Notes From the Field - Closer to Home

Take a look at what some SPH students did stateside this summer:

• Alina Evans studied pink eye in reindeer in Nome, Alaska.
  
  
• Ariela Freedman created an outreach program for the Minneapolis Red Cross to teach Latino and Hispanic teens how to prevent emergencies.
  
  
• Sing-Wei Ho investigated arsenic contamination in the soil of Minneapolis residential yards for the Green Institute.
  
  
• Rick Jansen sampled beach water to improve E. coli testing for the Hennepin County Health Department.
  
  
• Tony Kouba worked at Fairview Health Systems, helping to increase flu vaccination rates among health care workers.
  
  
• Peri Periakaruppan was at the CDC, helping to investigate indoor mold contamination, exposure to chemicals at nail salons, and lead exposure at firing ranges.
  
  
• Nick Rabe helped to study how mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) improves the health of organ transplant recipients for the Minnesota Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clinical Research.
  
  
• Amy Thornton worked in the Public Policy and Governmental Affairs department at Allina Hospitals and Clinics.