The study led by PhD student So Yun Yi found that sugar intake over a 20-year period was related to the existence of fat volumes around the heart and abdomen later in life.
Tom Stanoch
Air pollution in the U.S. declines during the COVID-19 pandemic
The pollution study by Assistant Professor Jesse Berman showed that nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter levels in the U.S. dropped during March and April compared to the same months in previous years.
Hardeman Awarded Blue Cross Professorship of Health and Racial Equity
Associate Professor Rachel Hardeman is the first Blue Cross Endowed Professor of Health and Racial Equity and works to understand the racist roots of health inequities and discerns how to create more just systems going forward.
Increasing TB treatment adherence among HIV patients in Eswatini
A study by researchers Stuart Grande and Jude Mikal shows that giving HIV patients choices and support are the keys to ensuring they complete treatment to prevent tuberculosis.
Adawe (MPH ’15) and Koch (MPH ’16) named 2020 Bush Fellows
Amira Adawe (MPH ’15) plans to use her fellowship to further her work fighting colorism and Ani Koch (MPH ’16) will study how to make systemic changes to improve health care for marginalized communities.
Linking brain function to adolescent suicide risk
Biostatistician and Assistant Professor Mark Fiecas is co-leading a study looking at the emergence of depression and suicide risk in thousands of adolescents and how it relates to the behavior of specific brain regions over time.
Family deaths may keep Black and Native American young adults from graduating college
Research by PhD student Naomi Thyden shows that young adults who were college-aged when a sibling or parent died were about half as likely to graduate from college.
Tysowsky (MPH ’85) named head of global training and education for Ivoclar Vivadent
George Tysowsky (MPH ’85) is the new head of global training and education for Ivoclar Vivadent.
Niermann (MHA ’20) named medical director for Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare
Micah Niermann (MHA ’20) has been named medical director for Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul, MN.
Careers of Impact: Making Health a Human Right – Chelsea Trcka, MHA ’18
Chelsea Trcka’s executive education at the School of Public Health helped her gain relevant skills at a critical time in her career.
Juneteenth: Pursuing Freedom
Huckfeldt named Weckwerth Professor in Healthcare Administration Leadership
Associate Professor Peter Huckfeldt joined the school in 2014 and has instructed courses in health economics and maintains an active research agenda focused on the organization and payment of health care providers as well as the effects of delivery interventions targeting more vulnerable populations.
