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The Heart of Public Health: Honoring Henry Blackburn’s Contributions to Cardiovascular Health

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Separating hype from reality: New course trains students to analyze AI’s role in healthcare and health policy

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40 Years of Protecting Minnesota’s Environment: The Minnesota Technical Assistance Program

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SPH Assistant Professor Katie Berry Receives NIH Director’s Early Independence Award

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Disease Detectives: SPH’s applied public health curriculum prepares graduates to join the CDC’s elite Epidemic Intelligence Service

Assistant Professor Melanie Firestone was inspired by CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service during a Legionnaires’ outbreak, setting her on a path to join the program.

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SPH launches summer research program on equitable data science to focus on the “people behind the data.”

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SPH Interdisciplinary Research Leaders edit special issue on dismantling structural racism and advancing health equity

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Research on a Stick: Driven to Discover Marks a Decade at the Minnesota State Fair

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Honoring Tradition: Tribal Tobacco Conference Celebrates Traditional Tobacco’s Role in Indigenous Communities

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Learning through play: Using drone technology to expose the next generation to public health

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SPH alumnus Trent Green, CEO of One Medical, named to 2024 TIME100 list

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How Climate Change is Impacting Insect-borne Diseases in Minnesota

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