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MPHA 2025-2026 Public Health Matters Policy Forum

  • April 24, 2026
  • 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy N, St Paul, MN 55104 & Virtual

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  • A “Friends of the Forum” $50 sponsorship ensures the continuation of this yearly series. Sponsorship includes your participation in all three of the forums. Register at mpha.net/Events, or make a donation indicating “Friend of the Forum.” Thank you for your support!
  • This registration category is for full time students currently enrolled in degree seeking programs.
  • We understand joining in person isn't always possible. We're glad to offer a better virtual option for the forums to increase accessibility. Registration fee supports technology and event costs.
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2025-2026 MPHA “Public Health Matters”
Policy Forum Series

MPHA's popular "Public Health Matters" Policy Forum breakfast series at the Wilder Foundation are underway! Join us for our third and final session on April 24, 2026. 

Check-in and a light breakfast begin at 7:30am. Forums begin promptly at 8:00am and conclude at 9:30am. 

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The theme for this year’s breakfast forum series explores changes that have occurred around the topic of health and wellness. How has the national landscape changed? A response requires public health professionals to dig deep into our roots to ensure basic needs of people are met and sound policies exist to achieve optimum health for all Minnesotans.

April 24, 2026… Nutrition: Food Policy, Fads, Facts and Public Health

Join us for the last forum in the 2025-26 series! The April forum will explore policy and social actions that have impacted our views about nutrition—everything from a new food pyramid and the definition of healthy eating to regulations around food additives. Are the changes we are experiencing based on fads or facts? Have we changed how we think about nutrition and our willingness to embrace new nutrition guidelines over time? How has nutritional status evolved in the US both locally and nationally?  What does some of the most recent research tell us about nutrition?

Moderator: Pam York.
Panelists: Lisa Harnack, DrPH, RD, MPH; TBA.

New location!
The Policy Forum breakfast series will be held at the beautiful Wilder Foundation in St. Paul. Conveniently located near the Green Line and public transit options, free parking in the on-site ramp is also available. 

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View the full series flyer for more details. Forums will be held: November 21, 2025, February 13, 2026, and April 24, 2026. Sessions recordings will be uploaded on forum webpage.

Forum panelists info and bio can be found on the forum webpage.
 MPHA wants to ensure cost is not a barrier to participating; please email admin@mpha.net if you need registration help. It is recommended to attend in person to get the most out of these forums although a virtual option is also available as a registration option.

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