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SPH This Week.

 
 
 
 

October 10, 2021

 
 
 
 

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From the Dean

Annual School Survey

 

Must Reads.

 
 
 

RESEARCH

Depression Rates Tripled and Symptoms Intensified during First Year of COVID

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 NEWS

At Antiracism Symposium, Experts Move Beyond Awareness to Action

At 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.

 
 

RESEARCH

Combined Prenatal Drinking and Smoking Increases Risk of Stillbirth Three-fold

Pregnant 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.

 

Upcoming Event.

 
 
 

PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION

The Next Normal: Food and Health

 

        Thursday, October 14, 2021

 

        4:30 to 5:45 p.m.

 

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Featured Speaker.

 
 
 

Yeeli Mui

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. 

 
 
 

Opinion.

 
 
 
 

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

the turning point.

 
 

Does Today Matter More than Tomorrow?

 
 
 

Think. Teach. Do.

 
 
 

SCHOOL NEWS

Transgender Healthcare 'Is Not Cosmetic or Elective. It Is Essential.'

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 POST

Times of Infodemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to communicate health information more accurately and clearly.

 
 

POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGE

Understanding the Exposure Disease Pathway

How 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.

 
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In the Media.

 
 
 

BOSTON GLOBE

Nearly a Third of Americans Reported Depression Symptoms during Second COVID-19 Spring, Study Finds 

Quotes Dean Sandro Galea and Catherine Ettman, chief of staff and director of strategic initiatives in the Office of the Dean.

 

BU TODAY

Is YouTube’s Crackdown on Vaccine Misinformation Going to Be Effective?

Interview with Nina Cesare, postdoctoral associate of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data analytics Center.

 

WIRED

Alcohol Is the Breast Cancer Risk No One Wants to Talk About

Quotes David Jernigan, professor of health law, policy & management.

 

THE ATLANTIC

We’re Already Barreling toward the Next Pandemic

Quotes Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.

 

USA TODAY

Fact check: Xylitol may be helpful against viruses, but experts warn against hydrogen peroxide

Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.

 
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          SUGGESTED TWEET

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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