The Weekly SPHere July 6, 2009
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Career Services is offering a four-part series called the SPH Job Club to assist recent graduates and alumni in their job search. The meetings will be held at 10 a.m. on four consecutive Thursday mornings: July 9, 16, 23, and 30. Job Club meetings will be held in D305 Mayo in the Career Resource Center. Attendees should bring a copy of their resume to receive a one-to-one resume critique with a career consultant after the meeting ends. For any questions regarding the Job Club, contact Mary Dwyer at 6-4448 or dwyer012@umn.edu.
• Details about the Job Club online
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Student News
Wobo Bekwelem and Imee Cambronero received the President’s Student Leadership and Service Awards in May. The award recognizes the accomplishments and contributions made by outstanding student leaders at the U of M. It is presented to approximately one-half of one percent of the student body for their exceptional leadership and service to the University and the surrounding community.
Liz Hackenmueller received the 2009 Student Achievement Award from the Minnesota Public Health Association. The award is given to a public health graduate student who has demonstrated leadership skills in the contribution to the promotion of the health of individuals, families, and the community.
Charu Mathur received overall First Prize for her poster “Transitions in Cigarette Smoking among Adolescents” at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiological Research (SER) in June. Mathur is a doctoral student in Epidemiology and Community Health.
Epidemiology students who make up Team D received recognition on a recent Consumer Reports blog highlighting their findings as related to food-borne illness after a recent peanut butter contamination in Minnesota. Team D also received national recognition a year ago when the group linked a nation-wide salmonella outbreak to jalapeños.
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The Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program (CPFP) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is accepting applications for 2010 fellows through Tuesday, Sept. 1. To learn about eligibility requirements and application procedures, follow the link below.
• More information and applications
Follow nine SPH students as they practice public health around the globe and blog about their experiences. The 2009 Notes from the Field blog is up and running and students are posting about their adventures.
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The West Metro Medical Foundation is awarding scholarships to selected applicants pursuing graduate level education in nutrition and in health care management or administration. Application deadline for the Hoban Scholarships is Aug. 15. Find the application and requirements online or in the Career Resource Center, D305 Mayo.
• Access information and applications online
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School News
“Creating a 21st Century Intelligent Health System in Minnesota” will be held on Wednesday, July 15, in Memorial Hall at the McNamara Alumni Center. The event begins at 11 a.m. and will feature Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich, founder of the Center for Health Transformation, and Cal Ludeman, Minnesota Commissioner of the Department of Human Services. The event will be webcast live.
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The National Institute of Health is calling for applications for two clinical research scholars for its K12/Career Advancement Program for Clinical Research Scholars (CAPS). This career advancement program for clinical research scholars emphasizes a multidisciplinary team approach to mentoring and research. The deadline for receipt of completed applications is 5 p.m. on July 15, Send completed applications electronically in Word, Arial 11, in the designated format to tharp@epi.umn.edu. Direct questions and requests for applications to tharp@epi.umn.edu.
The Deborah E. Powell Center will present the Sixth Annual Women’s Health Research Conference on Monday, Sept. 21 at the McNamara Alumni Center. This year’s theme is “A Focus on Women’s Mental Health and Neurosciences.” Poster abstracts will be accepted on any topics regarding women’s health or gender specific research across the lifespan. The deadline for award consideration is Wednesday, July 15 and Monday, Aug. 3 to be recognized in the program.
• Submit an abstract online
Nicole Larson, research associate for Project EAT in Epidemiology and Community Health, received the Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award. She completed an M.P.H. in public health nutrition and a Ph.D. in nutrition at the U of M.
Minnesota Taconite Worker Health Study website launched in June. The Minnesota Taconite Worker Health Study is a comprehensive, U of M-led research initiative to determine the cause of mesothelioma in Minnesota’s Iron Range mining industry workers. The goals of the new website are to provide study news, resources, and information for participants, health care providers, researchers, and members of the media.
• Visit the website
This month’s issue of Research Brief comes from SPH faculty member Kyle Rudser in the Division of Biostatistics. He writes about Inference for Arbitrary Functionals of Survival.
• Read the brief
Recent Public Health Moment segments featured Leslie Lytle and the Blue Zones Vitality Project in Albert Lea, Minn., and Jean Forster's research that shows smoking bans do not cause economic harm to bars and restaurants.
There will be no EpiCH Shuttle service during the summer. Service resumes Tuesday, Sept. 8. The mail runs to ECRC, Mayo, and HSRC will continue at their regular times.
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SPH Events
“Determining the Impact of Donor KIR Genotypes on AML Patients Who Underwent HCT Using Ordinary and Competing Risks Survival Data” will be presented by Matt Rousseau. This Plan B presentation will be held on Wednesday, July 8 at 11 a.m., in Mayo A110. Refreshments will be served.
“Estimation of Gene-Gene Interactions in Case-Parent Triad Studies in the Presence of Missing Data” will be presented by Matt Deyo-Svendsen. This Plan B presentation will be held on Thursday, July 9, at 10 a.m., in Mayo A301. Refreshments will be served.
View complete listing of events on the SPH Calendar
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Other Events
Magers & Quinn’s “Big Bang” popular science book club will meet to discuss My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey. The discussion is on Tuesday, July, 28 at 7 p.m. at Grumpy’s Bar and Grill on Washington Avenue. For future book club events, visit Magers & Quinn Booksellers.
For more events, go to the SPH Online Calendar
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