The funded projects focus on topics including youth mental health, rural access to care, firearm violence prevention, and treatment for people experiencing homelessness.
News Release
New study to examine the effects of ransomware attacks on rural and safety-net hospitals
“This project will quantify the damage that ransomware attacks cause and move toward identifying ways to safeguard care delivery and patient safety when hospitals face cyberattacks,” said lead researcher Hannah Neprash.
Exploring the long-term health impacts of high-quality, affordable public housing
A new research project will link historical census records with health, mortality, and economic data to examine how living in public housing in the 1940s and 1950s influenced health and well-being later in life.
New study to examine how childhood disadvantage and lead exposure shapes dementia risk later in life
SPH researchers seek to uncover a link between early childhood economic status, lead exposure, and dementia risk
Six School of Public Health students recognized for their leadership by the University
SPH students receive the UMN President’s Student Leadership & Service Award
SPHs Katherine Hendel receives McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
The University of Minnesota award recognizes outstanding early-career faculty with potential for significant impact in their field
SPH’s Manka Nkimbeng named McKnight Presidential Fellow
The University of Minnesota award honors research excellence and leadership among mid-career faculty
SPH’s Jamie Stang receives University of Minnesota award for excellence in graduate education
The 2025–26 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education highlights Stang’s leadership in teaching, mentoring, and advancing nutrition education.
People living with Down Syndrome face new health challenges as they age
New evidence report from the School of Public Health lays the foundation for updated clinical guidelines and more person-centered care to help ensure people with Down syndrome can live longer, healthier lives.
U.S. kidney transplant system could be missing opportunity to save more lives and reduce costs
“Too many kidneys that could help patients are going unused,” said Matthew Kaufmann, a School of Public Health researcher and lead author of a new study which recommends policies to make better use of donor kidneys.
SPH Professor Silvia Balbo is part of a global team to study cancer’s greatest challenges
The international research team will spend five years and up to $25 million studying DNA damage linked to cancer to inform improved prevention and treatment.
Professor Manka Nkimbeng Receives 2026 Community-Engaged Scholar Award for Early Career Faculty
The Community-Engaged Scholar Awards serve to highlight the breadth and impact of publicly engaged scholarship across the University.
