SPH This Week Short TABLE

SPH This Week.

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Messages from the Dean

Faculty and Staff Encouraged to Contribute to Annual Leadership Review

Annual Faculty Review Now Open

Message from the Associate Dean for Practice

The Annual Barkley Holiday Party, Reimagined

Dean's Note.

Taking the Long View, After a Long Year

Think. Teach. Do.

E-CIGARETTES

How to Keep Youth Vaping in Decline After COVID

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Jessica Leibler Examines COVID and Other Disease Transmission in Vulnerable Populations

Population Health Exchange

From Data to Dashboards: Using Excel to Support Health Program Decisions

Build your Excel “toolbox” of skills and learn best practices in data visualizations during this Winter Institute program, beginning January 4, 2021.

Research

HEALTH INEQUITIES

Boston Construction Workers Are Vulnerable to Lead—and So Are Their Families

MEDICAID

For People with Diabetes, Medicaid Expansion Helps, But Can’t Do It All

Public Health Post

PHPOD

Episode 11: Broke with Michael Stein

RESEARCH

Disparities Made Invisible: COVID-19 Lessons from the Navajo and Lummi Nations

Student Spotlights.

EXECUTIVE MPH STUDENT

Ashley Coulombe

The deputy state director for Senator Elizabeth Warren translates the needs of local officials and constituents to the senator's national policy team.

EXECUTIVE MPH STUDENT

Camille Griffin

The Framingham, Mass., health inspector ensures that businesses are adhering to the latest rules on social distancing, mask-wearing, and large gatherings.

In The Media.

HARVARD HEALTH POLICY REVIEW

Children in the Age of COVID-19: A Conversation With Professor Brooke Nichols

Interview with Brooke Nichols, assistant professor of global health

WBUR

Medical Experts React to Massachusetts’ Vaccine Distribution Plan

Interview with Christopher Gill, associate professor of global health

NEW YORK MAGAZINE

The Problem with the Positivity Rate

Quotes Matthew Fox, professor of epidemiology and global health

BOSTON GLOBE

With Few COVID-19 Restrictions, Personal Responsibility Takes Center Stage in the Pandemic Response

Quotes Helen Jenkins, associate professor of biostatistics

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Conversation Starters for Twitter

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Lead dust from construction work is a dangerous take-home exposure, for both workers and their families. A new @CRESSH_Mass study found that Boston-area construction workers had 2x as much lead dust in their homes as janitorial or autobody workers. @BUSPH https://www.bu.edu/sph/2020/12/01/boston-construction-workers-family-lead-exposure/

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