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SPH In/Color is an opportunity for BIPOC and American Indian students at SPH to connect and build community. This space is for us to take a collective breath together and get mentally ready for the rest of the semester. We will have snacks, music, and various relaxation activities to help us unwind and connect with…
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Join Dr. Aisha Harris for a conversation about the impacts of social determinants of health, the importance of understanding the community context of scientific work, and opportunities to put this into practice within the Twin Cities community. Dinner will be provided.
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Ruitao Lin, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, will present: "DEMO: Bayesian Adaptive Dose Exploration-Monitoring-Optimization Design Based on Short, Intermediate, and Long-term Outcomes" The advancements in targeted therapy or immunotherapy have challenged the conventional “more-is-better'' paradigm in oncology. Due to the deadly nature of cancer, an optimal dose…
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The SPH Public Health Traineeship invites you to attend a seminar on Friday, October 20 from 1:30-3:00 pm. Marisol Chiclana-Ayala from the Center for Health Equity at the Minnesota Department of Health will be on campus to present on authentic community engagement and systems transformation for equity. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome.
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This session will outline how to develop your own web of systemic contacts and relationships, including who to meet and how to reach them, what to discuss and why, and how to follow-up with your network. We will go over how to conduct a professional and effective informational interview with your networks. LinkedIn is one…
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This event is postponed. Stay tuned for a new date announcement Presented by: Greta Bauer, Ph.D., M.P.H. Professor and Director, ELI Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health University of Minnesota Medical School Sex(es) and gender(s) impact the public's health in ways that are multidimensional, and involve entangled causal pathways related to biological, behavioral, and…
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The GHWG invites you to join our Global Health symposium. This year the symposium is being co organized with Universidad CES in Medellin, Colombia and will focus on common challenges and solutions to global health problems for an interconnected world. Sessions to include: Uncomfortable Truths about Global Health. Presented by: Alejandro Gaviria Uribe, Economist and…
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Guanhua Chen, Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, will present: "Robust Sample Weighting to Facilitate Individualized Treatment Rule Learning for a Target Population" Learning individualized treatment rules (ITRs) is an important topic in precision medicine. Current literature mainly focuses on deriving ITRs from a…
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Many students are looking for a job/applied practice and this can be daunting and very frustrating. In this session, students will learn best practices and result-oriented strategies for conducting an effective job search. Topics include how to focus your search (research), marketing to employers, and building your network. Who should attend: all SPH students are…
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Presented by: Ugochinyere Vivian Ukah, (she/her), Ph.D., M.P.H. Assistant Research Investigator HealthPartners Institute Pregnancy complications, such as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and other severe maternal morbidity, disproportionately affects Black and Hispanic women and other vulnerable populations and can result in serious short-term health outcomes for both mother (e.g., eclampsia and stroke), and child (e.g., stillbirth,…
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Working with the media is a powerful way to disseminate SPH work, research, and stories of our impact to a broad audience in Minnesota and across the U.S. This media training webinar will be presented by Savannah Erdman, UMN PR Strategist, and Virgil McDill, SPH writer and news media strategist. They will cover: Information about the…
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The Bright Spots Mini-Lab supports the growing interest in qualitative and mixed methods research among public health practitioners, students, and researchers. "Learning Lab" sessions provide attendees with an opportunity to learn from and consult with experts on activities that build on the qualitative research skills they’ve learned in classrooms or while at work in their…
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The Health Equity Work Group has the pleasure of hosting the 2023 Microgrant Awardees Sam Greenwald, Lauren McPherson, Aparijita Sur, and Alexis Grimes Trotter for our Fall General Meeting! The meeting is open to all SPH Faculty, staff, students, and postdocs and will be on October 11th from 12:30 pm-2:00 pm at the Mayo Building…
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Minnesota Public Health Corps: What Builds Capacity in Minnesota Health Departments? Presented by Chelsey Kirkland, PhD, MPH, CHW Researcher Center for Public Health Systems Division of Health Policy & Management Last year, Minnesota Public Health Corps (MNPHC) launched with 66 AmeriCorps members serving in 37 host sites across Minnesota. The program aims…
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Within a day of moving into her new apartment, Mrs. S developed notable forgetfulness. Troubles finding her way from room to room and locating objects became so debilitating and frustrating that she wished to die. The reasons she didn’t die reveal hidden in plain site insights about the powerful role of caregiving to create a…
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