SPH This Week.
July 18, 2021
Must Reads.
ALUMNI NEWS
State Representative Tami Gouveia plans to leverage the skills she has gained throughout her public health career to act as “a bridge between the corner office and the people of Massachusetts.”
RESEARCHAfter stay-at-home orders began lifting in US cities last year, park use in predominantly White neighborhoods increased 43 percent more than park visits in communities of color. |
SCHOOL NEWSSet to launch this fall, the program will assist students in navigating the complex, often unspoken systems of higher education. |
SCHOOL NEWS
The search, which is the largest faculty recruitment effort in the school’s history, is geared toward candidates with expertise in at least one of the five strategic research areas identified in SPH’s strategy map.
Opinion.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
the turning point.
Think. Teach. Do.
POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGE
In this PHX Perspectives, 7th-12th grade students discuss tackling climate and health challenges during summer youth programs at SPH.
SCHOOL NEWSMarcia Pescador Jimenez, a new assistant professor of epidemiology, studies how green space can affect of green space on cardiovascular health, Alzheimer's disease, and racial health disparities across the lifecourse. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTBirth centers had better outcomes compared to those who did not use birth centers, and can decrease racial and rural maternal health disparities. |
In the Media.
THE CONVERSATION
Article written by alum Kimberly Bertrand
VERYWELL HEALTH
Article written by alum Kayla Hui; quotes Wendy Heiger-Bernays, clinical professor of environmental health and Diana Ceballos, assistant professor of environmental health
GBH NEWS
Quotes Kimberly Nelson, assistant professor of community health sciences
BOSTON GLOBE
Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health
NEW YORK TIMES
Quotes Benjamin Linas, associate professor of epidemiology
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State Rep @TamiGouveiaMA (SSW'01, SPH’02,‘20) is running for lieutenant governor of MA, where she plans to leverage her #publichealth skills to act as a "bridge between the corner office and the people of Massachusetts."
Read more about Gouveia here: https://bit.ly/2UTc5gI
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