Boston University School of Public Health

SPH This Week

May 3, 2020

Research

Researchers Aid Chelsea, Epicenter of MA COVID-19 Outbreak

Madeleine Scammell and colleagues are working with alum Roseann Bongiovanni in a city with a higher confirmed case rate than Manhattan or Brooklyn.

Reflection

‘The Pandemic Has Shown How Quickly We Can Make Something Happen’

Alum Lisa Murray reflects on her experiences working for the MA Department of Public Health during COVID-19.

Public Health Post

PHPod: Episode 4, Uncomfortable Conversations

Michael Stein and Sandro Galea discuss Pained, their collection of 50 short essays and 20 databytes to stimulate the national conversation about health.

Research

Race and Income Shape COVID-19 Risk

Underlying conditions that increase risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19 are much more common among black, Native American, and lower-income people in the United States.

School News

Professor Wins Two Education Awards

Matthew Fox received the Society for Epidemiologic Research Excellence in Education Award and the BU Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award.

Spotlight

Faculty Spotlight: Jaimie Gradus

As a psychiatric epidemiologist, Jaimie Gradus collaborates with researchers across sectors to examine trauma-related disorders as risk factors for suicide.

School News

CDC Highlights Training Center’s Storytelling Course

The new online course by the New England Public Health Training Center will be featured on the homepage of the CDC Learning Connection for the month of May.

Research

How Does COVID-19 Affect Babies?

Patricia Janulewicz Lloyd is investigating the effects of coronavirus exposure in utero and through breastfeeding in a new MotherToBaby Pregnancy Study.

PHX

Virtual Summer Institute: Intervention Strategies in Public Health

Starting May 20, learn to design and follow an intervention planning framework that is theory-driven, evidence-based, feasible, and evaluable.

Recently at SPH

video

‘Advancing Health Equity Requires More Than Health Care’

At a Public Health Forum, Antonia Villarruel, Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, discussed how health professionals can work together to address the systemic issues that impact health.

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‘Our Places and Spaces Affect Our Choices, Behavior, and Health’

At this week's Coronavirus Seminar, a panel of design and city planning experts explored ways to make urban communities more resilient in the aftermath of COVID-19.