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Clinical Ethicist Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C, outlines an ethical approach to a challenging pediatric ethics case presented in the American Journal of Bioethics. Dr.

Brooke Cunningham, MD, PhD, will be Minnesota’s Commissioner of Health. "Cunningham has overseen health equity work at the health department and is a trained doctor of internal medicine."

Brooke Cunningham, MD, PhD, will be Minnesota’s new Commissioner of Health. Dr. Cunningham "will prioritize equity in the Health Department's science, operations and partnerships…"

The American Journal of Preventive Medicine recently published an article by a research team that includes Elizabeth Wrigley Field, PhD, and JP Leider, PhD.

“[W]hile COVID-19 vaccines were effective…, they couldn’t fix the underlying health disparities that made communities of color more vulnerable to COVID-19…” The research team included Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, PhD, and JP Leider, PhD.

“White people have long justified abuse and mistreatment of Black people… There have been ‘four hundred years of active decisions to dehumanize Black people and Black bodies,’ says Rachel Hardeman, [PhD, MPH]...”

Dr. Jameton joined our affiliate faculty in December of 2016, after retiring from the University of Nebraska. He was an exceptional colleague: warmly supportive, keenly intelligent, and a spirited advocate for his deeply held commitments.…

Just months into the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, it was clear that the impact was vastly unequal by race. Native American, Hispanic, and Black populations had elevated mortality compared to White and Asian populations. These disparities…

Congratulations to Debra DeBruin, PhD, on her Board Member of the Year award from the Bioethics Network of the Upper Midwest.

JP Leider, PhD, leads the first health workforce research center in the United States that focuses on the public health workforce. The Consortium for Workforce Research in Public Health (CWORPH) includes academic institutions and practice-…