University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel has awarded School of Public Health Lecturer Marta Shore the 2023 President’s Award for Outstanding Service, one of the highest honors the U of M bestows on its faculty and staff.
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AANHPI Month: Race Consciousness
This month we celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month with a column from guest writer Charles Truong, who is the new Internal Communications & Antiracism Strategist at SPH.
Hardeman receives a Community-Engaged Scholar Award
STAT News named Hardeman one of the 2023’s “Status Leaders” for her work in exposing racism’s role in maternal health disparities.
New technology will identify areas at increased malaria risk after severe weather events
Grant funding will allow SPH researchers to develop new technology to determine areas at increased malaria risk following severe weather events.
SPH aims to develop new tool to measure residents’ access to urban greenspace
SPH researchers are creating the Urban Greenspace Access Score (UGAS) — a new measurement system that cities, policymakers, and urban planners can use to better understand which neighborhoods in US cities have limited access to greenspace — providing cities with crucial new information for improving greenspace access and promoting greater greenspace equity in urban planning.
New study shows that quitting smoking leads to a lower risk of household food insecurity
When a tobacco user quits smoking, their household is less likely to experience food insecurity in the following year, according to a new study from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) published in Annals of Epidemiology.
Talking tick season with SPH’s Jon Oliver
Assistant Professor Jon Oliver with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health answers questions about the outlook for this year’s tick season in Minnesota, including how people can avoid ticks and what to do if they find one on themselves
U of M School of Public Health Maintains Top Standing in U.S. News & World Report Rankings
MHA Ranks No. 2 Among Healthcare Management Programs
Food insecurity limits intuitive eating in the short and long term
Intuitive eating, which focuses on responding to one’s hunger and fullness cues, is less prevalent in food-insecure households
New project aims to reduce instances of hospital readmissions
With funding from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), SPH researchers will design a model that reduces hospital readmissions by providing more accurate and personalized descriptions of patient health risk.
