New report provides first comprehensive count of the public health workforce since the pandemic

Researchers from the School of Public Health and other partners in the Consortium for Workforce Research in Public Health have compiled a comprehensive analysis of the state and local public health workforce in the United States, providing critical information about the size and capacity of the public health workforce. ”Understanding the realities of the workforce as it stands today is critical as public health systems nationwide continue to face substantial workforce shortages,” says JP Leider, lead author and director of the Center for Public Health Systems at SPH.

A new SPH study tested recent efforts to update and improve a standard test of kidney function

Study finds that the updated measure of kidney function, which removed race as a factor, is linked to increased risk of dementia, but not stroke. “This study is significant because it helps to show how outdated measures of eGFR were overestimating kidney function in Black individuals, leading to disparities in diagnosis and access to care,” says Samuel Moen, SPH researcher and lead author. 

SPH researchers aim to find out how a lower nicotine standard for tobacco products can boost public health

With new grant funding, SPH researchers will develop new statistical methods to improve regulators’ ability to measure the impact of new tobacco-product regulations

Most don’t trust use of AI-tools in healthcare

While AI-powered tools are increasingly being adopted by healthcare providers to assist with diagnostics, treatment recommendations, and administrative processes, a new SPH study finds that most people do not trust their healthcare systems to use AI technology responsibly