Boston University School of Public Health

SPH This Week

April 5, 2020

Upcoming Signature Programs

Building the Public Health System of the Future

Apr 9

4 to 5 p.m.

Online

School News

How Data Science Could Revolutionize Population Health

A new, $2.5 million initiative will use data on social determinants of health to improve policies around the world.

Research

‘Drink Driving,’ Not Just Drunk Driving, Can Be Fatal

In 15 percent of alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities in the US, the drivers had blood alcohol concentrations below the legal limit.

In Focus: COVID-19

School News

Tracking COVID-19 Policies

Julia Raifman and students are creating a tool to help researchers and governments find out what policies work to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

School News

‘Public Health Needs Help on Capitol Hill’

At the third event of the Coronavirus Seminar Series, legal and policy experts discussed the role of politics in the nation’s understanding of, and response to, the pandemic.

School News

Students Create COVID-19 Guidance for Town

MPH students Emily Hammel and Caredwen Foley developed fact sheets and safety tips for the Board of Health in Lexington, Mass. to share with its community on social media.

PHX

Submit Your COVID-19 Questions for Free Associations Live Episode

The hosts of the PHX podcast will discuss submissions during an informal live session on April 10.

Public Health Post

PHPod Episode 3: White Supremacy and the Health of Populations

Mary Bassett, director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, reflects on white supremacy as a determinant of health, reparations, and advice for the next generation organizing to dismantle white supremacy in health systems.

School News

Professor Wins Climate Change and Health Award

Gregory Wellenius received a Wellcome Trust Foundation grant to analyze how local health departments across the US are preparing for extreme heat.

Activist Lab

‘I Believe in People’

Tierra Holmes on public health storytelling and what she hopes to accomplish as the Activist Lab’s new student engagement intern.

Recently at SPH

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‘Our Legal System Shapes Our Health System’

At a Dean's Seminar, faculty from the Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights presented key concepts from the new edition of their book Public Health Law, and discussed advances and challenges.