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How Backpack Designs Impact Adolescent Back Pain

A bustling classroom is filled with the chatter of young students, each anticipating the day’s lessons. While excitement fills the air, buried within this everyday scene is a hidden challenge: countless youths hoist their bags onto one shoulder, a seemingly small choice that might carry hefty consequences. Thousands of miles away, school officials deliberate on […]

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0 for 5. What I’ve learned about not being selected for School Board, again.

Local school boards rarely make national headlines. But they are among the most important institutions shaping community health, economic opportunity, and long-term social stability. Recently, I interviewed for a vacancy on the Exeter Township School Board in Pennsylvania. It was my fifth rodeo, and like before, I wasn’t selected. That happens in public life. But […]

Workforce

How Rethinking Graduate Admissions Could Save Public Health

In the landscape of public health, where the workforce shortage is a growing concern, the way we admit students into graduate programs could hold the key to addressing these challenges. This study from the University at Buffalo sheds light on the factors that predict success for students in public health graduate programs. Surprisingly (or maybe […]

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How Backpack Designs Impact Adolescent Back Pain

0 for 5. What I’ve learned about not being selected for School Board, again.

How Rethinking Graduate Admissions Could Save Public Health

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