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Fall Vaccination Campaign Will Bring New Shots, Worse Access
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, PhD is quoted: “We have criticisms of the way the initial vaccine rollout happened, but there was really a very significant effort to get everyone vaccinated.”
Advance Care Planning for Adolescents with Cancer
Jennifer Needle, MD, MPH and colleagues conducted a longitudinal adolescent advance care planning study that is the largest study to date using the validated Family-Centered Advance Care Planning intervention for Teens with Cancer (FACE-TC…
Obviously, You Should Never Read the Comments If the Story Is About Public Health Harassment and Bullying. Unless…
JP Leider, PhD, weighs in on COVID Public Health work and public perspective.
Bioethics Faculty Selected to Present at National Conference
Every October, bioethicists from across the country gather for the American Society for Bioethics & Humanities's (ASBH) annual conference.
Advance Care Planning for Adolescents with Cancer
Jennifer Needle MD, MPH: “Adolescents with cancer should be given the opportunity to participate in their own medical decision-making.”
New Chapter on Health Equity & Justice During Pandemics by Debra DeBruin, PhD
The recently published edited volume Ethical Public Health Policy Within Pandemics (Boylan, M. 2022) includes a chapter on “Pandemic Disparities: Equity and Neutral Conceptions of Justice” by Debra DeBruin, PhD.
There’s A Simple Fix For Skewed Pandemic Estimates
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, PhD weighs in on demographers working together so that officials can produce numbers we all can trust.
Fellow Researches Gender & Race Issues in Elder Caregiving
This summer, Debra DeBruin, PhD is mentoring MaryGrace Trifilio on her research of public discourse and policy regarding older adult caregiving. Trifilio is one of two fellows of the Humphrey School’s Center on Women, Gender, and Public…
Report: Minnesota's rate for pregnancy-related deaths lower than national average
Rachel Hardemn, PhD, MPH highlights the racial disparities present in the findings: "In one of the healthiest states in the country, Black and Indigenous moms are dying at a rate that far outstrips their share of the population..."
Rapid Response Media Messaging Research Will Promote Health and Racial Equity
Sarah Gollust, PhD, states: “I’m very excited that this new research endeavor will focus on questions that really matter to those who are doing the work to advance health equity and communicate to the public...”