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SPH This Week

November 3, 2019
 
 
 
 
Upcoming Signature Program
 
Black Reparations: The ARC of Justice
 
 
Nov 6
4:30 to 6 p.m.
 
 
Bakst Auditorium, 72 East Concord Street, Boston
 
 
 
 
Research
 
 
Some Gun Violence Risk Factors Are Visible from Space
 
Shape-Up, led by Jonathan Jay, uses satellite imagery, machine learning, and community reports to show where improving public spaces can reduce gun violence.
 
 
School News
 
 
SPH at APHA
 
Dean Sandro Galea will deliver keynote remarks, and over 70 faculty, staff, students, and recent graduates will present at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo in Philadelphia November 2-6.
 
Q&A
 
 
‘A Matter of National Responsibility’
 
Ahead of a Diversity & Inclusion Seminar, William Darity, professor of public policy at Duke University, on reparations, the racial wealth gap, and the culpability of the United States government.
 
 
Research
 
 
FGM Harms Mental Health, But Research Is Lacking
 
A review of studies shows more and better research is needed to help meet the mental health needs of women who have undergone female genital mutilation.
 
 
Public Health Post
 
 
Profile: Charles Lewis
 
Oluwatobi Alliyu profiles Charles Lewis, founder and president of the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy.
 
Activist Lab
 
 
‘It’s Another Thing to Do Something about It’
 
Meet the Activist Lab’s student engagement intern, Anu Sinha.
 
 
School News
 
 
Two New Books for the Future of Public Health Education
 
Lisa Sullivan and Sandro Galea coedited Teaching Public Health and cowrote Public Health: An Introduction to the Science and Practice of Population Health.
 
 
PHX
 
 
Blog: How to Be a Public Health Advocate on the Radio
 
Student Alison Cebulla on her experience advocating for a California immunization bill, and how you can be an advocate, too.
 
SPH Snapshot
 
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SPH Snapshot: October 28–November 1
 
Scenes from the week on campus, from an Activist Bucks project helping provide mothers with needed baby supplies to a storytelling showcase performed by high school students.
 
 
 
 
Recently at SPH
 
 
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‘Private Health Insurance Is a Tax in Everything But Name’
 
At a Dean's Seminar, experts from across the political spectrum weighed the opportunities and challenges of a single-payer healthcare system.
 
 
 
 
In the Media
 
 
Milbank Quarterly
 
Will the Deep South Ever Expand Medicaid? Would It Matter? — opinion by David Jones, associate professor of health law, policy & management.
 
 
Boston Globe
 
Colleges Struggle to Help Growing Number of Students with Mental Health Trouble — quotes Sarah Lipson, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
 
 
Wall Street Journal
 
Vaping Bans Raise Fear of Return to Smoking — quotes Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences.
 
 
Healio Psychiatry
 
Psychotropic Use, Psychiatric Disorders Strongly Predict Suicide Risk — quotes Jaimie Gradus, associate professor of epidemiology.
 
 
Indian Express
 
Insulin Availability in Bengaluru below WHO Standards: Study ⁠— quotes alum Abhishek Sharma.
 
 
El País Brasil
 
Sete razões pelas quais você deveria falar sobre pornografia com seus filhos — mentions Emily Rothman, professor of community health sciences.
 
 
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Think. Teach. Do.
For the Health of All
 
 
 
 
 
Looking Ahead
 
BUSPH Alumni & Friends Reception: APHA Conference
 
Monday, November 4, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA.
 
 
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION SEMINAR—Black Reparations: The ARC of Justice
 
Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, Bakst Auditorium.
 
 
Student Coffee Chat with the Dean
 
Thursday, November 14, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Founders Room.
 
 
DEAN'S SYMPOSIUM—Statistics and the Life Sciences: Creating a Healthier World
 
Friday, November 15, 8:30 pm – 2:20 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
 
 
School Assembly for Faculty and Staff
 
Tuesday, November 19, 8:45 am – 10:50 am, Hiebert Lounge.
 
 
Staff Breakfast with the Dean
 
Wednesday, November 20, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, Alice Bisbee Conference Room 922.
 
 
DEAN'S SEMINAR: BICKNELL LECTURE—Is Eradicating AIDS Feasible?
 
Monday, December 2, 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
 
 
School Assembly for Faculty and Staff
 
Tuesday, December 10, 8:45 am – 10:50 am, Hiebert Lounge.
 
 
Student Coffee Chat with the Dean
 
Thursday, December 12, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Founders Room.
 
 
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