The Weekly SPHere Nov. 10, 2008
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The SPH Public Health & Cultures Monthly Series, “Celebrating American Indian Heritage Month,” will be held Wednesday Nov. 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in 3-125 Mayo. All SPH faculty, staff and students are invited to view presentations by SPH students Genelle Lamont and Yvonne Ortiz on public health issues and challenges in American Indian Health. Food will be served! For questions contact Thuy Doan at doanx034@umn.edu.
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The SPH Division of Health Policy and Management will host an information session for prospective students on Monday, Nov. 10. The session will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. in room D330 Mayo. Refreshments will be provided. Attendees can have their parking ticket validated for free parking. For more information or to make a reservation call 4-8818 or send an e-mail to eherring@umn.edu.
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Dean John Finnegan writes about the challenges ahead for President-elect Obama in his column.
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Student News
The Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellowship Program prepares laboratory scientists for careers in public health. The fellowship is offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories. Fellows are placed in local, state, and federal (CDC) public health laboratories.The program is accepting applications for the 2009 fellowship program classes.The new class of approximately 40 fellows will begin their assignments in September 2009.The application deadline is Feb. 13. For questions contact Heather Roney at fellowships@aphl.org.
• Further information/application forms
Equivalency exams for the School of Public Health core courses have been scheduled for January. The dates and times are listed below. Please contact the appropriate person by Jan. 9 if you are interested in taking the exam.
PubH 6120 Injury Prevention in the Workplace, Community and Home will be offered spring semester. The 2-credit class is taught by Susan Goodwin Gerberich and guest faculty. It will be held from 8 to 9:55 a.m. on Wednesdays. The course will examine injury epidemiologyand analyses of major injury problems affecting the public in the workplace, community, and home using the epidemiologic model and conceptual framework; emphasis on strategies/program development for prevention and control. For students involved in the field of occupational health and safety, this course also provides a foundation essential to the development of programs for occupational injury prevention and control.
Students who are interested in getting published in the Public Health Reports¿ Student Column are being sought. Public Health Reports is the official peer-reviewed journal of the U.S. Public Health Service and managed by the Association of the Schools of Public Health. It is a new column that will run in each of the six issues printed annually. For more information email info@asph.org and reference “student column.”
Calling all student filmmakers, producers, writers, actors and directors. The SPH film festival committee is interested in your work. The committee is beginning to select films for the 2009 National Public Health Week Film Festival and wants to hear from you. If you have been involved in any public health film projects that you want the committee to consider for viewing during the 2009 film festival, please submit them. Any student-produced short feature film or documentary is ideal. For more information or to submit a project, contact Wobo Bekwelem at bekwe001@umn.edu or Michelle Lian Anderson, director of alumni relations and special events, liana001@umn.edu, by Monday, Nov. 17.
The Student Senate SPH Wellness Committee invites students to join them in the Turkey Run on Sunday, Nov. 23. It is a USATF-certified 5K course that follows a loop around Como Lake. If the senate has at least five runners a School of Public Health team will be formed. The team registration fee would be $14 a person and all registrants will receive cotton running gloves. If interested, please contact Jenna Carter (carte440@umn.edu) or Amanda Atkinson (atki0094@umn.edu) by Wednesday, Nov. 19. The run will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23 at Como Park Elementary School, 780 W. Wheelock Parkway in St. Paul.
• More about the run
Beginning Nov. 3, SPH students have the opportunity to officially register for community engagement activities. A zero credit/zero tuition course number has been developed to meet the liability insurance needs provided that students register under PubH 0020. The zero-credit course requires a contract approved by the participating community organization and the student¿s academic faculty advisor. Integrating community engagement supports the University¿s mission of public engagement and enhances the educational goals of the student as well as making a difference in the community.
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“PUBLIC HEALTH is YOUR HEALTH!” is an national awareness campaign that runs Nov. 1 to Nov. 30. Organized by the Association of Schools of Public Health, the campaign provides provides a fun and easy way to raise awareness of public health and demonstrate how it impacts our daily lives. Students, faculty, and students may pick up campaign stickers in English and Spanish in the Dean’s office, Student Services Office, and SPHere Student Lounge. Please place stickers where appropriate to illustrate public health and take a picture. Post your pictures on the This is Public Health Flickr Group or send to Thuy Doan at doanx034@umn.edu.
