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New Commentary on Supporting the Public Health Workforce by Sarah Gollust, PhD
In the recently published commentary in JAMA Network Open, "Supporting the Public Health Workforce Requires Collective Actions to Address Harassment and Threats", Sarah Gollust, PhD urges for investments in the public health work force as…
In Rural America, Covid Hits Black and Hispanic People Hardest
Despite higher vaccination rates of nonwhites in Minnesota, Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, PhD connects greater societal issues to the disproportionate COVID deaths among people of color in the state.
America Was in an Early-Death Crisis Long Before COVID
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, PhD is quoted: “I don’t think people in the United States actually have any awareness of just how poorly we do as a country at letting people live to old age."
New Study: Long Term Efficacy of Pediatric Advance Care Planning
We often pair the aging process with advance care planning. However, the ability to make your own health care decisions is valuable at any age, particularly when patients with terminal illnesses are involved.
Dobbs V. Jackson: Now is the Time for Prospective Public Health Measurement
"Now is the time to set up to measure the impact of Dobbs v Jackson Supreme Court ruling within health departments." argues co-author JP Leider, PhD.
After Roe: The risk to reproductive healthcare access
Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH, an associate professor in the School of Public Health and director of the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity, is interviewed.
‘No question’ that U.S. maternal mortality rate will rise post-Roe, experts say
Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH connects the fall of Roe V. Wade to health policies that perpetuate racism and white supremacy.
This Fall Will Be a Vaccination Reboot
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, PhD comments on the challenges with a new COVID vaccine.
U of M to study multilevel structural racism on whole person health across the lifecourse
Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH is a co-investigator of the project.
Minn. Republican threatens retaliation against medical board
Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C unpacks Jensen's claim that the Minnesota Medical Board is being weaponized against him.