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SPH researcher receives funding to explore how biological rhythms could inform cancer treatment
U.S. drug overdose deaths fell nearly 30% since 2022, but significant disparities remain
New School of Public Health analysis found that overdose deaths declined in recent years across most drug types, while communities of color and people with a high school education or less continued to bear a disproportionate burden.
SPH graduate begins prestigious CDC fellowship in public health communications
Cate Reilly will join the Public Health Fellowship Program, where she will support respiratory disease communications
Most governmental public health workers don’t have a public health degree
Only 22% of governmental public health workers hold a public health degree, but younger members of the public health workforce are more likely to have formal public health training.
Less nicotine, fewer cigarettes: New study finds smokers are unlikely to smoke more when switching to low-nicotine cigarettes.
Researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health found little evidence that smokers compensate for less nicotine by smoking more cigarettes or inhaling more deeply, debunking long-held myths.
SPH awards six Behavioral Health Seed Grants to support innovative research and policy solutions
The funded projects focus on topics including youth mental health, rural access to care, firearm violence prevention, and treatment for people experiencing homelessness.
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
