
• Read the announcements regarding the restructuring
Photos from Pamoja 2009 can be viewed online. If you have photos from Pamoja you would like to share, please email them to sphss@umn.edu.
• See the photos
For his biweekly column, Dean John Finnegan writes about attending the 14th World Congress on Tobacco or Health in Mumbai, India.
• Read the Dean’s column
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Student News
SPH Career Counselor Mary Dwyer will be a presenter during Career Week—Graduate and Professional Students’ Career Stimulus Package offered in collaboration with the U of M’s graduate career development network.
4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, in 275 Nicholson Hall
Identifying Job Options and Conducting a Search in a Tough Economy
• Register for the session here
4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, in 230 Anderson Hall
Identifying Job Options and Conducting a Search in a Tough Economy (Repeated)
• Register for the session here
4 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at 101 Walter Library
CV/Resume Building and Formatting for Academia and Industry
• Register for the session here
The CV/Resume Building workshop is for graduate students planning to seek faculty positions or careers in industry and private organizations.
Help Minnesota FoodShare fight hunger by donating non-perishable food items or money to the Neighborhood House in Saint Paul. Drop off your food or non-food donations in the bright orange bins in the SPHere, CHIP Lounge and WBOB by Tuesday, March 31. Those wishing to donate money can make checks payable to the Neighborhood House Food Shelf and mail to Neighborhood House, 179 Robie Street E., St. Paul MN 55107. For questions about the FoodShare campaign contact Nancy Hoyt Taff at taff0012@umn.edu.
• More information on the Neighborhood House
Students are invited to an upcoming financial planning workshop that will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 1 in 140 Nolte Hall. No registration required. North Star Resource Group will lead the workshop.
• More details about the event
The Children, Youth, and Family Consortium (CYFC) Scholars program supports U of M faculty, research staff and graduate students from diverse disciplines to conduct research focused on the intersection of educational and health disparities. This program is open to all faculty and professional and administrative staff across the university system. The request for applications for individuals to serve as either CYFC "scholars" or "fellows" is available at the CYFC website. Applications are due Friday, April 3.
• Request an application
The Learning Abroad Center has funding of up to $500 for students participating on non-credit work, intern, volunteer or teaching programs during summer 2009. Students must complete an application and submit a 250-300 word essay illustrating their reasons for choosing the program, how it will impact their personal, professional, academic or long-term goals, and how they plan to fund the program in addition to the awarded fellowship. The deadline is 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 and students will be notified by May 1.
• View the list of approved programs
Timothy Boyer, a second-year Ph.D. student studying environmental infectious diseases, received the Mary Lauren Olson Memorial scholarship award for 2009 from the Minnesota Environmental Health Association (MEHA) Scholarship Trustees. His research focus is on the relationship between antibiotic use in agriculture and the emergence of antibiotic resistance in the environment.
PHAP student Annie Mach has been accepted to the federal Presidential Management Fellows program. This program provides opportunities for recent grads to have paid employment and leadership training in federal government for two years, rotating between federal agencies and Congress. Mach will attend a job fair in Washington, D.C. later this month to interview for placement.
Show your excitement about National Public Health Week (NPHW) by participating in the SPH Student Division Contest. The division that has the highest percentage of students volunteering and attending the NPHW Film Festival, April 6-11, and Research Day, April 6, will win a root beer float social. Floats will be served by SPH Dean John Finnegan. Ways you can participate:
- Volunteer to help promote and execute the film festival and serve on the Research Day Student Choice Committee. See the volunteer opportunities.
- Attend the NPHW Film Festival and Research Day.
The more you attend or volunteer, the more credits you will earn. For questions, contact Nichole Axtman at 6-9303 or mart1047@umn.edu.
Volunteers are needed for the Admitted Student Reception Day on Monday, March 23. The school needs 20 volunteers to talk with students over lunch and lead tours. This is a great time to talk to admitted students about SPH programs, student activities, and living in the Twin Cities. Lunch will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Mississippi Room at Coffman Union. The tours will be given between 1:45 and 2:30 p.m. If interested contact Thuy Doan at doanx034@umn.edu.
Peace Corps Information Sessions sponsored by the Institute for Global Studies will be held Wednesday, March 25. Both sessions will be in Room 2-224 of the Carlson School of Management. The first session will be from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. and the second from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Find out about the application process, benefits of service, and speak with a recruiter. For more information contact Ryan Kattner at 612-221-5541 or rkattner@peacecorps.gov.
Lisa McGuire, reference librarian for the SPH, will be on a professional development leave from April 1 to June 30. During her absence, when requesting help using library resources or accessing specific resources, e-mail medref@umn.edu For requests regarding more in-depth assistance, such as doing a literature search or presenting to a class or orientation session, use the "meet with a librarian form."
