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March 6, 2022

 
 
 

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RESEARCH

Having Assets May Protect People from Persistent Depression during COVID

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.

 

RESEARCH

Combatting Vaccine Hesitancy by 'Tackling Disinformation at Its Root'

In 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 NEWS

Taking a Personalized Approach to Reducing Student Alcohol and Substance Use

As 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.

 
 
 
 

DEIJ REFLECTION

Engaging in Difficult Conversations.

 

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

Exploring Public Health Careers

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 NEWS

Alum Named Vice President of Community Health and Equity at Lifespan

Carrie 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 EXCHANGE

A Strong Case for a Viral Cause of Multiple Sclerosis

In 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

 

'Title 42 Policy Is Unethical, Illegal, Racist, and Harms Vulnerable Populations'

 

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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In the Media.

 
 
 

CNN

Why Martin Luther King Jr.'s philosophy of nonviolence matters now more than ever

Quotes SPH Dean Sandro Galea.

 

USA TODAY

How New England caught the COVID deaths much of the country missed

Mentions research by Andrew Stokes, assistant professor of global health.

 

THE ATLANTIC 

The Biden Administration Killed America’s Collective Pandemic Approach

Quotes Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.

 

NOLA.COM

Hot days linked to mental health crises, study says. What does that mean for Louisiana?

Quotes Amruta Nori-Sarma, assistant professor of environmental health.

 

FORBES

Critics Reject Rep. Swalwell’s Idea to Expel All Russian Students

Quotes alum Ali Noorani.

 
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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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