SPH This Week.
September 26, 2021
Must Reads.
IN MEMORIAM
The beloved professor "has left us a seed—his legacy," said Dean Sandro Galea at the memorial, which drew almost 400 people in person and online.
RESEARCH
The Rockefeller Foundation-BU Commission on Health Determinants, Data, and Decision-making released a groundbreaking report that details principles and recommendations for advancing health equity through evidence-based policymaking.
RESEARCHKimberly Nelson will examine the short and long-term impacts of the pandemic on the sexual health behaviors of teens, with an emphasis on sexual and gender minority, and racial and ethnic minority, youth. |
SCHOOL NEWSStephen Murray, an Executive MPH student and Lieutenant for Northern Berkshire EMS, is working to break down stigmas and change public views of substance use disorder. |
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
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Opinion.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
the turning point.
Think. Teach. Do.
ACTIVIST LAB
The micro-grant program, previously known as Activist Bucks, gives students the opportunity to experiment, take chances, and grow in their own unique public health practice.
LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTHAlum Samantha Menard has been on the job for about three years, adapting to an often changing local public health role that has evolved with the pandemic. |
POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGEIn this webinar, former WHO Europe Director for Policy and Governance for Health and Healthy Cities, Agis Tsouros, discusses the 21st-century urban health agenda. |
Staff Profile.
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The research fellow in the Department of Global Health manages a suite of maternal and child health-related research projects in India. |
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In the Media.
WBUR
Interview with Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.
BOSTON GLOBE
Quotes Michael Grodin, emeritus professor of health law, policy & management.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Quotes Eleanor Murray, assistant professor of epidemiology.
INDIA TODAY
References study co-led by Patrick Kenney, professor of environmental health.
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