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Summer Wrap-Up 2019

I must confess that upon returning home, I felt a bit flustered and overwhelmed.  What if I fail? What if I cannot meet the deadlines? What if my project doesn’t get the research traction I hope to give it? What if I cannot keep up? These were questions that plagued my mind for the next few weeks. Looking back at the 2016 “me,” I can honestly say that IRL gave me the tools to answer these questions confidently over the next three years. The IRL leadership did not simply invest in our projects, they invested into each one of us. Today as I make the transition from Fellow to Alumni, I can confidently say that I succeeded. I met the deadlines. I gave my all to my team’s project. I kept up.  How could I not? I, along with others in Cohort I, had been given the mantle to lead the way in building a culture of health and to serve as the laboratory of innovation that would set the path for future Cohorts. I end this letter by congratulating Cohort 4. Your life is about to change in ways that you are totally unaware of. You are about to embrace the IRL way. You are about to belong to a group of resourceful individuals. Enjoy your time at IRL, for soon you will be where I am…wishing I could rewind those three precious years. Three years……. What A difference three years make!

Thank you for your contributions to Interdisciplinary Research Leaders, Reva!

Research Leaders Publications, Media and News

Kudos!

• Congratulations to Melissa Walls for becoming the new director of the Great Lakes Hub for the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health & an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health!

• Congratulations to Safiya George on becoming the new dean of FAU School of Nursing!

• Congratulations to Dominic Moulden for being selected as the first recipient of the National Black Worker Center's Black Collar Award!
• Congratulations to Joe Gone for being appointed Faculty Director of the Harvard University Native American Program!

Articles

 Antonio Tovar-Aguilar

• Florida’s new ‘anti-sanctuary city’ law requires local jails to honor ICE detainers 

Diane Kinney

• New law bolsters housing protections for domestic violence victims

​Emily Rothman​

• The birds and the bees - and porn - in the internet age 

• Middle schools can help prevent teen dating violence 

• What Bianca Devins’ Brutal Murder Tells Us About Male Entitlement And Misogyny

​Erin Haynes

• Citizen science study tests air quality near gas extraction sites 

​Farrah Jacquez

• How a University of Cincinnati program is empowering local teens to address the opioid crisis

​Irán Barrera

• Habla Español? Hispanics face growing mental health care crisis 

​IRL

• Minnesota: Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Links Researchers with Local Leaders for Community Well-Being

Julio López Varona

• Hundreds of Thousands of Protesters Expected in Puerto Rico as Gov. Ricardo Rosselló Says He Won't Resign. Here's What to Know 

• Puerto Rico's Governor Resigned. It's Still Not Clear Who Will Replace Him 

Katy Kozhimannil

• Rural mothers, babies at risk when hospitals cut obstetric services 
• Moms are dying as Minnesota health panel dawdles
• How America Is Combating Maternal Mortality {US News}  
• Keeping new moms alive, with Katy Kozhimannil 

      Nickolas Zaller

• Rural Americans need help with ‘deaths of despair.’ Repealing the ACA won’t do that 

  Leticia Ryan

• Tip Sheet: Have Fun This Summer While Staying Safe

      Quianta Moore

• Better Policies, Better Brains, Better Futures 

      Rachel Hardeman

• Women who declined medical care during hospital births report poor treatment overall 

      Safiya George

• Florida universities get creative to meet demand for nurses 

       Sally Rafie

• This Abortion Drug Is Safe And Effective. Why Can’t You Buy It In A Pharmacy? 
• Can Over-the-Counter Birth Control Become a Bipartisan Issue? 

       Sara Waters

• Moods are contagious: How you really can ‘catch’ another person’s bad mood 

       Simon Haeder

• Hepatitis A is breaking out across the country in wake of opioid crisis 
• Get hit with an unexpected medical bill? You’re not alone. Here’s why that’s happening 
• Republicans don’t have a Plan B if the Affordable Care Act is struck down. And Pa. will suffer | Opinion 

     Team Minneapolis

• The black midwives changing care for women of color – photo essay 
• For black mothers and babies, prejudice is a stubborn health risk

       Team San Antonio

• San Antonio’s LGBTQ patients face discrimination, other barriers to health care 

      Veronica Womack

• 5 black-owned businesses killing the agriculture game right now 

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If you have work being published or posted, send word to Manyi Ayuk (ayukx004@umn.edu), IRL Research and Communications Intern. Doing so will allow us to post the news to IRL social media and the next Messenger to raise the visibility your great work! 

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