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June 25, 2023

 

SPH This Week.

Latest News, Research, and More

 
 
 
 
 

SCHOOL NEWS

‘I Want the Best People Entering the Field to Want to Be Here’

After her first few weeks on the job, new Epidemiology chair Maria Glymour discusses her expansive vision for the department. 
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RESEARCH

Women Without Children at Age 35 Are at Highest Risk of Binge Drinking, Alcohol Use Disorder

The study led by Rachel Sayko Adams also finds that newer generations of middle-aged women are more likely to engage in excessive alcohol consumption amid rampant marketing and social media messaging that normalizes drinking among reproductive-age women. Read More.

 

RESEARCH

SPH and the Chicago Tribune Collaborate to Map Heat Risk in Chicago

SPH’s Center for Climate and Health partnered with the Chicago Tribune to provide Chicagoans access to searchable maps depicting temperature trends and the availability of cooling resources in their communities. Read more.

 
 

RESEARCH

New Excess Mortality Estimates Show Increases in US Rural Mortality during Second Year of COVID-19 Pandemic

Research by Andrew Stokes provides the first county-level estimates of excess mortality by month in the US from March 2020 to February 2022. Read more.

 
 

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Chaos, conflict, and confusion

Nicole Huberfeld in new Q&A about the state of abortion care in the United States one year after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Read the Q&A.

 

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PUBLIC HEALTH POST

The 'Ripple Effects' of Restrictive Abortion Policy post-Dobbs

Nearly one year after the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, Paula Lantz, James B. Hudak professor of health policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, discusses the reproductive health landscape in the U.S. with PHP fellow Adna Jaganjac. Read more.

 
 

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

Dobbs Distress

After the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, women and pregnancy-capable people of reproductive age reported a 10% increase in mental distress compared to the months before the decision, writes PHP fellow Caroline Dignard in a new databyte. Read More.

 
 
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In the Media.

 

VA NEWS

VA Researcher Helping to Change the Future of Alzheimer’s Disease

Quotes Mark Logue, associate professor of biostatistics.

 

THE BERSHIRE EAGLE

Northern Berkshire EMS Piloting a Post-overdose Outreach Program to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths

Mentions research by Ziming Xuan, professor of community health sciences and quotes alum Stephen Murray.

 

MARYLAND PUBLIC RADIO

Cannabis Will Soon Be Legal in Maryland, but Is It Harmless?

Quotes David Jernigan, professor of health law, policy & management.

 
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