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September 21, 2025
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
RESEARCH
Compared to 2022 data, severe depression among students dropped from 23 to 18 percent and suicidal thoughts decreased from 15 to 11 percent in the 2024-2025 Healthy Minds Study co-led by Sarah Lipson. Read more.
RESEARCH
A new study by Paul Shafer and Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba found that families experienced greater difficulty affording adequate food and household expenses after states began to lift emergency SNAP benefits that were provided to families at the start of the pandemic. Read more.
EDUCATIONA recent graduate and current research fellow in the Department of Global Health shares insight into SPH’s MPH certificate in infectious disease. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTIn the last ten years, rates of obesity, depression, high blood pressure, and other chronic conditions have increased among young adults, writes PHP fellow Aidan Stotz. Read more. |
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Our community’s collective efforts at the intersection of urban health and climate change is a perfect example of BU’s focus on convergent research. I’m proud and excited that BU continues to make significant investments in this critical area.
GREGORY WELLENIUS
ON WORK AHEAD, AS THE NEWLY NAMED BEVERLY A. BROWN PROFESSOR.
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SCHOOL NEWS
Following the retirement of Patrick Kinney, Greg Wellenius has been named the second Beverly A. Brown Professor for the Improvement of Urban Health. Read more.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
Visual demonstrations on social media can help explain medical procedures, but without clear language, they may also heighten anxiety, writes PHP fellow Rowena Lindsay. Read more.
Kudos.
Lewis Kazis, emeritus professor of health law, policy & management, has received the 2025 Health Assessment Lab/Medical Outcomes Trust John Ware and Alvin Tarlov Career Achievement Prize in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures from the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua). He will receive the award at ISQua’s 41st International Conference, taking place October 12–15 in São Paulo, Brazil.
Sylvia Shangani, assistant professor of community health sciences, has received an Individual Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health for a project that will examine the feasibility of using community health workers to deliver an adapted PrEP decision aid in facilitating PrEP initiation among Black women seeking HIV testing services. The five-year award totals $896,000.
In the Media.
THE CONVERSATION
Article by Matt Motta, associate professor of health law, policy & management.
HEALIO
Commentary by Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.
KALW BAY AREA
Mentions research by Jonathan Jay, associate professor of community health sciences, and Patrece Joseph, assistant professor of community health sciences.
COMMONWEALTH BEACON
Quotes Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy & management.
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