SPH This Week.
March 6, 2022
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RESEARCH
Individuals with physical, social, and financial assets, particularly higher incomes and savings, were less likely to experience sustained depression during the first year of the pandemic.
RESEARCHIn the Fall 2021 course How to License a Vaccine, SPH students explored the complex causes and challenges of vaccine hesitancy in Africa. They detailed their findings, as well as strategies to increase vaccine uptake, in a new paper. |
SCHOOL NEWSAs a substance use intervention program coordinator at BU Student Health Services, Mikaela Hemenway works with students to address underlying causes of their alcohol or substance use and create personalized goals to help them reduce use. |
Opinion.
Yvette Cozier, associate dean for diversity, equity, inclusion & justice, shares thoughts on how we can constructively conduct difficult conversations to create a healthier world.
Think. Teach. Do.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
Career coach Heather Krasna joins PHPod to share tips on how public health students can navigate the job search process, including initiating interviews, identifying company values, and learning about advocacy and activism in the workplace.
ALUMNI NEWSCarrie Bridges Feliz will lead efforts to improve the health of populations the organization serves by addressing the social determinants of health and closing disparities in care. |
POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGEIn a new episode of Free Associations, hosts Matthew Fox, Christopher Gill, and Donald Thea discuss a study that explores whether the very common Epstein-Barr virus is causally related to multiple sclerosis. |
ICYMI | PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION
During SPH's annual William Bicknell Lecture on March 1, health and legal experts discussed the controversial cross-border travel bans that many countries implemented during the pandemic, and whether these bans did more harm than good.
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CNN
Quotes SPH Dean Sandro Galea.
USA TODAY
Mentions research by Andrew Stokes, assistant professor of global health.
THE ATLANTIC
Quotes Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
NOLA.COM
Quotes Amruta Nori-Sarma, assistant professor of environmental health.
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“By tackling #vaccine disinformation at its root, there is hope that pro-vaccine sentiments will be able to spread and promote public health knowledge for millions,” write SPH students in a new paper that examines how to reduce vaccine hesitancy in Africa: https://ctt.ec/1S1KW+
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