Epidemiology and Community Health
Neumark-Sztainer Named Regents Professor
SPH researchers exploring health impacts of homeless camp closures
New study focuses on hypertension interventions for people with cognitive impairment
Research will employ mobile health technology and focus on caregivers to address hypertension, and prevent stroke and cardiovascular disease in people with Alzheimer’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease related dementia, and mild cognitive impairment
SPH’s Ivan Wu Receives Early-Stage Investigator Award
New technology will identify areas at increased malaria risk after severe weather events
Grant funding will allow SPH researchers to develop new technology to determine areas at increased malaria risk following severe weather events.
SPH aims to develop new tool to measure residents’ access to urban greenspace
SPH researchers are creating the Urban Greenspace Access Score (UGAS) — a new measurement system that cities, policymakers, and urban planners can use to better understand which neighborhoods in US cities have limited access to greenspace — providing cities with crucial new information for improving greenspace access and promoting greater greenspace equity in urban planning.
New study shows that quitting smoking leads to a lower risk of household food insecurity
When a tobacco user quits smoking, their household is less likely to experience food insecurity in the following year, according to a new study from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) published in Annals of Epidemiology.
Food insecurity limits intuitive eating in the short and long term
Intuitive eating, which focuses on responding to one’s hunger and fullness cues, is less prevalent in food-insecure households
Seeing and ending college student hunger
New study examines mental-health outcomes for Black students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities
For Black students who reported higher depressive symptoms in their teens, the study found that those who attended HBCUs reported fewer depressive symptoms seven years post-college compared to those who attended PWIs
How Is Your Heart Health?
For American Heart Month this February, Professor David Jacobs provides expert comment on how Minnesotans could be more aware of risk factors and take other steps to improve their cardiovascular health.
