The Weekly SPHere Aug. 6, 2007
The Weekly SPHere is a weekly electronic publication for students in the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. To submit items for the Weekly SPHere, please send an e-mail to sphere@umn.edu.
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SPH Orientation and Warm-Up sessions are just around the corner. Students can choose which events you would like to attend. Please remember that you must attend the SPH School-wide Orientation as well as your Major Orientation on Aug. 23 (more info on that below). Each additional event will give you a great opportunity to meet more of your classmates and learn valuable information about the school.
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Please also take a moment to complete a short survey to assist us in making this a great orientation session.
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Division/Major Orientation Information - Please note this information reflects division orientation only. All SPH students must attend Orientation on Thursday, Aug. 23 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. (check in begins at 8:30 a.m.).
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Biostatistics: Aug. 23, 1-3 p.m. in Mayo D325
Environmental Health: Aug. 23, 12:45-2:45 p.m. in Mayo A110
Epidemiology:
Division: Aug. 23, 12:45-1 p.m. in Coffman Great Hall
Major: Aug. 23, 1:15-3 p.m. in Coffman Great Hall
Health Policy and Management:
Academic Major:
• Health Services Research Policy & Administration: August 22 at 9:30 a.m. in Mayo D330
• Healthcare Administration: August 22 8-3:30 p.m. in Weisman Shepherd Room
• Public Health Administration & Policy: August 22 at 9:30 a.m. in Coffman President’s Room (3rd floor)
Division: Aug. 22, 1:30-3:30 p.m. in TBA
Public Health Core Concepts: Aug. 23, 12:30-1:30 p.m. in Mayo C302
SPH students are blogging about their summer field experiences abroad. To read the blog entries and send a comment to a fellow student, go to: blog.lib.umn.edu/sphpod/notes07/
SPHere Locker Notice: If you have a locker in the Student SPHere, you must clean it out immediately. As a reminder, when checking out a locker, you signed an agreement stating, “I agree to clean out my locker by Aug. 1, 2007. If I fail to do so, I understand that my lock will be severed and my contents removed (they may be claimed at the Student Services Center for one month following semester end).” If you have questions or concerns, please visit the Student Services Center in D305 Mayo.
The annual Equivalency (Test-Out) Examination for all SPH core course areas has been scheduled for August. Please note the following information:
Students interested in taking any of the exams must contact the instructor by Aug. 15, 2007.
The Division of Health Policy and Management is offeringa special short-term math preparation course Aug. 13-16, 9:00-noon. PubH 3810, Math Review for Public Health (1 credit). Prerequisites: Linear algebra, basic calculus.This course is a review of basic calculus and linear algebra. It is presumed that the student has had exposure to these topics through previous coursework. The topics covered include differentials, integral calculus, exponentials and logarithms, matrix algebra, and introduction to mathematical models. The course includes lecture, and working mathematical problems as class exercises.
WANTED: Public Health Students. Need extra spending money? The U of M Usability Services Team is looking for students from the SPH to try out the usability of various University Web page designs in the summer and during Fall Semester. No Web experience necessary. Typically evaluation sessions last 60–90 minutes. Days vary. On-campus evaluation appointments will be available over the next several months. Send an email with your name and phone number to WEB-USABILITY@LISTS.UMN.EDU and mention this announcement. $35 cash for most participant categories -- plus free snacks!
The Pasteur Foundation is happy to announce two calls for applicants for postdoc and undergrad programs for American scientists to work at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France.Please note the respective deadlines ofSept. 7 and Dec. 14.
Full details may be found atwww.pasteurfoundation.org.
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School News
Dean John R. Finnegan, Jr., writes about the 35W bridge collapse in "From the Dean."
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Public Health Moments from July include SPH faculty talking about topics such as universal health care, limits on fish consumption, and hypertension. Listen here: blog.lib.umn.edu/sphpod/moment/.
Postpartum health and returning to work is the subject of the July issue of Research Brief from professor Pat McGovern. Read the brief at www.sph.umn.edu/brief.
The National Maternal Nutrition Intensive Course offers online video streaming over the Internet to allow distance learners an opportunity to view sessions of the course. The streaming video sessions will be 8-9 hours and will include:
- Improving How We Teach Nutrition Using Stages of Change and Critical Thinking Skills
- Prenatal Nutrition and Health Issues: A Multiethnic and Multiracial Perspective
- The New WHO Growth Standards: How We Got Them and Should We Care?
- Effects of Prenatal Methamphetamine on the Developing Child
- Weight and Pregnancy: New Findings from an IOM Workshop
- Management of Preexisting Diabetes during Pregnancy
- Immigrant Experiences with Food Assistance Programs
- Nutrition, Weight and Birth Defects
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SPH Events
Functional Exercises will be held August 7-8 at the Ramada Minneapolis Northwest in Brooklyn Park. Step-by-Step Functional Exercises Design from Concept to After Action Report/Improvement Plan. Whether you are working with a consultant or designing your own exercise, you need to be aware of how a functional exercise is developed, constructed, and evaluated using Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program guidelines. The course is free of charge, however early registration is recommended due to limited space.
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SPH faculty, staff and students are invited to the SPH International and Multicultural Breakfast on Thursday, Aug. 23, 8-9:15 a.m. at the Whole Music Club in Coffman Union. The event is sponsored by SPH Multicultural Student Affairs. For more information, contact Thuy Doan at doanx034@umn.edu.
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Join SPH at the State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 28. Stop by the SPH booth in the University of Minnesota building. There will be hands-on activities about public health and a chance to for to be included in a SPH vodcast. For a schedule of SPH activities that day, email Anne Marie Kruse at kruse109@umn.edu.
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Other Events
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is sponsoring an educational event in Minneapolis' Loring Park from Sept. 27-Sept. 30. The event, "A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City" is an outdoor, interactive educational exhibit made up of the actual structures and materials you would find in a real refugee camp. The exhibit asks visitors to imagine experiencing what it is like to be one of the world's 33 million refugees or internally displaced persons forced to leave their homes because of war or conflict. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
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Minnesota Public Health Association's Centennial Celebration Gala -
Join the MPHA as it celebrates 100 years as a contributor to the health of
Minnesotans. Will Steger, polar explorer, will be the keynote speaker.
Oct. 25, 5:30 - 9 p.m. at McNamara Alumni Center. More information and registration information will be posted to www.mpha.net in September.
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