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How Medical Ethics Shapes Patient Care
March 5, 2026
Shana Moore-Pierre, MA '22, MPH '23, advises healthcare teams and patients on complex decisions, engages with policy research to help make standards for care more ethical, and teaches at medical insti...
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Dr. Alexis Merdjanoff Named Fellow for National Academies’ Gulf Research Program
May 27, 2021
Dr. Alexis Merdjanoff was selected for the program’s new Human Health & Community Resilience track to advance health equity and examine the social determinants of health in the Gulf States and Alask...
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Family History and Stigma of Mental Health Conditions
May 14, 2021
Mental health conditions/difficulties are highly stigmatized, yet are relatively commonplace. Many of us know or have had contact with at least one person with a mental health condition/difficulty
Data Equity for AAPI Ethnic Populations
May 14, 2021
GPH faculty explain that despite the exponential growth in the Asian American and Pacific Islander populations, there are still significant understudied health and healthcare disparities that continue...
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Misuse of Science Leads to Tragedies at the Border
May 7, 2021
Drs. Farzana Kapadia and Diana Silver discuss how the misuse of dental radiographs could lead to unethical deportation.
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A Reflection on Homelessness
May 7, 2021
Seeing connections between sidewalk tents in DC and the Academy Award-winning film Nomadland Julia Cartwright considers the ramifications of homelessness on the health and well-being of homeless peopl...
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The Crisis Within the Pandemic
April 30, 2021
The cascading effects of COVID-19 are seen throughout many areas of public health including an increase in fatal drug overdoses. Fortunately, it has also spurred innovative changes in drug treatment.
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Looking Back and Ahead on Earth Day 2021
April 23, 2021
I was a medical student on the first Earth Day in 1970, chairing a symposium at the University of Minnesota on protecting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. President Jimmy Carter signed a law naming
Hurricanes, COVID-19 and the Power of Collective Action
April 16, 2021
Dr. David Abramson shows us the power of a community in safeguarding the health and well-being of its residents as another hurricane season approaches and the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on.
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Green Roads to Environmental Justice
April 9, 2021
After deeming climate change and environmental equity a top priority, MPH students co-founded the Climate Change Task Force to create mitigation strategies to the negative health impacts.
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