SPH Associate Professor Tetyana Shippee has recently joined three influential, national organizations focused on long-term care policies and practices.
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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
Nearly half of all state and local public health employees left their jobs from 2017 to 2021
A new study finds that if the rate of employee departures continues, more than half of the nation’s entire public health workforce could leave their organizations by 2025.
Talking long-term care in rural Minnesota with SPH Associate Professor Janette Dill
Direct care workers are an essential part of supporting an aging population, particularly as more people favor aging in place over nursing homes and require in-home assistance with daily activities. Yet, as Minnesota continues to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns about the state’s direct care workforce remain.
Federal workers left their jobs at higher rates in the first year of the pandemic
Among all surveyed workers, intention to leave increased by 5% in the first year of the pandemic compared to earlier that year
U.S. Senator Tina Smith Visits University of Minnesota School of Public Health to Discuss SPH’s National Leadership in Addressing the Public Health Workforce Shortage
With new NIH grant, University of Minnesota study will use innovative tools to research tick-borne pathogens in the field
Research funded through a $3.4 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks to transform our understanding of the transmission of Lyme disease and other tick-borne pathogens.
U of M Medical School and School of Public Health Researchers Creating World’s Largest Genomic Data Set for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Basu, a co-principal investigator on the project, has a wealth of experience applying statistical methodologies and computational algorithms in genetic data sets to understand the genetic bases of a variety of complex diseases.
New scholarship program at the U of M School of Public Health aims to increase health equity and strengthen the public health workforce
Funded by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the “Public Health Traineeship” scholarship program focuses on addressing inequities in our public health system, improving emergency preparedness and response, and increasing the size of the public health workforce.
Safo awarded selective McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
School of Public Health (SPH) Assistant Professor of Biostatistics Sandra Safo received a 2023 McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, one of the most selective faculty awards at the University of Minnesota.
U of M School of Public Health’s Carrie Henning-Smith Elected to Two New Leadership Positions at the National Rural Health Association
Beginning this month, Henning-Smith will serve as chair of the NRHA’s Research and Education Constituency Group, and she will also serve on the NRHA’s Board of Trustees. With more than 21,000 members across the country, the NRHA is the nation’s largest professional organization focused on rural health
