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February 22, 2026
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
SCHOOL NEWS
Students in Jacey Greece’s strategic interventions course partnered with an alum and her team at Mass General Brigham to strategize ways to help MGB physicians follow the most up-to-date guidance in managing patients with disorders of consciousness, a group of conditions involving alterations to wakefulness and awareness such as coma. Read more.
RESEARCH
A new study by Justin White and Maria Glymour found that Black adults who attended an historically black college or university scored higher in memory, language, and overall cognition later in life than Black adults who attended a predominantly White institution. Read more.
SCHOOL NEWSThe new article highlights Dean Hyder’s journey through public health and his call to “reinvigorate and reinspire ourselves” to think of new ways to address global challenges. Read more. |
Q&ALuciano Ramos discusses his new role, his development priorities, and why he is excited to be part of the SPH community. Read more. |
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I think SPH is in a unique position in which we are going to be able to lead, not just nationally and globally in public health, but also in Boston University’s continued evolution and transformation.
LUCIANO RAMOS
NEW ASSISTANT DEAN FOR PARTNERSHIPS, ENGAGEMENT, AND ADVANCEMENT, ON NEXT 50 YEARS.
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PUBLIC HEALTH POST
Breast milk carries molecular signals that reflect a mother’s past childhood trauma and may affect an infant's temperament, writes PHP fellow Aidan Stotz. Read more.
The Public Health Conversation Events
In celebration of 50 years of public health research, education, and practice at SPH, we are hosting a series of programs that will ask local, national, and global leaders to share their goals for the future of public health. In this first event, Craig Andrade, associate dean for practice, will speak with Bisola Ojikutu, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission; Carlene Pavlos, executive director of the Massachusetts Public Health Alliance; and Elsie Taveras, chief community health and equity officer at Mass General Brigham, about what they envision for public health in Boston in five decades, and how local communities can help achieve this vision.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
False claims about Medicaid eligibility for immigrants have been used to justify policy changes proposed in the Trump administration's tax and spending bill. Here are the facts, write guest authors Kevin Nguyen, assistant professor of health law, policy & management (HLPM), and Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, research associate professor of HLPM and executive director of Children's HealthWatch. Read more.
In the Media.
KATIE COURIC MEDIA
Quotes Jonathan Levy, chair and professor of environmental health.
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Mentions research by Kimberly Sullivan, research associate professor of environmental health.
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