SPH This Week.
June 6, 2021
Must Reads.
RESEARCHA new report that examines the social, economic, physical, and psychological well-being of cisgender and transgender women and girls also found that almost half of LBQ women have been assaulted since age 18. |
RESEARCHA new study fills an important knowledge gap about the potential health effects of hair relaxers commonly used by Black women. |
Opinion.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
the turning point.
Think. Teach. Do.
SCHOOL NEWS
Diana Ceballos, assistant professor of environmental health, received the award for her use of Wiki Education's Wikipedia Student Program, which acts as a bridge between the website and academia.
POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGEFrom June 14-16, get an introduction to GIS through hands-on, immersive exercises that teach you how to produce high-quality digital maps to support public health decision-making. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTHealth research that treats all Asian American communities as a single, homogenous population obscures disparities among its many subpopulations. |
REFLECTION
"The question that has haunted me the most is why did I—versus others with the same exposure—turn positive?" says PhD student Alexa Friedman.
In the Media.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Quotes Andrew Stokes, assistant professor of global health; and alum Dielle Lundberg, research fellow in the Department of Global Health
BOSTON GLOBE
Quotes Brooke Nichols, assistant professor of global health
THE ATLANTIC
Quotes Emily Rothman, professor of community health sciences
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Quotes Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy & management
GBH NEWS
Quotes Jacob Bor, assistant professor of global health
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New research by @allegrarg examining the social, economic, physical, and psychological health and well-being of cis and trans women and girls finds that 75% of LBQ women faced at least one instance of discrimination in the past year. Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/3uRNF3i
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