Published Student OpEds

The published op/eds listed and linked below began as projects in my courses:


1. Karen Chen, “Minnesota can do more to address tuberculosis among foreign-born residents.” MinnPost, January 5, 2021.

2. Alexandria Kristensen Cabrera, “The impact of the opioid crisis on babies: Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome spikes in Minnesota.” MinnPost, December 23, 2020

3. Julia Interrante, “Minnesota’s Native Communities Deserve Investments in Prenatal Care.” The Gender Policy Report, December 15, 2020.

4. Hannah Geressu, “Minnesota’s ‘No Child Left Inside’ program can address Native youth obesity.” Indian Country Today, December 7, 2020.

5. Victoria Anderson, “How Marquette County’s heart disease affects virus.” Mining Journal of Marquette County, October 24, 2020.

6. Robert Brehm, “How Texas rebuffed billions in ACA aid to insure the poor, and how Austin and other cities could fix it.” UrbanitUs, October 16, 2020.

7. Anna Shcentinina, “Letter to the editor: The kids are not alright.” Minnesota Daily, January 26, 2020.

8. Keelia Silvis, “Too many African Americans are losing their sight to glaucoma.” Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, January 16, 2020.

9. Rachel Cruz, “Hispanic mothers face barriers to health.” The Daily Sentinel, December 11, 2019.

10. Meredith Gingold, “It’s time to study distracted biking in Minneapolis,” MinnPost, December 10, 2019.

11. Margaret Perez, “Doulas can improve birth outcomes,” Bemidji Pioneer, December 7, 2019.

12. Mary Gilbertson, “Rates of Self-Directed Violence Among Youth in Washington County Doubled in 6 Years – We Can’t Wait Another 6 to Address It,” Woodbury Bulletin, November 27, 2019.

13. Joseline Haizel-Cobbina, “Fall-related traumatic brain injury is a silent epidemic; we can do more to curb it,” MinnPost, January 31, 2019

14. Madelyn Klabunde, “An emergency for native Minnesotans is hidden inside the state’s opioid epidemic,” MinnPost, January 22, 2019

15. Emily Martin, “High insulin prices are lowering the quality of life for Hennepin County diabetics,” MinnPost, January 14, 2019

16. Emily Acers, “Head Games: concussions more frequent among youth sports,” Pine Knot News, December 28, 2018

17. Maddy Schwartz, “Minnesota should do more to protect victims of domestic violence,” MinnPost, December 21, 2018

18. Taiwo Aremu, “We must address the chlamydia epidemic among Black women,” Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, December 16, 2018

19. Ericka Lara Ovares, “Teenage American Indians and their babies: another addition to the Wall of Forgotten Natives,” Star Tribune, December 14, 2019

20. Jasmeen Chauhan, “Valley fever information needs to be more available” Bakersfield Californian, December 11, 2018

21. Fredrick Ogugua, “Minnesota can do more to curb teen e-cigarette use” MinnPost, December 11, 2018

22. Sarah Perez-Sanz, “The Future of Michigan's Skilled Labor Force Depends on the Health of Today's High Schoolers.” Benzie County Record Patriot, December 5, 2018

23. Casey Rieck, “Minnesota rates of hospital-acquired infections have decreased, but we still have a way to go” MinnPost, December 3, 2018

24. Julia Urban, “Time to do better for Minnesota's teens: Ways to address their high and rising rates of chlamydia” MinnPost, November 26, 2018

25. Hannah Brekke, “Expand options for dental care” Lacrosse Tribune, November 25, 2018

26. Sohayla Shahsavand, “How Minnesota could help prevent childhood obesity among Latinos,” MinnPost, November 16, 2018

27. Kari Winning, “Minnesota must do more to address childhood obesity” MinnPost, May 4, 2018

28. Amelia Harju, “Confronting disparities: race and sexual health in Minnesota” MinnPost, April 27, 2018

29. Tavniah Betts, “Local View: Planned homebirths an option more rural families ought to consider,” Duluth News Tribune, April 22, 2018

