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SPH This Week

January 12, 2020
 
 
 
 
Message from the Director of Marketing & Communications
 
A Promise
 
 
 
 
Research
 
 
Predicting Suicide
 
A new study takes on the complexity of suicide by using machine learning and the entire population of Denmark to identify new patterns, including that physical health affects suicide risk for men but not women.
 
 
PHX
 
 
Period Justice
 
SPH students created the Period Project to communicate the importance of menstrual equity at Boston University and beyond.
 
Dean's Note
 
 
Art and the Health of Populations
 
Revisiting a reflection on how understanding art can help us better understand the conditions that generate health, and how we can improve them.
 
 
School News
 
 
SPH Launches Online Executive MPH Program
 
Public health professionals and clinicians seeking to propel their careers to the next level can now do so in a convenient, fully online format.
 
 
Public Health Post
 
 
Her Neighborhood, Her Health
 
Understanding how past and present policies influence neighborhood economic conditions provides a possible path to mitigating adverse birth outcomes.
 
School News
 
 
Stigma and Hep C: ‘No State Is Doing Enough’
 
During her practicum with the EndHepCMA Coalition, MPH student Danielle McPeak examined how stigma and discrimination impact access to care for people living with hepatitis C.
 
 
Research
 
 
Medicaid Expansion Improves Access to Postpartum Care
 
Medicaid expansion prevents new mothers from losing coverage to the “postpartum coverage cliff,” with implications for reducing maternal mortality.
 
 
 
 
In the Media
 
 
New York Times
 
How Cutting Food Stamps Can Add Costs Elsewhere — opinion co-authored by Austin Frakt, associate professor of health law, policy & management, and Elsa Pearson, senior policy analyst in health law, policy & management.
 
 
USA Today
 
Teens Are Bombarded with Graphic Images of Sex That Can Lead to Dangerous Ideas, Behavior — quotes Emily Rothman, professor of community health sciences.
 
 
ABC News
 
U-Haul Announces Nicotine-Free Hiring Policy in 21 States — quotes Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences.
 
 
Boston.com
 
New Year’s Partiers Nursed Hangovers with Coppersmith Brunch, Bloody Marys, and an I.V. Drip — quotes Richard Saitz, professor of community health sciences.
 
 
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Think. Teach. Do.
For the Health of All
 
 
 
 
Looking Ahead
 
Think. Teach. Do. San Francisco—Art and Health
 
Tuesday, January 14, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Merchants Exchange Club, 75 Leidesdorff Street, San Francisco, CA.
 
 
Spring Orientation
 
Thursday, January 16, 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
 
 
BUSPH Alumni Breakfast with Dean Galea
 
Wednesday, January 22, 8:00 am – 9:00 am, Lucile’s Creole Cafe, 275 South Logan Street, Denver, CO.
 
 
PUBLIC HEALTH FORUM—From Theory to Practice: What It Takes to Permanently Exit an Individual from Homelessness
 
Wednesday, January 29, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
 
 
Think. Teach. Do. New York—Politics and Health
 
Tuesday, February 4, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Glasshouse Chelsea, 545 W 25th Street, New York, NY.
 
 
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION SEMINAR—‘Is There a Doctor on Board?’ Racial Profiling and Health
 
Wednesday, February 5, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, Keefer Auditorium.
 
 
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