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March 17, 2024
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
SCHOOL NEWS
SPH Community Shares Personal Setbacks in Academia
Sarah Lipson, Veronika Wirtz, and Molly Hoffman curated a collection of essays by SPH faculty, staff, and students to destigmatize imperfection and recast the experience of rejection as a normal part of navigating an academic career. Read more.
RESEARCH
A new study by Jonathan Buonocore and Erin Polka also found that flaring and venting activities contributed to more than 700 premature deaths and 73,000 asthma exacerbations. Read more.
RESEARCHJonathan Levy will evaluate the health, environmental, and economic impacts of a pilot program that will replace 80 gas stoves with electric or induction stoves for residents in affordable housing communities. Learn more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTWith no federal regulation to address gun violence, safety measures like lockdown drills and armed personnel are commonplace in schools. But these practices take a toll on student mental health, writes PHP fellow Adna Jaganjac. Read more. |
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Rejection is tough, but it’s not the end. It’s a chance for growth, a steppingstone to new horizons.
HAROLD COX, PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE
ON HOW TO NAVIGATE REJECTIONS IN ACADEMIA
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THURSDAY
MAR
28
1–2:30 p.m.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—ONLINE
Join SPH for this conversation about the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which will explore the current PEPFAR funding landscape and reflect on our progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
IN THE CLASSROOM
Students in Jonathan Jay’s assessment and planning for health promotion course collaborated with neighborhood organizations and community members to document the health assets and challenges facing nearby residents and visitors to Franklin Park, Boston’s largest public park. Read more.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION STARTERMarc-David Munk (SPH’99), who has worked in multiple healthcare roles as a physician and a healthcare executive, speaks with Dean Sandro Galea about his book, Urgent Calls from Distant Places: An Emergency Doctor’s Notes about Life and Death on the Frontiers of East Africa. Read more and watch the video. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTAs the population ages, caregiving from an immediate family member is on the rise. But this informal care can take a detrimental toll on the caregiver's mental, physical, and financial health, writes PHP fellow Kara Schmidt. Read more. |
In the Media.
SCIENCE
Quotes Matthew Motta, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
BOSTON GLOBE
Quotes Jonathan Levy, chair and professor of environmental health.
US MEDICINE
Quotes Rachel Sayko Adams, research associate professor of health law, policy & management.
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.
RESEARCH
Yorghos Tripodis, professor of biostatistics, discusses findings from his new study on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) that could provide the tools to diagnose the neurodegenerative disease in life. Watch the video.
Keep up with SPH on Instagram.
MARCOMM student content creator Gwenyth Ip also created an Instagram reel highlighting the novel findings from the new CTE study coauthored by Yorghos Tripodis, Eukyung Yhang, Zachary Baucom, Brett Martin, and Joseph Palmisano at SPH. Check out the reel here.
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