Jack Dressen (MHA ’14), MHA Education & Engagement Committee and Healthcare Leadership Symposium Steering committee member, discusses why he volunteers and offers advice to others on engaging as a volunteer with the MHA Program and Alumni Association/Foundation.
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Volunteer Spotlight: Tally Sharma Venjohn (MHA ’13)
Tally Sharma Venjohn (MHA ’13), SPH Scholarship & Awards committee member, shares why she volunteers and her advice to others interested in engaging with the SPH Alumni Society.
Study to assess dementia rates and patient needs in the Twin Cities African immigrant community
Professor Joseph Gaugler is leading a community-engaged assessment to identify and understand dementia prevalence, care needs, and patient resources in the African immigrant community in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Body dissatisfaction begins before adolescence, remains constant into adulthood
The Project EAT study co-authored by Professor Dianne Neumark-Sztainer found that 95% of those surveyed experienced nearly constant levels of high or low body dissatisfaction from adolescence into adulthood.
Toledo (MPH ’98) hosts podcast promoting health across U.S.
Racist experiences and skin tone discrimination linked to delays in prenatal care
The new study by Assistant Professor Jaime Slaughter-Acey found light and dark brown black women reported experiencing the most microaggression, and were the two groups most likely to delay prenatal care.
Rapid innovation modernizes patient care
A new collaboration among three of Minnesota’s most important health research, education, and care delivery organizations — University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Mayo Clinic, and Hennepin Healthcare — trains a cohort of scholars each year in a game-changing, modern approach to health care called learning health systems.
SPH Alumni Society board welcomes four new members
Partnering diabetes community support groups with clinics and patients could help improve disease management
A pilot study by Adjunct Assistant Professor Pamela Jo Johnson found that people who participate in such support programs improve in their self-care activities and ability to work with their providers.
Laska begins first-of-its-kind study exploring college student food insecurity
Professor Melissa Laska says college food insecurity has been linked with adverse health and academic outcomes for students, including difficulty concentrating in class, lower grade point average, and higher deferment rates.
Shippee elected to Gerontological Society of America board
Associate Professor Tetyana Shippee campaigned for the position with a platform aimed at ensuring the GSA has a focus on health equity in all efforts.
Study ties harmful body comments in adolescence to substance use in adulthood
Postdoctoral researcher Melissa Simone found that girls who used unhealthy weight-control behaviors and experienced the harms of weight stigma during adolescence were likely to use substances as adults.