Representatives from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) will be on campus to conduct information sessions about their agency and the kinds of public health and public policy analyst and intern positions for which they hire, including in their Health Care Team. The GAO also offers a two-year professional development program for analysts to conduct work within one or several teams. The sessions will be held from 11:45 to 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10, in room 114 at the Carlson School of Management and from 12:45 to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11, in room 205 at the Humphrey Center. The same information will be covered at both sessions. SPH students are encouraged to attend. Questions? Contact Sarah Lynch at lynchs@gao.gov.
• More about the GAO
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School News
Save the date for the All-School Winter Reception. SPH students, staff, and faculty mark Dec. 11 on your calendars for the All-School Winter Reception. The event will begin at 2:15 p.m. at the Weisman Art Museum and last until 4:30 p.m. There will be games, food, and beverages. More information will be given as the date gets closer.
Order Public Health Apparel from the Student Senate for the holidays. The annual apparel sale is a way for students to raise money for the SPH social event, PAMOJA, which occurs in February. Samples are available in the Student Services Office in D305 Mayo. Please return order form and payment to Student Services Center by noon on Friday, Nov. 21. Cash and checks can be placed in an envelope with the words, "Senate Apparel." If mailing to Student Services Center, send only checks. Please make checks out to “University of Minnesota,” with "Apparel" in the memo. Orders are expected to be in before holiday break, so order for family and friends. Pick-up day and time will be announced.
• Download the order form Please direct questions to sphss@umn.edu.
“Estimating and Applying Quality-of-Life Weights for Self-Reported Health Status” is the topic of the October issue of SPH Research Brief. The latest brief comes from SPH professor John Nyman.
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SPH Events
Richard Grimm is the keynote speaker of the Epidemiology and Community Health Division Seminar scheduled for Friday, Nov. 14. Grimm’s discussion will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. in room 364 of the West Bank Office Building. Grimm, director of the Berman Center for Outcomes and Clinical Research, is also the chief of the Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Hennepin County Medical Center. For more information, contact Carol Raichert at 5-1836.
The SPH is hosting a Field Experience Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19 in the Mayo Auditorium Lobby. This is an opportunity for students who have yet to complete a field experience to learn about the process and generate ideas for their own experience. Hear from fellow students who have completed an experience in the informal setting of a resource fair. Learn how to find a preceptor, set objectives, fund an experience, as well as the required paperwork. Food will be provided. For questions contact sphfield@umn.edu or pearson@umn.edu.
The SPH Roundtable Series: Public Health 2050, "The Changing Face of Minnesota Communities Now through 2050: How Will Public Health Respond?" will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Dec. 4. Minnesota State Demographer Tom Gillaspy is the keynote speaker for the event, which will be held in Coffman Memorial Union Theater. There will also be a panel discussion that includes Jocelyn Ancheta, Mitchell Davis, Katherine Fennelly, SPH Dean John Finnegan, Sean Kershaw, Yusef Mgeni, and SPH Associate Dean Debra Olson, The moderator is Edward Ehlinger, Director and Chief Health Officer of Boynton Health Service. The roundtable is free, but registration is requested.
• More about the roundtable. Questions? Call 6-4515.
For more events, go to the SPH Online Calendar
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Other Events
Nov. 10, 10 to 11 a.m.
The Backyard Initiative Working Together to Improve Health in our Communities
Nov. 11, 11:30 to 1 p.m.
Regents Professor Lecture Series featuring Steven Ruggles discussion of the Decline of the Extended Family
Nov. 15, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Healthy Lives, Healthy Minds: Environmental Impacts on Children's Development
Nov. 18, 4 p.m.
The Presidential Glass Ceiling is Broken: The Path from Victoria to Hillary
Nov. 20, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation's 3rd Annual
Upstream Health Leadership Award and Policy Program
Nov. 21, 7 to 9 p.m.
The Brain and the Science of Meditation
Nov. 22, 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Journey to Wholeness: How Spirituality Heals
Dec. 10, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
LifeScience Alley 7th annual Conference and Expo
For more events, go to the SPH Online Calendar
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