Public Health Administration and Policy MPH student Jake Maxon served as an intern at the White House to work on HIV/AIDS policy.
Students
Bringing Global Experience to Executive Degree
Dr. John Fankhauser earns his Executive MHA degree while working with Ebola survivors in Liberia.
SPH Student Tackles Food Insecurity Among Students
Public Health Nutrition student Rebecca Leighton creates Nutritious U, a food pantry for University of Minnesota food insecure students.
Depression Linked to Neighborhood Poverty and Violence
Depression affects 120 million people worldwide and a study from PhD student Spruha Joshi shows that the disease in older adults is linked to living in poor communities and neighborhood violence.
Interest in Caring for Underserved Declines in Dental Students
A study by student — and dentist — Makshita Luthra shows dental students lose in interest in caring for underserved populations over the span of their education.
SPH Students, U of M Team Advance to National Global Health Case Competition
A multidisciplinary team that includes SPH students Spencer Cahoon and Noureldin Saad placed first in the 2017 U of M Global Health Case Competition.
Chemo Can Lead to Kidney Damage in Breast Cancer Patients
A new study from alumna Shuling Li (PhD, ‘13) shows how chemo side-effects could cause kidney damage in elderly breast cancer patients.
Environmental Awareness
Environmental Health student Mary Kosuth is investigating microplastics and whether or not they end up in our food and drinks.
Leading Richfield
Executive public health practice student Maria Regan Gonzalez ran for Richfield City Council on a public health platform — and won.
Student Earns Fellowship to Research Meningitis Vaccine
Environmental Health PhD student Maria Sundaram has received the Graduate School’s 2017-18 Frieda Martha Kunze Fellowship and plans to spend her fellowship year completing her dissertation on the effectiveness of a meningococcal meningitis vaccine in an outbreak-prone region of Africa known as the “meningitis belt.”
Todd Receives Ballentine Scholarship from Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Public Health Nutrition MPH student Chelsie Todd has earned the Colonel Frances G. Ballentine Scholarship from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation.
A Student of the World
Epidemiology MPH student Subin Jang spent summer 2016 in India for her field experience and worked on a project focused on diabetes and hypertension rates at a new urban clinic in Bangalore.
