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Translating Public Health Research

Part 5 in Our 'What Is Public Health?' Video Series

In classrooms, labs, and communities, public health reveals deeper understandings about human health. But to empower populations and impact lives for the better, that knowledge has to be shared. In this new video from our 'What Is Public Health' series, learn how...

Family walking down the street

Making Family Planning a Household Name: The Legacy of Title X

Chloe Bakst

Title X provides for a diverse array of services, including medical care like contraception, training for nurses and other care providers, and systematic data collection. Despite fifty years of shrinking financial support, can it continue to be successful?

Alex Fox Chicago

Leaps of Faith: A Week in the Life of Master's Student Alex Fox

Alexander D. Fox

Instead of heading for warmer weather, student Alex Fox spent his spring break at the American College of Healthcare Executives Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago. Take a look at his week, and his passion for public health, in his own words.

Brexit

3 Days, 3 Key Votes - and No End in Sight for Brexit

Scott Greer and Holly Jarman

With tensions around Britain’s planned exit from the European Union mounting, questions about maintaining the quality of health care for the country’s citizens are increasing.

Kashvi Gupta outside the Gift of Life Michigan offices.

Organ Donation: Hesitations and Encouragements

Kashvi Gupta

Most Americans support organ donation, but only about half are registered as donors. Empirical data can help us understand our hesitations, but for many of us, becoming a donor is also an emotional decision.