Removing the GRE Does Not Affect Student Success

After SPH dropped the GRE from its admission process to reduce structural barriers in student recruitment, the school observed an increase in applicant diversity, and no declines in student performance or post-graduate employment outcomes, according to a new analysis led by Lisa Sullivan. Learn more...

RESEARCH

When Air and Road Travel Dropped during COVID, So Did Air Pollution Levels

Ultrafine particle concentration decreased by 48 percent during the COVID-19 state-of-emergency period, which corresponded with both aircraft and road traffic reductions of 74 percent and 51 percent, respectively, according to new research by Kevin Lane and Sean Mueller. Learn more.

FACULTY NEWS

Professor's New Book Examines Divide Between Public Health and Medicine

In Me vs. Us: A Health Divided, Michael Stein outlines how the country’s focus on individual medicine endangers the public’s health. Read more.

REFLECTION

Bringing Health Equity to the World’s Largest Health Survey

MPH student Megan Jones reflects on her summer group practicum, in which she and students Juliana Blodgett, Jiayue Chen, Julia Kane, and Lindsey Stevens helped the Boston Public Health Commission conduct a survey to better understand the health of people experiencing homelessness. Read more.

LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH

Bedford HHS Director Takes 'Whole Health' Approach to the Job

Alum Heidi Porter (SPH '00) directs the Department of Health and Human Services in Bedford, Mass., where the work ranges from routine to extraordinary, often on the same day. Read more.

VIEWPOINT

Will Bringing Back 'Happy Hours' Make Us Happy?

The answer, based on public health research, is a likely and emphatic “no,” writes David Jernigan. Read more.

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

Doctor-Scholar Strives for ‘Pharmacoequity’ to Achieve Medication Access for All

Utibe R. Essien, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and guest speaker at the Public Health Conversation Towards Antiracist Academic Institutions: Next Steps, spoke with PHP fellow Abby Outterson about the relationship between public health and medicine, diversifying the medical workforce, and "pharmacoequity." Read more.

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

The Health of Wealth

Wealth drives longevity in all age groups, but it becomes more important for living longer the longer we live, writes PHP fellow Bethany Hallenborg. Learn more.

EDUCATION

First Deadline Approaching for SPH's New Online MPH Program

The priority deadline for the school's fully online program is Oct. 15. The new program offers a flexible, skills-based curriculum focused on health equity that prepares working professionals to solve real-world public health challenges. Learn more and apply.

POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGE

Redlining and Preterm Birth

In this episode of Free Associations, hosts Matthew Fox, Jessica Leibler, and guest host Jonathan Jay examine a study about the impact of historical redlining and structural racism on preterm birth rates in New York City. Listen to the podcast.