The What & Why of Applied Public Health Research & How to Develop a U-SEEE Pilot Research Proposal
Held Thursday, July 22, 2010, from 9:00-10:30am Central time
Speakers:
Susan Allan, MD, JD, MPH, FACPM, Director of the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice and Associate Professor in the Department of Health Services at the University of Washington School of Public Health. Dr. Allan held leadership positions in state and local public health for more than 25 years and is a leader in public health systems research.
Craig Hedberg, PhD, Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota. Dr. Hedberg is a foodborne disease epidemiologist and served as Supervisor of the Foodborne, Vectorborne and Zoonotic Diseases Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health for 14 years.
Jared Erdmann, MPH, and Pam Blixt, MA, Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support, recipient of a U-SEEE Pilot Research Program award.
With an introduction and moderation by Debra Olson, DNP, MPH, U-SEEE Principal Investigator and Professor and Associate Dean, University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Learn:
- What applied or practice-based public health systems research is and why do it, with examples in the areas of public health preparedness systems activities and educational effectiveness
- What the challenges are and ways to address them
- How to formulate a research project and develop a proposal for the U-SEEE Pilot Research Program
This event is sponsored by University of Minnesota: Simulations and Exercises for Educational Effectiveness (U-SEEE), supported in part through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/OPHPR, Grant Number P01TP000301-02. The contents are solely the responsibility of the presenters and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC. Principal Investigator: Debra K. Olson.