New project aims to reduce instances of hospital readmissions
With funding from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), SPH researchers will design a model that reduces hospital readmissions by providing more accurate and personalized...
View ArticleHardeman receives a Community-Engaged Scholar Award
STAT News named Hardeman one of the 2023’s “Status Leaders” for her work in exposing racism’s role in maternal health disparities.
View ArticleTalking Alzheimer’s awareness with SPH’s Joseph Gaugler
June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, and Professor Joseph Gaugler with the School of Public Health answers questions about what Alzheimer’s is, its symptoms and risk factors
View ArticleSPH researchers exploring health impacts of homeless camp closures
The U.S. is experiencing a troubling upsurge in homelessness, with half a million people currently living outside on any given night. As encampments of people experiencing homelessness (PEH) have...
View ArticleNew SPH study will assess the potential for bias in healthcare providers’...
By age 18, one in three children in the US are involved in a child-protective services (CPS) investigation of child abuse or neglect. But the focus of these CPS investigations is not evenly distributed...
View ArticleTalking National Yoga Awareness Month with SPH’s Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
September is National Yoga Awareness Month. To mark the occasion, University of Minnesota School of Public Health Professor and certified yoga instructor Dianne Neumark-Sztainer shares the importance...
View ArticleNew study explores connections between substance use and HIV among men who...
The use of “club drugs” like ecstasy, nitrates (poppers), and methamphetamines is on the rise across the globe. And though all genders and sexual orientations report club-drug use, usage is...
View ArticleSPH’s Ruby Nguyen receives $13.6 million ECHO grant focused on recruitment...
University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) Associate Professor Ruby Nguyen has been awarded a $13.6 million grant as part of the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)...
View ArticleNew study finds that U.S. hospitals are largely supportive of new federal...
Health care prices have long been a black box for U.S. consumers. Not only is it challenging for consumers to identify medical service prices, but there are also wide and unpredictable price variations...
View ArticleStorm damage to residences linked to higher malaria prevalence in Mozambique
Though malaria has been eliminated in several countries, the mosquito-borne disease still remains a major public health concern in many parts of the world, including sub-Saharan Africa. Mozambique, for...
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