Women's Health Week

Dr Warne presented at the National Institutes of Health as part of Women's Health Week. On May 15, he provided the Keynote Address at the Pocahontas Memorial Research Symposium, and on May 16, he presented on a panel at the C. Everett Koop Memorial NIH Research Symposium on Women's Health. Dr Warne is the Mary J. Berg Distinguished Professor of Women's Health. The NDSU MPH Program is well-represented this week!

 2^nd from right is the Acting Surgeon General Rear Admiral (RADM) Boris D. Lushniak, M.D., M.P.H.  2^nd from left is Dr. Warne.

 

Traditional Healers Panel

On May 2, the American Indian Public Health track of the MPH Program was honored to host a Traditional Healers Panel as part of Donna Grandbois' class Cultural Competence in American Indian Health. The Traditional Healers included (seated) Rick Two Dogs (Oglala Lakota and Dr Warne's uncle), Francis Country (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate), and Willard Yellow Bird (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation). Standing are MPH Program Director Donald Warne and MPH students Melissa Olson, Nicki Cain, and Saurav Dahal. Approximately 25 community members from Fargo-Moorhead attended as well.

Great opportunities for the MPH Program!

We met with representatives of Kagoshima University from Japan to discuss student exchange opportunities, collaborative research and university partnerships. 

Photo of Dean Charles Peterson, Katsunori Takeuchi--Professor and Advisor to the President on International Affairs (KU), Don Warne, Dr. Yoshizane Maeda--President of Kagoshima U, Carla Gross--Nursing Dept Chair.

American Medical Association Election of Dr. Warne

Dr. Warne has been elected to the American Medical Association Minority Affairs Section (MAS).  He is the Association of American Indian Physicians delegate to the AMA!

Harvard University Native American Program

Dr. Warne met with Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP) students and staff on Tuesday to discuss areas of collaboration with the NDSU MPH Program, including distance education opportunities for delivering American Indian MPH coursework to Harvard students and developing an AI PH Case Studies book in collaboration with Harvard!

1.       Harvard University Native American Program

2.       HUNAP students:

Hannabah Blue (Navajo)

Steven Hafner (Oglala Lakota)

Sarah Simpson (from Rolla ND!)

Damon Clark (Navajo)

MPH this week

This is a very busy week for Dr. Warne: Presentation at Harvard School of Public Health Tuesday on American Indian Health Policy; Reilly Keynote Address at National Rural Health Association in Las Vegas Thursday; and presentation at Association of American Indian Physicians Cross Cultural Medicine Workshop in Santa Fe this weekend. Also, Dr. Warne and Dr. Frizzell’s article on American Indian Health Policy in the American Journal of Public Health will be published online Tuesday and in print next month. The NDSU MPH Program will be highlighted across the nation this week!
http://www.ruralhealthweb.org/annual

http://www.aaip.org/events/m.calendar/73/view/24

From Data to Action: A Roundtable on Reportable Disease in Northern Plains Tribal Communities

Dr. Warne, Dr. Frizzell, Dr. Carson, and MPH graduate Jordyn Wallenborn attended and presented at the “Data Into Action” meeting in Pierre, SD.  The purpose was to coordinate American Indian health data in ND, SD, and NE.