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New MDH study shows potential for more accessible health care through telehealth

Brooke Cunningham, MD, PhD is quoted in MDH News Release: “New MDH study shows potential for more accessible health care through telehealth.”
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Benjamin Rosenstein, MD, MA, Center for Bioethics alum, received the Geriatric Academic Career Award (GACA) sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Benjamin Rosenstein, MD, MA, Center for Bioethics alum, received the Geriatric Academic Career Award (GACA) sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
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JP Leider, PhD, and colleagues publish research on staffing levels needed to sustain the public health workforce

The authors conclude: “The response to COVID-19 has wrought historic investments in public health workforce, though the legislative intent behind these investments highlights their temporary, response-oriented nature. As the United States…
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Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C interviewed on Pediatric Ethics Podcast

Dr. Wolf spoke about “the concept of a child's relational potential and the role that this concept might play in certain pediatric cases.” The podcast can be accessed at the Children’s Mercy webpage or on subscriber channels.      
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Preventable deaths by suicide rose again in 2021-2022

Brooke Cunningham, MD, PhD is quoted in MDH News Release: “Preventable deaths by suicide rose again in 2021-2022.”
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Nurses as Disciplinary Agents of the State: Ethical Practice and Mandatory Reporting in the United States

Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C, and colleagues publish in Advances in Nursing Science: “Nurses as Disciplinary Agents of the State: Ethical Practice and Mandatory Reporting in the United States.”
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Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH, earns promotion

Congratulations to Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH on promotion to Full Professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
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Sarah Gollust, PhD, earns promotion

Congratulations to Sarah Gollust, PhD on promotion to Full Professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
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Debra DeBruin, PhD, speaks at the Dean’s Lecture Series webinar “Can We Do Better in the Next Pandemic?”

This event in the University of Minnesota Dean’s Lecture Series featured experts who assisted with the state of Minnesota’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. DeBruin co-led the Minnesota COVID Ethics Collaborative, a statewide…
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Minnesota Department of Health publishes a new report on the state’s drinking water

The report evaluates how well water supplies in the state meet safe drinking water standards; it was released in conjunction with Safe Drinking Water Week in Minnesota. “Minnesota Commissioner of Health Dr. Brooke Cunningham emphasized the…