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SPH This Week

June 21, 2020
 
 
 
 
School News
 
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‘Move from Theory, to Understanding, to Action’
 
SPH’s biennial symposium Teaching Public Health explored how to create more inclusive classrooms through policies, course design, classroom structure, and recognizing students' lived experiences with public health issues.
 
 
School News
 
 
Student Receives Fellowship to Study Massachusetts LGBTQ Youth Data
 
As a Rappaport Public Policy Fellow, MPH student Gray Babbs is analyzing sexual orientation and gender identity data for the Department of Youth Services to determine disparities among LGBTQ youth.
 
Research
 
 
Is It Time to Raise Alcohol Taxes?
 
Inflation has reduced American alcohol tax rates by 70 percent since 1933. With the alcohol industry seeing increased revenue during the COVID-19 crisis, is it time for an update?
 
 
Q&A
 
 
‘A Transformative Ruling for Equal Rights’
 
Julia Raifman on the Supreme Court’s ruling that workers can’t be fired for being LGBTQ, and how this decision will improve health and wellbeing beyond employment.
 
 
School News
 
 
SPH This Year Wins Grand Gold CASE Award
 
The 2019 issue of SPH This Year received the top Circle of Excellence Award by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education on June 12.
 
Public Health Post
 
 
Unequal Burden of Dementia
 
A third of people in the US aged 85 and older have Alzheimer’s disease, but that burden does not fall equally across the population.
 
 
Research
 
 
Heat May Kill More People in the US Than Previously Reported
 
Death records point to hundreds of US deaths from heat each year, but even moderately hot weather may actually be killing thousands. This summer, COVID-19 may make it harder to stay cool.
 
 
Spotlight
 
 
Staff Spotlight: Mallory Bersi
 
Mallory Bersi, alum and digital and social media content editor, manages SPH’s social media presence, as well as SPH Today.
 
Spotlight
 
 
Faculty Spotlight: Debbie Cheng
 
Debbie Cheng, professor of biostatistics, focuses her research on the intersection of substance use and HIV.
 
 
Research
 
 
Professor’s Study Named AJE Article of the Year
 
A stress disorder diagnosis could as much as triple the risk of dementia, particularly among men, according to Jaimie Gradus’ study in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
 
 
Public Health Post
 
 
EMS for a Climate Emergency
 
In addition to its toll on individual health, new research suggests that extreme heat affects the activity of emergency workers.
 
PHX
 
 
Virtual Summer Institute: From Data to Dashboards
 
Join us for the online program From Data to Dashboards: Using Excel to Support Health Program Decisions, beginning July 20.
 
 
 
 
In the Media
 
 
Inference
 
The COVID Conversation — opinion by Dean Sandro Galea.
 
 
BBC
 
Will the World Be Quieter after the Pandemic? — quotes Erica Walker, postdoctoral associate in environmental health.
 
 
Newsweek
 
Coronavirus Deaths Set to Spike in Coming Weeks Following Surge in Post-Lockdown Cases, Experts Warn — quotes Helen Jenkins, assistant professor of biostatistics.
 
 
Boston Globe
 
Coronavirus Ebbs in Mass., but Surges Elsewhere Could Threaten Progress — quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.
 
 
Wired
 
The Pandemic and the Protests Are Mirror Images — quotes Elaine Nsoesie, assistant professor of global health.
 
 
Self
 
When to Get Tested for Coronavirus If You’ve Been Protesting — quotes Eleanor Murray, assistant professor of epidemiology.
 
 
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Think. Teach. Do.
For the Health of All
 
 
 
 
Looking Ahead
 
 
COVID-19: Community Conversations
 
Monday, June 22, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, online.
 
 
Faculty Senate Meeting
 
Tuesday, June 23, 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm, online.
 
 
Racial Justice Talking Circle
 
Tuesday, June 23, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, online.
 
 
Day of Collective Engagement: Racism and Antiracism, Our Realities and Our Roles
 
Wednesday, June 24, all day, online.
 
 
View full SPH calendar
 
 
 
 
 
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