Tools of the Trade

1. The instrument pictured to the left is:

1. A portable device for measuring cardiac stress.
2. The first microphone ever used at an SPH talent show.
3. A lie detector under scrutiny by the Center for Law, Ethics, and Health.
4. A radioactivity survey meter.

2. Scientists use this confocal microscope to:

1. Analyze the laminates in chemical-protective clothing.
2. Assess the effects of toxins on brain cells.
3. Replicate fragments of viral DNA.
4. Test leftovers in the SPH staff refrigerator.

3. This state-of-the-art interactive SMART Board enables SPH faculty, staff and students to:

1. Investigate NIH funding opportunities.
2. Capture and save classroom discussion points and presentation notes.
3. Communicate with community partners.
4. Navigate websites.
5. All of the above.

4. The person wearing this costume is:

1. A researcher drumming up volunteers for an influenza study.
2. The customer-service representative at the school's new Crossroads Café.
3. This year's chair of the Public Health Student Co-op.
4. A speaker at the school's 2006 symposium on zoonotics.

5. Complete this sentence:

The human genome holds enough information to fill more than New York telephone directories. Microarray images like this allow biostatisticians to decipher that information in order to identify the causes of complex diseases such as cancer and diabetes.

6. Individuals using this instrument learn to:

1. Self-manage chronic disease.
2. Test drinking water for E. coli 0157:H7.
3. Measure airborne contaminants in the Arctic ecosystem.
4. Reduce grade inflation on student papers.

7. The figure in this image is:

1. A drawing made by a teenage participant in a health-promotion program for fathers and sons.
2. Part of a tailored self-help smoking-cessation program.
3. Butthead, the mascot for the UM Tobacco Research Network.
4. A campaign graphic for this year's National Public Health Week.

8. True or false:

Statisticians report that this smiling microscope sparked a 27 percent increase in the participation rate for a study of early-childhood antibiotic resistance.

1. True
2. False

9. This apple is:

1. Part of an incentive program to promote organic eating.
2. One of dozens of Michigan agricultural products being tested for vector-borne disease.
3. A wax model used to demonstrate food-portion sizes.
4. The prize given annually to the SPH Teacher of the Year.