All Posts: Population Health Scholar Track

• GUSOM Population Health Scholar Track Honored for Innovation

  The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR), a national association dedicated to advancing prevention and public health education, training, and research, has awarded the School of Medicine’s Population Health Scholar Track with its APTR Outstanding Educational Program Award.

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• Out of the Hospital and to the Hill, Medical Students Focus on Public Policy

  (February 17, 2023) — A unique fourth-year elective course offers medical students the opportunity to practice advocating for public health policy they believe will better the lives of their patients before they reach the clinic. “In medical school, we teach students about social determinants of health, like food and housing insecurity, influencing health outcomes,” said […]

  Category: News Stories Tags: advocacy, medical education, Population Health Scholar Track, public health, student experience