<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2025/mph-rural-health-conference.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>12/08/2025</pubDate><title>University of New Haven Graduate Students Present Community-Engaged Research at Rural Health Conference</title><description>Mater of Public Health (MPH) candidates presented capstone research focused on community needs and health equity at the New England Rural Health Association Conference.</description><hide-description/><author>Ichchha Shah ’25 MPH, Rachana Donakanti ’26 MPH, Deepa Khadka ’26 MPH</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>December 8, 2025</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/health-sciences/news/2025/nerha-group.jpg" alt="nerha-group"/></image><image-caption>MPH students with NERHA Director, Andy Lowe (left center), and their Professor, Dr. Alvin Tran (right center)</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-health-sciences</tag><tag>lab-weembody</tag><tag>name-alvin-tran</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-grad-public-health</tag><tag>year-2025</tag></tags></item>