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SPH45: Health Law, Policy & Management. Now Is the Time

 

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RESEARCH

BU Medicaid Policy Lab Advances Research with a Health Equity Focus

The new lab at SPH examines the impact of policy changes on health insurance coverage, access, quality, and eligibility for low-income populations.

 

CONVOCATION

Cheryl Scott to Deliver 2021 Convocation Address

The Dean's Advisory Board member has led a 40-year career in preventive medicine, health systems strengthening, and international disaster relief, including 20 years in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

 

SCHOOL NEWS

New BU Out List Promotes Visibility and Connectedness among LGBTQIA+ Community

Thomas Lee, Jr., academic program coordinator in the Department of Global Health, and student Christian Paredes are co-chairing the committee that developed the list.

 
 

SCHOOL NEWS

Documentary Amplifies Voices of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients in Nicaragua

Madeleine Scammell, associate professor of environmental health, helped develop the project, which has been selected as a finalist for the WHO Health for All Film Festival.

 

Opinion.

 
 
 
 

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

the turning point.

 

COVID-19, Climate, and the Return to 'Normal'

 
 
 

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SPH45

Health Law, Policy & Management: Now Is the Time

Health reform will continue to be one of the top issues on legislative agendas in the years ahead. In order to ensure that new policies are equitable, research is needed to gain a better understanding of how to dismantle the structural forces of inequity.

 

PHX

New Mini-MPH Programs for Nurses and Physicians Coming Soon

Because of our commitment to ensuring access to education around pressing public health issues, PHX will now offer two new CNE-accredited, online Mini-MPH programs.

 
 

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

Paid Leave Pays Off

Paid sick leave offers clear health advantages, but large disparities exist in who is offered these health benefits.

 

ALUMNI NEWS

Alum Leads Statewide Investments Program for MassHealth

 
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THRIVE GLOBAL

Three Ways Politics Can Make Us Healthier

Opinion by Dean Sandro Galea

 

BOSTON.COM

Charlie Baker Announces Plans to Lift More COVID-19 Restrictions over the Next Month and Ease Outdoor Mask Mandate Friday

Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health

 

NPR

Life in the Roaring 2020s: Young People Prepare to Party, Reclaim Lost Pandemic Year

Quotes Sarah Lipson, assistant professor of health law, policy & management

 

WBUR

What Epidemiologists Got Wrong About the Pandemic 

Interview with Eleanor Murray, assistant professor of epidemiology

 

THE 74 

Vaccines for Youth 12 & Up Expected This Summer, But Schools Unlikely to Require Shots 

Quotes Benjamin Linas, associate professor of epidemiology

 
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