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The School of Public Health requires a minimum of three letters of recommendation as part of our application process. This session will provide you with an overview of this requirement: why we have it, what are we looking for in a quality recommendation, who should serve as a recommender, can you submit four recommendations? We…
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Kristin Linn, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania, will present: "Estimation and Evaluation of Individualized Treatment Rules Following Multiple Imputation" Data-driven optimal treatment strategies promise to benefit patients, care providers, and other stakeholders by improving clinical outcomes and lowering healthcare costs. A treatment decision rule is a function that inputs patient-level information…
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Join the Maternal and Child Health Interest Group (MCHIG) for a virtual topic night on postpartum mental health. The conversation will be focused on new initiatives announced on the Department of Health and Human Services’ Maternal Health Day of Action, specifically those related to mental health.
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A resume or CV is a required application document. This webinar will explain how to submit a resume or C.V. to be a competitive applicant. The admissions team will also be available to answer any questions you have. The SPH Application Webinar Series focuses on the application process related to our Master of Public Health…
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This talk draws from previous ethnographic research conducted in Washington, D.C., new research on prison agriculture, and lessons learned from community-based organizations to offer insights into how to create equitable food systems. Specifically, this talk moves beyond the biological imperative of access to healthy food to explore the social and cultural significance of creating meals…
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PhD candidate in Biostatistics, Jonathan Kim, will present: "Bayesian Modeling of Multi-Source Multi-Way Data" PhD Adviser: Eric Lock Biomedical research often involves data collected from multiple sources and these sources often have a multi-way (i.e.. multidimensional tensor) structure. Existing methods that can accommodate multi-source or multi-way data have various limitations on the exact structure of…
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Masters candidate in Biostatistics, Yuntian Zuo, will present: "Competing Risk Analysis of Adverse Events for Gemcitabine-antibacterial Treatment on Multiple Discontinued Reasons" Plan B Adviser: Dr. Benjamin Langworthy In this project, data from the MPACT cancer trial was used to study the reason patients with pancreatic cancer discontinue from the clinical trial, and whether certain adverse…
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For many, interviewing is often a stressful part of the job-search process. This session will help you prepare, learn, and apply strategies on how to thoroughly prepare how best to promote yourself both competently and confidently. Who should attend? Open to all SPH students.
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Presented by: Andrew Goodman-Bacon, Ph.D., M.A. Senior Research Economist Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute Difference-in-differences (DiD) is arguably the most popular quasi-experimental research design. Its canonical form, with two-groups and two periods, is well-understood. When researchers go beyond that simple case, however, empirical practices can be ad hoc and unreliable. This article provides an organizing…
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With the School of Public Health moving towards becoming antiracist, it is important to provide SPH community members an opportunity to understand what that really means. In this 60 minute interactive session, participants will learn what antiracism is, how it connects to our mission as a School and discuss ways one can begin to approach…
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This Fall, we're thrilled to bring you an exciting collaboration between RISE UMN and HEWG! We will be hosting a student-led social hour and trivia game on Thursday, November 16h from 12:00pm-1:00pm at HSEC 4-103. All SPH and Medical School students are welcome! Lunch will be available! Please RSVP if you plan to attend.
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Please join us for an SPH Public Health Traineeship seminar “The 6 tenets of Community-Institutional Collaboration and the ‘Why’ of the Work” featuring Susan Gust, Sr. Program Manager-Community Engagement Training with CTSI-CEARCH on Thursday, November 16 from 10-11 am in PWB 3-156 or over Zoom. In our everyday lives, the focus often is and needs…
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Xiang Zhu, of the Department of Statistics at Penn State, will present: "Applying an Enhancer Lens to Human Disease Genetics" Over the past two decades, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have advanced the discovery and interpretation of numerous genetic variants influencing complex human diseases. Notably, more than 90% of disease-associated variants are located within non-coding regions…
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Beginning in 2024, Minnesota OSHA will be overseeing an ergonomic standard focused on employees in health care, warehouses, and meatpacking. The talk will cover basic ergonomic principles and apply these to evaluating and resolving ergonomic concerns in these and other locations. About the Speaker: Neil Carlson, MS, CIH continues to work at the University of…
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The University of Minnesota School of Public Health is headed to Atlanta! Join us on Monday, November 13 at 5:30pm ET for a fun social gathering with faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends. It will be an evening filled with great connections and conversations as we share our SPH pride. Free food and drinks available.
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