Boston University School of Public Health

SPH This Week

June 28, 2020

Dean's Note

“The Other” and Our Health

By scapegoating “the other,” the administration’s non-immigrant visa proclamation creates division that undermines health at a difficult moment.

Research

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Deep Racial and Socioeconomic Divides Are Shaping 2020

A JAMA viewpoint argues that any examination of the year's pandemic, recession, and civil unrest must consider the nation's socioeconomic and racial divides.

Research

COVID-19 Testing May Be Missing Harder-Hit Communities

Doctoral students Benjamin Rader and Reese Sy find communities underserved by the health care system also have longer travel times to coronavirus testing sites.

School News

Professor Receives $6 Million from NIH to Study Air Pollution, Noise, and Dementia Risk

Jennifer Weuve received two grants from the National Institute on Aging to study the impact of air pollution and community noise on one’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

School News

MCH Center of Excellence Offers New Training, Research, and Practice Opportunities

With renewed funding, the SPH maternal and child health center will expand interprofessional education and field programs across BU and three New England states.

Spotlight

Faculty Spotlight: E. David Zepeda

E. David Zepeda, clinical associate professor of health law, policy & management, is dedicated to closing the gap between the supply and demand for high-quality, cost-effective, and timely health care.

Spotlight

Staff Spotlight: Thomas Lee Jr.

As the academic program administrator for the Department of Global Health, Thomas Lee Jr. manages five MPH certificate programs and helped launch the department’s Diversity & Inclusion committee.

Public Health Post

PHPod Episode Six: Policing Black Lives

LaShyra “Lash” Nolen, the first Black woman to become Harvard Medical School class president, offers her perspective as the country struggles to respond to two epidemics: coronavirus and police violence against minority communities.

School News

L. Adrienne Cupples Award Presented to University of Michigan Professor

Bhramar Mukherjee, professor and chair of biostatistics at the University of Michigan, received the award on April 2.

PHX

A New Treatment for Adolescent Obesity?

Free Associations podcast hosts and guest discuss a new study testing a drug for adolescent obesity, the rise of armchair epidemiologists, and more.

Research

High Deductible Health Plans Are Widening Racial Health Gaps

Black cancer survivors on high deductible plans are much more likely than their white counterparts to skip or take less medication, while Black and white cancer survivors on other kinds of plans are equally unlikely to.