The Student Physicians for Social Responsibility is sponsoring its annual conference April 3-5. "Prescription for a Healthy and Secure Planet," will be held in New York at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
• Conference details
The SPH Student Senate volunteer committee wants you to join the fight against cancer by participating in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life beginning Friday, April 17. Last year the SPH relay team raised $5,000. This year’s goal is $7,000. Participate at the event, donate, or both. Donation jars are located in the following areas: Student Services Center (Mayo D305), Dean’s Office (Mayo A3rd floor), WBOB (3rd floor, reception). Please stop by and make a contribution. For more information, contact Erika Vetta at vett0066@umn.edu.
• Join or donate to the SPH Cares about Cures team
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School News
The Bell Museum and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy presents an Earth Day free screening of the film, A Sense of Wonder. The film will be screened at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 22 at the Bell Museum Auditorium. Based on the life of environmentalist Rachel Carson, the documentary-style film examines Carson’s final year of life, during which she battled cancer, an unexpectedly high public profile and backlash from her critics. A panel discussion featuring SPH professor William Toscano and experts from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy’s Healthy Legacy campaign will follow.
The Department of Health and Human Services has released a new report, "Americans Speak on Health Reform: Report on Health Care Community Discussions," which summarizes comments from the thousands of Americans who hosted and participated in Health Care Community Discussions across the country. The report is available on a new Web site dedicated to health reform. The site allows users to share their thoughts about health reform with the Obama Administration and sign a statement in support of President Obama’s commitment to enacting comprehensive health reform this year.
• Visit the website
The Public Health Institute website has launched! Check out CPHEO online to learn more about what classes will be offered during the three-week session, and get details on registration, tuition, scholarships, and other important information.
A national symposium on medical and health care education reform will be held April 26-28 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Join with national leaders to build consensus on changes needed in medical education to best facilitate health care reform. Nationally recognized medical education experts will jump-start discussions at this highly participatory event.
• More information/registration
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SPH Events
"Childhood Asthma: Potential Causes and Consequences" will be presented on March 26 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Wilder Center in St. Paul. SPH faculty members Charles Oberg and John Adgate will discuss trends, screening, environmental exposure, and other issues concerning childhood asthma. The event is free and open to all but seating is limited. Lunch will be provided. Register to Laurie Ukestad at ukest001@umn.edu. The Amherst center is located at 451 Lexington Parkway North, St. Paul, 55104. This event is part of the National Children’s Study Speaker’s Series.
The Law School Council, the Medical School Student Council and the School of Public Health Student Senate invite you to the Malpractice Ball on Saturday, March 28. The event will be held from 7:30 to midnight at Blaisdell Manor, 2322 Blaisdell Ave., Minneapolis. Hors d’ouevres will be served and there will be an open bar. Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased through the Student Services Center (Mayo D305) front desk. Tickets will be sold through Wednesday March 18. Questions? Contact Emily Wang, wang0675@umn.edu.
The Healthcare Reform and Health Equity forum will be held from 8:45 a.m. to 12 p.m., Friday, April 17, in Coffman Memorial Union Theatre. The forum will focus on models for reforming our health care system and implications of these models for reducing health disparities. Speakers include Senator Amy Klobuchar; Jeffery Korsmo, executive director of the Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center; and SPH Alumnus Michael Trujillo, health research director for the Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. (formerly director of the Indian Health Service and Assistant Surgeon General).
• Information and Registration
A series on “Causality in the Health Sciences” will take place on five Wednesdays in April, 12:15 -1:15 p.m. The sessions will likely be taped by the AcademyHealth as a webinar. Each session, except for the first, will have a paper that the audience will be encouraged to read before the session. Information on how to access the papers will be sent later. The first session will be held in D199 Mayo. The sessions are organized by the Division of Health Policy and Management.
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Discussant B |
Discussant C |
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April 1, 2009 |
Bryan Dowd (HPM) |
Overview/Philosophy Background |
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April 8, 2009 |
Michael Oakes (EPICH) |
Epidemiological Perspective |
Roger Feldman
(HPM) |
George Maldonado (EHS) |
Pinar Karaca-Mandic (HPM) |
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April 15, 2009 |
Bryan Dowd
(HPM) |
Econometric Perspective |
Michael Oakes (EPICH) |
James Neaton (BIOSTAT) |
Melanie Wall (BIOSTAT) |
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April 22, 2009 |
George Maldonado (EHS) |
Population Perspective |
Richard MacLehose (EPICH) |
Robert Kane
(HPM) |
Bryan Dowd
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April 29, 2009 |
Gordon Mosser/ Robert Kane (HPM) |
Implementation |
Bryan Dowd
(HPM) |
Beth Virnig
(HPM) |
Jeff McCullough
(HPM) |
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Other Events
March 20, 7:30 to 9 a.m.
Minnesota Public Health Association’s forum: Farm to Table—Food Production in Minnesota
March 30, 4-5:30
"I Want to do Clinical Research but the FDA Wants Me to do What?!?"
April 24, 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Documentary Screening of Money-Driven Medicine
For more events, go to the SPH Online Calendar
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