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June 7, 2026
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
RESEARCH
Samantha Parker Kelleher, along with researchers at the School of Public Health and Boston Medical Center, will examine the role of high blood pressure during the postpartum period on the risk of developing recurrent hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, such as preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. Read more.
DATA SCIENCE
The new initiative, led by Debbie Cheng, targets the growing scale and complexity of health data, removing systemic barriers to data discovery and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Read more.
SCHOOL NEWSStudents in Jonathan Jay's gun violence and community health equity course joined former gang-members-turned-community-leaders for neighborhood tours and learned firsthand how centering lived experience is reshaping public health practice. Read more. |
SCHOOL NEWSStudents at the School of Public Health conducted original research under the mentorship of faculty and community partners through fellowships across the Department of Community Health Sciences, the Department of Epidemiology, and the Center for Trauma and Mental Health. Read more. |
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[The students] left the class with a new perspective on what expertise looks like and what it takes for us to bring our public health skills to organizations that are doing the work on the front lines.
JONATHAN JAY
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES, ON CLASS PARTNERSHIP WITH NONPROFIT LED BY FORMER GANG MEMBERS AIMING TO END COMMUNITY VIOLENCE.
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SCHOOL NEWS
David Jernigan leads the Massachusetts Alcohol Policy Coalition, a coalition of school- and community-based preventive healthcare programs that he cofounded to teach young people how to address pressing issues. Read more.
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTShopping for skincare on a budget can be difficult, especially when only 4% of skincare products sold in discount stores are allergen-free, writes PHP fellow Rylie Lillibridge. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTWith the summer concert season in full swing, we're revisiting this piece by former PHP fellow Heather Sherr, in which she explores how loud music at concerts and festivals can cause long-term hearing loss. Earplugs offer a solution, but only if people wear them. Read more. |
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SPH students take on the World Cup: Five MPH students—MacClement Guthrie, Melissa Mezieche, Alma Nieto, Deirdre Otoo, and Julianna Reyes—are on the frontlines of a first-of-its-kind disease surveillance operation to track infectious disease outbreaks during the multi-country event for their summer practica, which began June 1. Learn more.
In the Media.
OPRAH DAILY
Quotes Koichiro Shiba, assistant professor of epidemiology.
NEW YORK TIMES
Mentions research by Brooke Nichols, associate professor of global health.
PUBLIC HEALTH ON CALL
Interview with Noel Vest, associate professor of community health sciences.
BERKSHIRE EAGLE
Mentions research by Jonathan Jay, associate professor of community health sciences.
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