The courses were developed by the School of Public Health, Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), and Diversity Science to help bring awareness to the impact of systemic racism in perinatal care.
U of M School of Public Health (SPH) researchers found that 83% of people exposed to tear gas or other chemical agents used by law enforcement reported at least one adverse reproductive health outcome.
The seven-year award is one of the University’s largest federal research grants and the University’s third Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA).
The five-year grant to help develop the Outbreak Analytics and Disease Modeling Network (OADM) was awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is intended to build on work done during the COVID-19 pandemic in preparation for future outbreaks and infectious disease responses.
Unlike many other long-term health conditions, most people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) receive some or all of their care from an unpaid relative or friend — a situation that has spawned a robust scientific literature on the potentially negative health implications of caring for a friend or family member over a sustained period of time.