No images? Click here
June 28, 2026
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
SPH This Week will be distributed biweekly for the remainder of the summer and will return to its regular schedule on August 23.
E-CIGARETTES
Following the Food and Drug Administration's authorization of the sale and marketing of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for the first time, SPH faculty members Jennifer Ross, Ziming Xuan, and Lynsie Ranker discuss the potential public health benefits and harms of this significant shift in federal policy. Read more.
SCHOOL NEWS
As the recipient of Innovate@BU's 2026 Enlight Fellowship, Zanyah Williams, a PhD student in environmental health, will receive $10,000 to intern at the Chelsea, Mass. nonprofit Roca while developing her own social venture to address environmental health hazards in carceral settings. Read more.
COMMENTARYIn an invited commentary published in The Lancet, Allison Portnoy discusses the implications of the substantial decline in cervical cancer mortality among adolescents in England, highlighting the need for more granular mortality data, as well as continued promotion of vaccination, screening, and treatment. Read more. |
AWARDSAs a new Junior Faculty Fellow at BU’s Hariri Institute for Computing, Meredith Brooks hopes to leverage data-driven approaches to answer the question: where should researchers screen for tuberculosis? Read more. |
IN MEMORIAM
Nate Nickerson (SPH'07), who died at 69 after a short illness, was remembered by colleagues as a healthcare champion for underserved populations in Boston, Haiti, Maine, and beyond. Read more.
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTCalls to poison centers due to complications with herbal supplements like kava and kratom are up 383 percent and 1,200 percent, respectively, writes PHP fellow Rylie Lillibridge. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTIn 2030, the International Space Station will end. And with it, the fate of public health research conducted there hangs in the balance, writes PHP guest author Katherine O'Malley, principal policy analyst in the Department of Health Law, Policy & Management at SPH. Read more. |
Keep up with SPH on Instagram.
Although coal mining produces hazardous working conditions and community pollution, it also provides job security. MarComm student content creator Kaya Czyz discusses a recent study by SPH faculty Mary Willis and Jonathan Buonocore, in which the researchers provide recommendations for a just transition to clean energy that supports human health and financial well-being. Watch the clip.
In the Media.
WASHINGTON POST
Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.
TIME
Quotes Gregory Wellenius, professor of environmental health and director of the Center for Climate and Health.
INTELLIGENCER
Mentions research by Brooke Nichols, associate professor of global health.
BOSTON.GOV
Mentions research by Patricia Fabian, professor of environmental health.
THE HILL
Quotes Matt Motta, associate professor of health law, policy & management.
WAR HORSE
Quotes Kimberly Sullivan, research associate professor of environmental health.
The mission of the Boston University School of Public Health is to improve the health and well-being of populations worldwide, particularly the underserved, through excellence and innovation in education, research, and practice.
Support our work.
