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2023 National Maternal Nutrition Intensive Course
The National Maternal Nutrition Intensive Course focuses on the improvement of maternal and infant health through the delivery of risk-appropriate high-quality nutrition services. This continuing education program is designed for dietitians, nutritionists, certified nurse midwives, registered nurses and nurse practitioners, physicians, and public health professionals who serve pre-conceptual, pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, children,…
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Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality Director Robert Otto Valdez Keynote Speech
The Director of the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Robert Otto Valdez, will be sharing his vision for AHRQ and the challenges and opportunities facing the U.S. healthcare system to provide high quality, equitable and safe health care. He will discuss how factors such as the use of data and measurement, a refocus…
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Justice in Public Health: White to White: Dismantling White Supremacy from Within
We will not achieve the goal of dismantling white supremacy without white people working together to understand how white supremacy and racial bias are defining characteristics of our whiteness. In this work, white people must engage with BIPOC and white individuals and communities. However, white people learning about and discussing whiteness can elicit fear, anger,…
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Notes from the Border: Pets and the War in Ukraine
A little over a year ago, Russia invaded Ukraine, resulting in an exodus of over six million Ukraine refugees, many of whom had pets. This presentation will provide a first hand look at efforts to provide veterinary support to pets of those refugees, and an overview of the challenges of bringing the first mobile veterinary…
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Justice in Public Health | Environmental Justice: The Next Frontier of Social Justice
Catherine Coleman Flowers unearths America’s dirty secret in her talks about environmental justice, touching on one of the least discussed forms of inequality – equal access to water and sanitation. As Catherine shares, these issues are often “out of sight, out of mind” for most of the United States, but they need our attention. Flowers…
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2023 Public Health Institute
The Summer Public Health Institute provides a space where innovation happens, allowing faculty and experts to create short courses that respond to current advances in their fields. Most courses span one week and provide participants with applied research and practice skills that can be used right away. The 2023 Institute will feature over 30 intensive…
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SPH Spring Party
Join us for our second annual spring party hosted by SPH Student Senate and the SPH Alumni Association. Students, alumni, faculty, and staff are all invited to celebrate the 2022-2023 school year. Hors d’oeuvres will be served, with vegan and gluten-free options provided. There will also be a chance to win exciting raffle prizes, including…
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2023 Robert L. Kane Memorial Lecture – Supporting Care Partners in Real-World Care Delivery
Care partners have a foundational role when assisting persons with complex health needs and disabilities, including throughout the trajectory of dementia care. Care partners often serve as a critical source of information about a patient’s health history, coordinate treatments, facilitate care planning, and participate in routine and high-stakes decision-making. The competence and capacity of care…
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EpiCH Seminar Series – Yoga: A Practice for Enhancing Body Appreciation and a Positive Sense of Embodiment
Presented by: Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D, RYT-500 McKnight Presidential and Mayo Professor Division Head Division of Epidemiology and Community Health University of Minnesota This presentation will address the question: What can the practice of yoga offer in terms of improving body image and potentially reducing eating disorders? In this presentation, Dr. Dianne Neumark-Sztainer will…
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Learning Lab Series: The Power of First Person Storytelling in Public Health
Personal narratives are powerful tools for researchers and practitioners alike. They can be used to educate, influence, train, advocate, and reflect in the public health field. Harnessing the power of these narratives is an important skill. This session on digital storytelling from the StoryCenter will be a brief introduction to the process of gathering and…
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Division of Biostatistics Seminar with Sherri Rose
Sherri Rose, Professor at Stanford University and Co-Director of the Health Policy Data Science Lab, will present: "Algorithmic Bias and Machine Learning in Health Care" Abstract: Health care has moved toward analytic systems that take large databases and estimate varying quantities of interest both quickly and robustly, incorporating advances from statistics, econometrics, and computer science.…
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Health Equity Seminar: Authentic Community Engagement and Systems Transformation
The Minnesota Department of Health’s Center for Health Equity will present on authentic community engagement and systems transformation for equity. This event is cosponsored by the SPH Public Health Traineeship, EnHS DEI committee, and St. Catherine University. Registration is open and free to students, alumni, staff, and/or faculty.
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Addressing Ageism: Key Issues and Need for Action
Ageism is widespread and many polls suggest that a significant portion of the population has experienced or witnessed ageism in different settings. Yet, negative stereotypes about older workers persist and result in a variety of negative consequences in reduced job opportunities, lower wages, poorer health outcomes and reduced quality of life. We need action and…
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Fireside Chat: Let’s Chat about How Minnesota Communities Are Tackling Cancer Disparities
In celebration of National Minority Populations Cancer Awareness Month, please join Dr. Dana Carroll and Public Health student, Julie Ntegeye, to learn about the current state of cancer disparities in Minnesota and to hear about some of the exciting and impactful research being conducted by minority population communities across Minnesota in collaboration with the Masonic…
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