Your challenge will be to work in teams to solve a health problem unique to rural America! We will provide you with prompts and support, but more than anything this event is designed to build professional development with an interdisciplinary lens. Please only register if you are committed to attending, as we will plan out teams ahead of the event.
Find out more »Presented by Alicen Burns Spaulding, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) Senior Advisor and Team Lead, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center (VRC). Alicen will discuss her current role at the National Institutes of Health Vaccine Research Center, leading a program that prepares the U.S. for the next infectious disease pandemic. Trained as an epidemiologist, she will discuss how her work evolved into science management, where this work falls within the structure of NIH, and how the aims…
Find out more »The SPH Alumni Society encourages connections between alumni and students in an informal series of events we call Lunch Breaks. Our March Lunch Break features Robert Jacobson, MD, FAAP, who will share his expertise in COVID-19 vaccination for children. As Dr. Jacobson says, "We base our recommendation for vaccination on four aspects. These include not just how effective a vaccine is but how safe that vaccine is. These also include how necessary the vaccine is and how there are no…
Find out more »Presented by Kevin Escandon (he/him), MD, MSc Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School. As our current and most concerning medical and social challenge in the world, COVID-19 continues to serve as an example of the complexities of public health and the human society itself. Amid a tsunami of information, distressing unknowns, and critical thinking flaws, we all have been disrupted by SARS-CoV-2 and have struggled with understanding scientific information, providing advice to our loved…
Find out more »The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant rise in burnout in our frontline health care workers. The resulting risks to our workforce include an increase in stress and mental health issues, workplace violence, and racial disparities. This dramatic increase in stressors on our health care workers also has a significant impact on health equity and access to care. Join us Thursday, May 5 @ 12pm Central for the NORA Online Symposium as we discuss the health and safety…
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