Healthy Generations eNewsletter
October 2026
Welcome New Center Coordinators!
Student Spotlight: How did Ruby Joy Kinney’s Deployment Ignite her Passion for Perinatal Health and Mental Wellbeing?
#UMNMCH Student Ruby Joy Kinney (MPH 2027) wrote this reflection on how her deployment with UMN Extension’s 40 Day Project deepened her passion for perinatal health and shaped her professional goals and desires. Read more about Ruby’s work in this month’s Student Spotlight.
Student Spotlight: How Did Charlotte Stow Use Community-Based Partnerships to Address Complex MCH Needs?
MCH Leads Blog - Kids Are Our Future: What We Can Learn from Them and How We Can Advocate for Their Health
Mini Lab: Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Research With Michael Beckstrand
The Bright Spots Qualitative Mini-Lab welcomes Dr. Michael Beckstrand, who will host a hands-on webinar detailing the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the qualitative research space. This session guides researchers through both the ethical and practical implementation of generative AI across the qualitative research process. Participants will also learn effective prompting techniques, discuss guidelines for responsible practice and consider the utility of chat bots versus both more programmatic uses and built-in AI features
within qualitative analysis software.
Participants will be able to:
1) Navigate both ethical and practical limitations to using generative AI in a peer-reviewed qualitative research setting
2) Evaluate the strengths and trade-offs of different AI platforms to select the appropriate tool across various stages of the qualitative research process
3) Apply good practices for effective prompting strategies for various tasks and gain exposure to different tools and techniques.
Free, virtual and open to all.
