The Weekly SPHere Nov. 17, 2008
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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.
United States Sen. Amy Klobuchar is the featured speaker at a Nov. 25 national health care reform summit at the University of Minnesota. "Prescription for Reform: Health Care Summit 2008" will run from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Mayo Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Lunch will be provided. Other speakers include: Karen Davis, president, Commonwealth Fund; Dr. Denis Cortese, president/CEO, Mayo Clinic; Dr. Jack Wennberg, Dartmouth Medical School; and, former U.S. Senator David Durenberger. Register by sending an e-mail to: healthsummit@klobuchar.senate.gov.
• More about the summit
Did you present at APHA? The winter issue of the SPH magazine, Advances, will feature a short article on students who participated in this year's American Public Health Association annual meeting in San Diego. If you presented at APHA, or were involved in the event in a unique way, please send a short description of details to Kris Stouffer, SPH associate director of communications, by Wednesday, Nov. 26.
• View past issues of Advances magazine
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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.”
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
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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.
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SPH Events
Rock for PNC is a benefit for the Phillips Neighborhood Clinic, which will be held Thursday, Nov. 20, 8 to 11 p.m., at O'Gara's Bar & Grill. Enjoy music, friends, and fun while supporting a great cause. Proceeds will directly benefit the student-run, free clinic for the Phillips Neighborhood. Tickets $8 in advance, $10 at the door. Contact Lisa at calho026@umn.edu for advance tickets.
“Incorporate Gene Network Structure into Bayesian Variable Selection,” is the topic of Feng Tai’s Ph.D. presentation. It will be held at 12:45 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, in A434 Mayo. Tai is a Ph.D. candidate in biostatistics. Refreshments will be served prior to the presentation. For more information contact Megan Schlick at 5-5451.
“Continuous Measurements versus Categorization to Assess Anti-Tumor Activity in Cancer Clinical Trials: Is One Really Better Than the Other?” will be discussed during a biostatistics seminar on Wednesday, Nov. 19. Sumithra Mandrekar from the Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester is the keynote speaker. The seminar will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Moos Tower 5-125. A social tea will be held at 3 p.m. in A434 Mayo. All are welcome to attend.
• Learn more online or call
4-4655.
”Injury Epidemiology: Assessing Violence at Work against Minnesota Nurses and Educators” is the topic of Nancy Nachreiner’s discussion for the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health seminar scheduled for Friday, Nov. 21. The discussion will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. in room 364 of the West Bank Office Building. For more information, contact Carol Raichert at 5-1836.
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.
Johannes (Hans) Brug is the keynote speaker for the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health seminar on Friday, Dec. 5. Brug is the director of the EXGO Institute for Trans and Extramural Health and Medical Research. He is also a professor of epidemiology at VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The seminar will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. in room 364 of the West Bank Office Building. For more information contact Carol Raichert at 5-1836.
For more events, go to the SPH Online Calendar
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Other Events
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. 1, 7 p.m.
Allan Spear Forum sponsored by the Minnesota AIDS Project
Dec. 3, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Assessing, Managing and Communicating Environmental Risk: A Call to Action
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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