Faculty
Joseph Gaugler Joins Division of Health Policy & Management
Bonner Awarded Fogarty Fellowship to Study Vaccination in Uganda
PhD student Kimberly Bonner plans to research how health students weigh factors in vaccination decision-making, and barriers to HPV vaccination for adolescent girls who have dropped out of school.
Understanding Patient Drug Preferences for Treating Venous Thromboembolism
Research by Associate Professor Pamela Lutsey found that patients viewed the reversibility of an anticoagulant and the ability to monitor its levels as important.
Institutional Racism Mentioned in Few Public Health Journal Articles
Assistant Professor Rachel Hardeman found that the top 50 public health journals published only 25 articles discussing institutional racism between 2002 and 2015.
Efforts to Transform Health Care Led to Better Asthma Outcomes
A study by Assistant Professor Nathan Shippee shows that Health Care Homes had better asthma outcomes than other primary care clinics.
NIH Gives $6.5M to Neumark-Sztainer to Study Eating and Weight Issues in Young People
The NIH awarded Professor Dianne Neumark-Sztainer a coveted Outstanding Investigator Award to study eating and weight-related problems in adolescents and young adults from low-income and ethnic/racial minority groups in the United States.
Communicating the Root Causes of Foodborne Illnesses
A new article by PhD student Melanie Firestone discusses using root cause analysis during foodborne illness outbreaks and how to communicate their findings to a broad food safety audience.
Tackling a Persistent Pollutant
Associate Professor Matt Simcik developed a process to keep hazardous PFCs — now called PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances) — from traveling through aquifers to drinking water sources and ecosystems.
Rural Maternity Care Losses Lead to Childbirth Risks
Research from Associate Professor Katy Kozhimannil found that families living in non-urban-adjacent rural counties faced increased risk of out-of-hospital birth, birth in a hospital that does not provide obstetric care, and preterm birth, after losing hospital-based obstetric services.
Minnesota’s Uninsured Rate Jumps in 2017 Despite Strong Economy
A joint survey from MDH and SHADAC shows the state’s uninsured rate rose from 4.3 percent in 2015 to 6.3 percent, leaving approximately 349,000 Minnesotans without coverage.
Rural Residents Face Multiple Barriers in Finding Long-Term Care
Assistant Professor Carrie Henning-Smith found that hospital discharge planners encounter transportation, financial, space availability and other problems when trying to place patients in rural nursing homes.
