Amira Adawe (MPH ’15) plans to use her fellowship to further her work fighting colorism and Ani Koch (MPH ’16) will study how to make systemic changes to improve health care for marginalized communities.
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Linking brain function to adolescent suicide risk
Biostatistician and Assistant Professor Mark Fiecas is co-leading a study looking at the emergence of depression and suicide risk in thousands of adolescents and how it relates to the behavior of specific brain regions over time.
Family deaths may keep Black and Native American young adults from graduating college
Research by PhD student Naomi Thyden shows that young adults who were college-aged when a sibling or parent died were about half as likely to graduate from college.
Careers of Impact: Making Health a Human Right – Chelsea Trcka, MHA ’18
Chelsea Trcka’s executive education at the School of Public Health helped her gain relevant skills at a critical time in her career.
Juneteenth: Pursuing Freedom
Huckfeldt named Weckwerth Professor in Healthcare Administration Leadership
Associate Professor Peter Huckfeldt joined the school in 2014 and has instructed courses in health economics and maintains an active research agenda focused on the organization and payment of health care providers as well as the effects of delivery interventions targeting more vulnerable populations.
Current Alzheimer’s drugs do little to help patients
A Minnesota Evidence-Based Practice Center study analyzed 67 Alzheimer’s treatments and found few are effective and they only alleviate symptoms.
Stolen Breaths
An NEJM commentary on the death of George Floyd and the health of Black Americans.
Nursing home residents from communities of color experience a lower quality of life. COVID-19 could make it worse.
The findings of a new study led by Associate Professor Tetyana Shippee reveal the need to improve the care of racial/ethnic minority residents — especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hardeman receives AcademyHealth’s emerging leader award
Associate Professor Rachel Hardeman received AcademyHealth’s Alice S. Hersh Emerging Leader Award for her reproductive health equity research focusing on how racism creates health inequities.
Slaughter-Acey earns NIH honor for research on racism in maternal health
Assistant Professor Jaime Slaughter-Acey earned a a Matilda White Riley Early Stage Investigator Award for her study “Skin tone matters: Racial microaggression and delayed prenatal care.”
Yoga practice common among young adults who have experienced trauma
Professor and yoga instructor Dianne Neumark-Sztainer found that 40% of young people report experiencing traumatic events, such as abuse or discrimination, and offers guidance for yoga students and teachers.
