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UM SPH E-Newsletter, 2007

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  Fall/Winter 2007 UM SPH E-News logo  
 

Sent from the University of Michigan School of Public Health Office of Communications three times a year.

   
       
  Recent Research    
 

Gene study adds weight to theory that native people of the Americas arrived in a single main migration across the Bering Strait.
Rates of anxiety, mood disorders high after Hurricane Katrina.
Nano-sized voltmeters in cells & pedometers for diabetics: measuring health.
Veterans, depression & suicide: highest risk seen among younger white men, alcohol/drug abusers
Podcast: MRSA in schools, and more health topics.
More outcomes: www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/news_releases.html
Faculty in the news: www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/clips.cfm
Accolades: www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/accolades.html

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  Support Students through the President's Challenge    
 

UM President Mary Sue Coleman is currently matching all gifts for graduate and professional support ($1 for every $2 donated), including scholarships, fellowships, internships, and student awards.
Why it's the best time to give to UM SPH:
www.sph.umich.edu/challenge

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  Enjoy Findings Online    
  Just in time for the new year, the latest issue of UM SPH's award-winning Findings magazine describes moments that change lives, what students value, health worldwide, and more. SPH Digest and Student Snapshot articles have audio features. You can e-mail inspirational stories to colleagues or search articles back through 2003.
View the Fall 2007 issue:
www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/findings/fall07
 
       
  Certificate in the Foundations of Public Health    
 

UM SPH's new-for-2008 distance-learning program will appeal to public-health practitioners, non-traditional students, and lifelong learners.
Details: www.sph.umich.edu/distance

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  Upcoming Dates & Events    
 

Now: Employers can submit summer internship position postings for SPH students, via the Career Connection (Info: sph.jobs@umich.edu)
January 15:
Deadline for priority consideration for M.P.H. and M.H.S.A admission and funding
January-February: UM's Annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Symposium events
March 7: Women in Health Care and Bioscience Leadership: State of the Knowledge
March 26-27: Water, Health, & Environment: Establishing the Research Agenda
March 28-29: Environmental Health and Social Justice: the 22nd Annual Minority Health Conference at UM SPH
July 6-25: Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology

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Questions or comments? E-mail sph.communications@umich.edu

   
       
       

 

logoSummer 2007 UM SPH E-News

E-news from the University of Michigan School of Public Health Office of Communications is published three times a year.

children in African schoolyardVideo Roll

  • Global health case study: SPH scientific data on air quality helps community advocates in industrialized Durban, South Africa. Flash version.
  • SPH works with Detroit partners and teens documenting their communities via Photovoice. Quicktime version.
  • SPH health experts discuss legal and policy issues raised in the movie "Sicko." Quicktime version.

More video at: http://www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/webcasts.html

image for diversity siteDiversity Matters

UM SPH has world-famous researchers in social inequalities and health, and we rely on a diverse environment to fulfill our commitment to populations who suffer disproportionately from illness and disability.

Learn about people and projects at: http://www.sph.umich.edu/diversity

looking at artWhat's Behind the Art on the Stairs?

Now there's an aesthetic incentive to take the SPH II stairs, thanks to a collaboration with UM School of Art and Design Professor Satoru Takahashi and the students in his “Mental Ecology” class.

More on the art: http://www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/findings/spring07/news/six.htm

alumni board group photoAlumni Board News

The Alumni Society Board of Governors proposes an amendment to its constitution to grant each academic department a representative on the board. View details (and nominate new candidates for the board) at: http://www.sph.umich.edu/alumni/associations.html

Findings OnlineSearch Findings Online

UM SPH's award-winning Findings magazine now has a searchable article index online (dating back through 2003). With each online version of the magazine, you can e-mail current stories to colleagues or check back on those you want to reread.

Search by keyword: http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/findings/index.cfm

globe photoSome Upcoming Events

Find more events at http://www.sph.umich.edu/scr/news_events

Questions or comments? E-mail sph.alumni@umich.edu

logoSpring 2007 UM SPH E-News

E-news from the University of Michigan School of Public Health Office of Communications is published three times a year.

facesResearch News

Experts in all UM SPH departments have studies in the news, including:

Learn the stories behind these topics and more by browsing the SPH News Release page: http://www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/news_releases.html

  • Correlation between arsenic in well water and bladder cancer
  • Genetic testing by employers and insurers

Career Connection LogoPost Jobs with Career Connection

Many SPH students graduating in April are ready to launch their careers. If your organization has positions to offer for well-trained public health professionals, list them on the Career Connection: http://www.umsphjobs.org

Alumni UpdateNew Alumni Society Board of Governors

The votes are in. New board members are listed in the right column of:
http://www.sph.umich.edu/alumni/associations.html. And if alumni have new contact info to report, they can update their alumni record while they're there.

Findings OnlineFindings Is Online

With the last three issues of UM SPH's award-winning Findings magazine now online, you can e-mail stories to colleagues or check back on those you want to reread (as thousands of people do).
Find the issue you want at: http://www.sph.umich.edu/alumni/findings/
Coming soon: A searchable index of recent articles.

Minority Health Conference LogoEvent Highlights

Find more events at http://www.sph.umich.edu/scr/news_events
Find webcast links to past events (such as Health & Society Scholars Program lectures, Paul Farmer's talk at UM, and Noreen Clark's Distinguished University Professor Lecture) at http://www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/webcasts.html

Questions or comments? E-mail sph.alumni@umich.edu

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