Boston University School of Public Health

SPH This Week

Our community is off campus because of COVID-19. During this time we will be sharing photos from faculty, staff, and students as they work and study remotely. This week's photo is from (and of) Michael Saunders, multimedia director in the Office of Communications.

May 10, 2020

Message from the Dean

Student, Staff, and Faculty Awards 2020

Message from the Associate Dean of Public Health Practice

Students Answer the Call

Upcoming Signature Program

Coronavirus Seminar Series—Climate Change and Health: Learning from COVID-19

May 14

4 to 5 p.m.

Online

Convocation

David Satcher to Deliver 2020 Convocation Address

David Satcher, a physician-scientist who served as the 16th US surgeon general, will address graduates at the SPH Convocation.

Convocation

Rafik Wahbi Named 2020 Convocation Student Speaker

The MPH candidate is a criminal justice advocate working tirelessly to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health.

School News

On Gun Violence, ‘We're Failing to See a Huge Part of the Problem’

At a recent Dean’s Seminar, gun safety experts from the US to Australia discussed gun violence as a global health issue that requires multidimensional solutions.

Research

Stuck at Home and Online, How Are Queer Teens Handling COVID-19?

Kimberly Nelson is launching a sex education pilot intervention for 14-17-year-old sexual minority boys, adapted for the time of coronavirus.

Spotlight

Faculty Spotlight: Junenette Peters

Junenette Peters' research explores the complex interactions between physical environmental factors and social determinants of health.

Spotlight

Staff Spotlight: Emily Sisson

Emily Sisson, assistant director of statistical programming at BEDAC, says one of the best things about her job is working on projects for the whole research life cycle.

School News

Professor Co-Leads Call for Health Care Equity during COVID-19

Monica Wang and colleagues in the Society of Behavioral Medicine issued a policy brief for health systems and governments.

Public Health Post

Profile: Georges Benjamin

Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, discusses how to build the public health system of the future, and how COVID-19 changed his work.

PHX

Summer Institute: From Data to Dashboards

Learn best practices in data visualizations so that you can turn data into information and use graphs to communicate it effectively. This online course begins July 20.

Alumni News

‘This Crisis Has Created an Awareness of the Importance of Our Work’

Scott Troppy, a surveillance epidemiologist at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, provides COVID-19 case detection, analysis, and management support to all 351 local boards of health.