SPH This Week.
October 10, 2021
Messages.
From the Dean
Must Reads.
RESEARCH
People with lower incomes, and who experienced multiple COVID-related stressors, were more likely to feel the toll of the pandemic as the socioeconomic inequities in mental health continue to widen.
SCHOOL NEWSAt a recent symposium hosted by the Center for Antiracist Research, SPH faculty and other scientists, policymakers, and community leaders explored the intersection of racial health and economic inequities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
RESEARCHPregnant mothers who drink or smoke beyond the first trimester are 2.7 times more likely to have a late stillbirth than those who don’t drink or smoke after their first trimester. |
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Thursday, October 14, 2021
4:30 to 5:45 p.m.
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Featured Speaker.
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Ahead of a Public Health Conversation, Yeeli Mui, assistant professor of international health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses how the pandemic has impacted the food system and food access. |
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Opinion.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
the turning point.
Think. Teach. Do.
SCHOOL NEWS
Alums Gray Babbs and Dani Brooks, and MPH student Madeline Stump, are working to understand the health experiences of transgender adults in Massachusetts seeking long-term hair removal services, to inform policy and address insurance gaps.
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to communicate health information more accurately and clearly. |
POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGEHow do environmental health professionals discover and address problems such as the Flint water crisis? Jennifer Schlezinger explains an essential framework called the Exposure Disease Pathway. |
In the Media.
BOSTON GLOBE
Quotes Dean Sandro Galea and Catherine Ettman, chief of staff and director of strategic initiatives in the Office of the Dean.
BU TODAY
Interview with Nina Cesare, postdoctoral associate of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data analytics Center.
WIRED
Quotes David Jernigan, professor of health law, policy & management.
THE ATLANTIC
Quotes Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
USA TODAY
Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.
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33% of US adults experienced elevated #depression during the first year of the pandemic, fueled by low incomes, not being married, and multiple #COVID19-related stressors. More from @CatherineEttman, @sandrogalea, and colleagues in @thelancetRH_Americ: https://ctt.ec/vPX
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