30. Elma Johnson, “High-quality interpreting is key to advancing health equity” MinnPost, April 16, 2018

31. Sarah Weatherman, “Letter: Altering the personal exemption rules for vaccination” Minnesota Daily, April 12, 2018

32. Maria Stevens, “The mental health crisis in rural Minnesota: Ways to start addressing it” MinnPost, March 26, 2018

33. Shivani Thakker, ”Tooth or dare: the reality of oral health disparities in Minnesota” MinnPost, January 22, 2018

34. Lila Baker, “Why aren't more teens using the most effective form of birth control?” MinnPost, December 21, 2017

35. Elizabeth Gryzmala, “Homeless substance abusers need better-funded treatment options,” MinnPost, December 12, 2017

36. Ann Conmy, “Lyme disease a ‘tick’-ing time bomb” Press Connects, December 3, 2017

37. Mariana Tuttle, ”Minnesota is failing its mothers of color: Postpartum depression rates are double for African-Americans” MinnPost, December 1, 2017

38. Maddy Pick,”How can we better help iron minors avoid mesothelioma?” MinnPost, November 22, 2017

39. Angela Sechler, “underserved, ”MinnPost, April 25, 2017

40. Angel Korynta, “You can help boost physical inactivity in your community,” Crookston Times, April 24, 2017

41. Abigail Lano, “Dental care should be brought to older Minnesotans,” Faribault Daily News, April 22, 2017

42. Sean Severson, “Smoking in Minnesota: it’s still a problem,” MinnPost, April 3, 2017

43. Lincoln Wells, “Lack of access to mental health care in rural Iowa,” Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, March 30, 2017

44. Sara Lederman, “Solitary confinement: a test for Minnesotans,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 22, 2017

45. Aditya Kapoor, “Gonorrhea: The emerging superbug,” MinnPost, January 9, 2017

46. Sundal Hashwani, “One tragedy is one too many: Increasing suicide rates of female veterans in Illinois,” Illinois State Journal-Register, December 28, 2016

47. Caleb Hoover, “Minnesota should act to expand urgent-care accessibility and usage,” MinnPost, December 12, 2016

48. Sarah Moon, “Add HPV to list of required immunizations,” Des Moines Register, December 11, 2016

49. Maddie Johnson, “Minnesota’s police officers need mental health training,” MinnPost, December 6, 2016

50. Sarah Lahr, “How Minnesota can avoid unnecessary hospitalizations,'' MinnPost, December 1, 2016

51. Ben Butler “Health care costs for older adults rising,” Cook County News Herald, November 19, 2016

52. Audrey Anglin, Hamilton Herald News, “Improving access to dental care in rural Texas” (not available online)

53. Allison Aase, “How high can drug costs soar before we reform Medicaid?” MinnPost, November 21, 2016.

54. Cody Carroll, “Antibiotic stewardship programs vital for public health,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 24, 2016

55. Gina Graham, "How many more tragedies before we reform mental health system?” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 21, 2015

56. Bushra Hossain, "Patient was not 'intoxicated': The issue of language barriers in our health-care system" MinnPost, April 10, 2015

57. Christian Altman, "Lift clean needle exchange ban in name of public health" Courier-Journal, March 24, 2015

58. Gina Allen, “Access to food isn’t enough – we need programs to teach families how to prepare healthy meals” MinnPost, December 15, 2014

59. Charles R. Rogers, “Minnesota should lower the recommended colon-cancer screening age for African-Americans” MinnPost, December 12, 2014

60. Olivia Wong, “Despite our higher employment rate, children are still going hungry” MinnPost, November 19, 2014

61. Katy Murphy, “Let’s improve public-health monitoring of infectious diseases” MinnPost, October 30, 2014

62. Sirikan Rojanasarot, “Students ‘dying’ for straight As need to re-think the dangers of study drug” MinnPost, April 23, 2014

63. Marguerite Tuthill, “Healthcare solution needed” Vail Daily, April 14, 2014

64. Sanya Virani, “Every woman deserves care during pregnancy” Bemidji Pioneer, April 11, 2014

65. Peter Meyers, “We’re all about to feel the pain of the primary care shortage” MinnPost, April 4, 2014

66. Bruce Rwabasonga, “Employment opportunities, not security infrastructure, will address campus safety at the U” Minnesota Daily, March 31, 2014

67. Derek Moore, “University should review attendance policies” Minnesota Daily, May 6, 2013

68. Luqman Lawal, “The American obesity epidemic” Minnesota Daily, April 30, 2013

69. Alyssa von Ruden, “Suicide and gun policies” Minnesota Daily, April 16, 2013

70. Virginia Dale, “Making a mandate more palatable” Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 21, 2012

71. Darlene Huang, “U must become tobacco-free” Minnesota Daily, April 16, 2012

72. Naomi Duke, “Expand emergency contraception access” Minnesota Daily, April 10, 2012