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“Doctors and Lawyers Debate Meaning of Death as Families Challenge Practices”
The Uniform Law Commission is assessing possible changes to the Uniform Determination of Death Act.
“Awareness of COVID-19 at the Local Level: Perceptions and Political Consequences”
Sarah Gollust, PhD, co-authored this study which appears in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
Debra DeBruin, PhD, Awarded BENUM Board Member of the Year
Congratulations to Debra DeBruin, PhD, on her Board Member of the Year award from the Bioethics Network of the Upper Midwest.
Announcing the Consortium for Workforce Research in Public Health (CWORPH)
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-…
Study: POC communities dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than white people
University of Minnesota researchers analyzed pandemic mortality data and found Black, Asian, and Hispanic populations had higher mortality rates than white people. "There is no question that communities of color continue to be hit the…
Population Screening for Genetic Disease: Are We Ready for the Next Phase of Personalized Medicine?
At the start of the new millennium, the first draft of the Human Genome Project was completed and announced by then-President Bill Clinton. In his speech on the achievement, the President praised the discovery and proclaimed that humankind…
Thaddeus Pope, JD, PhD, HEC-C, coauthored a recent article: Traveling Across States for Prohibited Treatments: Medical Aid in Dying and Looming Battles Over Abortion
Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD, HEC-C and colleagues recently published an article in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Research shows public health agencies are critically understaffed
JP Leider, PhD, the study's lead author, states: “Transitioning a COVID-related surge in staffing to a permanent workforce requires substantial and sustained investment from federal and state governments to deliver even the bare minimum of…
New Article: Bioethics for Neonatal Cardiac Care
The Neonatal Cardiac Care Collaborative (NeoC3) recently published a supplement in Pediatrics addressing issues from surgical timing to bioethical considerations. The supplement includes recommendations by Dr. Jennifer Needle, MD, MPH, and…
U of M School of Public Health receives $4.7 million to lead workforce consortium
JP Leider, PhD will lead the research to identify remedies for America's overwhelmed public health workforce.