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UMN Women’s Faculty Cabinet tackles gender equity issues

Catherine McCarty, PhD, MPH, MSB, HEC-C, is quoted in The Minnesota Daily: “UMN Women’s Faculty Cabinet tackles gender equity issues.”
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A Medical Ethicist Writes a Novel

Steven Miles, MD, reflects on on the process of writing his novel, The Leopard’s Furies Dr. Steven Miles recently published a novel, The Leopard’s Furies, about the effort to hold an Army physician accountable for torturing prisoners in a…
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Sarah Gollust, PhD, and colleagues publish article on “The Perils of Medicalization for Population Health and Health Equity”

The authors argue that the medicalization of public health “pose[s] serious impediments to the research, resource allocation, and public policies needed for meaningful improvements in population health outcomes, including the reduction of…
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The Current and Future State of Patient Safety

David Satin, MD, appears on Stratis Health Podcast regarding “The Current and Future State of Patient Safety.”
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Dr. Rachel Hardeman honored by STAT News

STAT News has honored Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH, by including her on the “
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Steven Miles, MD, publishes commentary in the Star Tribune

Steven Miles, MD, recently published a commentary entitled “University of Minnesota's focus has drifted
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The Minnesota Department of Health launches campaign to reduce teen vaping

In announcing this new campaign, Minnesota’s Health Commissioner Brooke Cunningham, MD, PhD, stated: “We know that nicotine found in e-cigarettes is highly addictive and can lead to significant physical and mental health impacts…. Teens…
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JP Leider co-authors “A Uniform Chart of Accounts: Strengthening Public Health Practice and Research Through Standardized Financial Data”

JP Leider, PhD, and colleagues have published “A Uniform Chart of Accounts: Strengthening Public Health Practice and Research Through Standardized Financial Data” in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
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The Disability Paradox and Medical Decision Making

Jennifer Needle, MD, MPH, & Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, HEC-C presented the Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds on 3/29/23: "The Disability Paradox and Medical Decision Making." RECORDING
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Breaking the silence: Minnesota's alarming maternal mortality rates unveiled between Black and American Indian mothers

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has released a report on maternal mortality in 2017 and 2018. The report documents significant disparities in maternal mortality; Black and American Indian birthing people are disproportionately…