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March 3, 2024
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
DEAN'S NOTE
In a new Dean's Note, Dean Sandro Galea reflects on public health's responsibility to not look away from the worsening conflict in the Middle East. Read the note.
SCHOOL NEWS
Students in Jacey Greece's communications strategies course collaborated with the Tennessee Department of Health on an initiative to encourage victims of abuse to disclose their circumstances to healthcare providers. Read more.
RESEARCHA recent commentary by Samantha Hall and Wendy Heiger-Bernays in Environmental Health Perspectives evaluates the equity and safety of US organic waste cycles in urban agriculture, and provides recommendations to promote safer compost production from urban organic waste practices. Learn more. |
RESEARCHA new study led by Noel Vest examined how former legal system involvement affects college students in recovery and what academic institutions can do to meet the needs of these students and ensure their success. Learn more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
In Boston, rising rents are forcing poor individuals and families to wait for affordable housing, with the average waitlist time being around 3 years, writes PHP fellow Sean Hagan. Read more.
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We need to say unequivocally that hostilities should stop so that a better way forward may be found.
DEAN SANDRO GALEA
ON THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA
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WEDNESDAY
MAR
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1–2:30 p.m.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—ONLINE
Join SPH for this discussion on the current landscape of reproductive health in the United States. The conversation will explore how equitable access to reproductive healthcare services advances the health of all, as well as the actions that the public health community can take to better navigate the politicization associated with reproductive care.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
Entering the carceral system leaves many without insurance coverage, even after release, writes PHP fellow Caroline Dignard. Read more.
PODCASTIn this episode of Free Associations, hosts Matthew Fox, Jessica Leibler, and guest host Amruta Nori-Sarma examine a study testing the effect of a workplace intervention for cardiometabolic health and discuss mental health as a human right. Nori-Sarma also muses on the power of Taylor Swift. Listen to the podcast. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTPHP fellow Kara Schmidt speaks with Anastasia Kidd, minister in the United Church of Christ and director of Contextual Education at the School of Theology, about her new book, Fat Church: Claiming a Gospel of Fat Liberation, and the health effects of weight stigma in medicalized spaces and research. Read more. |
In the Media.
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
References research by Matt Motta, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
7 NEWS BOSTON
Quotes Eleanor Murray, assistant professor of epidemiology.
THE GUARDIAN
Quotes Andrew Stokes, associate professor of global health.
STAT NEWS
Quotes Eugene Declercq, professor of community health sciences.
AOL
Quotes Nicole Huberfeld, Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law.
NPR
Quotes Gregory Wellenius, professor of environmental health.
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