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February 23, 2025
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
RESEARCH
Mortality among adults ages 25-44 began rising at an alarming rate in 2011 and accelerated even more during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by Andrew Stokes. This spike was largely driven by substance misuse, followed by poor nutrition and transportation accidents. Read more.
SCHOOL NEWS
An inaugural cohort of six MPH students completed practicums at the multinational biopharmaceutical company last summer. Building on the success of the program, Pfizer’s Medical Affairs team will come to SPH on February 27 to hold an information session for students seeking to join this summer's group. Read more.
CENTER FOR HEALTH DATA SCIENCE
Chad Milando discusses FindLostData.org, a new platform that SPH's Center for Health Data Science developed to help researchers quickly find datasets that were previously hosted on government websites and are now archived across multiple sites. Learn more.
SCHOOL NEWSA team from the School of Public Health gathered at Boston Common for the 9th annual Winter Walk, an event organized to demonstrate solidarity with individuals facing homelessness and to raise funds for local service organizations. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTCities with higher rates of biking and more biker-friendly infrastructure tend to be safer for all road users, including pedestrians, writes PHP fellow Dani Weissert. Read more. |
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Our findings underscore the urgent need for comprehensive policies to address the structural factors driving worsening health among recent generations of young adults.
ANDREW STOKES
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL HEALTH, ON INCREASED EARLY MORTALITY AMONG YOUNG ADULTS
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MCH PODCAST
In the latest episode of the C2 podcast hosted by SPH's Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health, Alexandra Scranton, director of science and research at Women's Voices for the Earth, discusses the impact of chemical exposures from menstrual products, their regulation and marketing, and the stigma that underlies the whole system. Listen to the podcast.
Public Health Conversation Starter
In this Public Health Conversation Starter, Craig Andrade, associate dean for practice and director of the Activist Lab, speaks with Kerwin Amo (SPH'21), chief of staff for Massachusetts Representative Marjorie C. Decker, who is co-chair of the Joint Committee on Public Health (JCPH), and Daniella Montero (SPH'23), research analyst for the JCPH. Amo and Montero discuss their current work at the State House and their experiences as SPH alums. Watch or listen to the conversation here.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
LGBTQ+ youth are disproportionately affected by eating disorders due to stressors such as discrimination, harassment, and trauma, writes PHP fellow Heather Sherr. Read more.
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Temperature-controlled blood and urine samples, lab space, and electricity are just a few of the research necessities at stake with federal funding cuts from the National Institutes of Health. SPH's Madeleine Scammell discusses the serious effects these cuts will have on public health research and lives. Watch the clip.
In the Media.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NEWS
Op-ed by Kathryn Rodgers, PhD candidate in environmental health.
KIPLINGER
Quotes Jennifer Beard, clinical associate professor of global health.
NEWSWEEK
Quotes Megan Cole, associate professor of health law, policy & management.
BOSTON 25 NEWS
Quotes David Rosenbloom, professor emeritus of health law, policy & management.
