Deborah L. Swackhamer, co-director of the Water Resources Center at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, presented recently on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on water resources and implications for human health at a two-day workshop, hosted by the Institute of Medicine.
Is it healthy for young adults to weigh themselves frequently? That’s what researchers with Project Eat at the University of Minnesota wanted to learn, so they studied more than 2,000 adults with an average age of 25.
For weeks, scientific debate has focused on the publication of two studies that document the lab creation of H5N1 virus, or bird flu. The debate included varying opinions about the case-fatality rate — in other words, how deadly the virus might be if transferred to the human population.
More than 150 students, faculty, staff, and alumni attended Taste Diversity 2012 on March 28, making for another successful event, said Diversity Coordinator Sherlonde Clarke. Sponsored by the Dean’s Office and organized by the Student Senate Diversity Committee, this was the sixth annual Taste Diversity celebration. This year’s theme was Africa. “The Student Senate Diversity Committee [...]
Lester Breslow, a visionary public health pioneer who got his start at the University of Minnesota, died April 9. He was 97. In 1938, he graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School. Wanting a broader view of population health, he began to study public health at Minnesota and graduated with a master’s degree in [...]
Learn about 2012 Research Day at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health through the lens of our dean, John Finnegan.
In her study, Pinar Karaca-Mandic found that children of parents who pay more out-of-pocket costs use their asthma control medication less often and have more asthma-related hospitalizations.
University health sciences researchers have received an $11 million Department of Defense grant to define the best methods for training military combat medics, especially as they encounter the most critical situations: massive bleeding and the need for airway management. SPH professor François Sainfort is the co-principal investigator leading the comparative study of alternative training methods. [...]
Organic, natural and whole grain options are booming in grocery stores, but University of Minnesota School of Public Health epidemiologists warn that shoppers may not be getting their money’s worth if they don’t know the ins and outs of the food trend known as “whole health solutions” and what falls more on the side of advertising hype.
A fourth of all reproductive-aged women are at risk of being uninsured or of having gaps in their health insurance coverage. That’s according to research from the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health.
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