SPH Researcher Named to Time100 List
Professor and Director of the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity, Rachel Hardeman, was singled out as one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people of the year for her innovative work to end the maternal care crisis in the U.S. by addressing the root causes of structural racism.
New Occupational Hygiene Degree Programs
SPH launched new MS and PhD degrees in Occupational Hygiene to meet industry workforce needs. The programs offer students the training and education necessary to enter the growing field of occupational hygiene, which aims to protect workers and ensure healthy and safe workplaces.
Training Partnerships
Collaborative Workforce Training Program
SPH and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) created a new educational training program to bolster the public health workforce by encouraging undergraduate and graduate students to enter the field. It includes a paid internship with MDH, a seminar series, and a case study competition. Going forward, program coordinators plan to track the number of participants who choose careers in governmental public health.
Creating Pathways to Public Health
SPH and local health departments piloted a paid internship program that placed 10 MPH students in local governmental public health offices. Developed by SPH’s Center for Public Health Systems and the Local Public Health Association of Minnesota, participants engaged in a 12-week internship involving a range of projects that provided them with new skills and exposed them to the kind of real world experiences they would encounter as public health professionals.
SPH Graduates First Biostatistics Doctoral Student Cohort
2024 marked the graduation of SPH’s inaugural class of biostatistics PhD students. Students in this program are trained to design studies and develop statistical tools to extract meaning from complex data, an ever increasing need in the era of big data. Graduates will go on to conduct original research, collaborate and consult with biomedical researchers, implement and disseminate results of research, and teach and mentor others in biostatistics.
Summer Undergraduate Research Program
The SPH Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science and the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain hosted 10 undergraduate students for a summer research program focused on equitable data science in adolescent development. The 10-week, paid, full-time opportunity was designed to give undergraduate students hands-on training and research experience in data science, statistical modeling, machine learning, and scientific communication with a focus on investigating how the collection and analysis of data can reflect, reinforce, and mitigate systemic inequalities.
