Amira Adawe (MPH ’15) of The Beautywell Project was recently featured in a Minnesota Public Radio News story for her role in the successful campaign to get online retailer Amazon to stop selling skin-lightening products containing toxic levels of mercury.
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Keeping health care workers safe from chemotherapy drugs
To help protect health care workers, Assistant Professor Susan Arnold conducted a survey to track how chemotherapy drugs are handled in hospitals and identify work surfaces that could be contaminated by them.
Shlafer (MPH ’16) appointed to Children’s Cabinet Advisory Council
Dr. Rebecca Shlafer (MPH ’16) was appointed to the Children’s Cabinet Advisory Council by MN Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan.
Shippee playing dual role in establishing assisted living licensure in Minnesota
Associate Professor Tetyana Shippee is serving as a scientific expert on the law’s rulemaking advisory panel as well as leading the creation of assisted living resident and family surveys to measure how well the facilities are performing and a report card to communicate the results to consumers and policymakers.
SPH alumni inducted into the U’s Academies of Excellence
Testosterone therapy may double men’s risk of forming blood clots in veins
The study led by researcher Rob Walker also showed that only 8% of men who had a VTE while on testosterone therapy had a clinical diagnosis of having low levels of testosterone in the body.
Hardeman honored with U’s human rights and social justice award
Assistant Professor Rachel Hardeman received the Josie R. Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award from the University’s Office for Equity and Diversity during a ceremony on Nov. 4.
Volunteer Spotlight: Liesl Hargens (MPH ’07)
Liesl Hargens is a 2007 graduate of the epidemiology program and a passionate global health care leader with more than 20 years of experience in strategy and market access in medical device, hospital, clinic, and payer environments.
Estimating undiagnosed abnormal heart rhythm cases in older adults
A study of people age 74-84 by recent graduate Mary Rooney (PhD ’19) found that 2.5% of them had an undiagnosed hearth rhythm problem called atrial fibrillation.
Study finds suicide rates increasing nationwide
A new study from SHADAC senior research fellow Colin Planalp shows that suicide rates from 2000 through 2017 have increased by 35% in the U.S.
New testing method helps protect workers — and their skin — from harmful chemicals
Assistant Professor Susan Arnold co-developed a method to objectively evaluate and determine if workplace surfaces are ‘clean’ or contaminated by chemicals that can trigger skin allergies.
Talking Alzheimer’s awareness with Joseph Gaugler
November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and Professor Joseph Gaugler answers questions about what Alzheimer’s is, its symptoms, and risk factors.
