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Public Health Research

Inside the mind of researcher Jangho Yoon

“I am hoping that my research overall informs policy directly, assisting in successfully transforming our current mental health system to a more recovery oriented, culturally competent, consumer-oriented and cost-effective system,” says Assistant Professor Jangho Yoon.

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Community Engagement HDFS Research

Inside the mind of researcher Marc Braverman

“We are collecting and analyzing this information in order to understand programs and policies, to improve them and to make judgments and decisions about them,” CPHHS Professor Marc Braverman says of his research.

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Faculty and Staff Public Health Research

Inside the mind of researcher Laurel Kincl

“The goal is to prevent illness and injury in the populations I work with and to create safe and healthy workplaces and environments. My hope is that by engaging the populations in the process of understanding the hazards and developing prevention strategies, we are successful,” CPHHS Assistant Professor Laurel Kincl says.

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HDFS Research

Inside the mind of researcher Rick Settersten

“Life course research reveals both the bright sides and the dark sides of human experience,” says CPHHS Professor Rick Settersten. “This fuels the passion I feel around matters of social inequality.”

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Public Health Research

Inside the mind of researcher Steph Bernell

“Right now, I am interested in exploring the unintended consequences of policies that at first glance might not be viewed as public health policy. My current research links agriculture and forest policy to mental and physical health,” says CPHHS associate professor Steph Bernell.

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Faculty and Staff Public Health Research

Inside the mind of researcher Perry Hystad

“A large portion of my research uses spatial exposure assessment methods to determine the health effects associated with exposure to air pollution, ranging from adverse birth outcomes to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases to cancers,” says Assistant Professor Perry Hystad.