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June 9, 2024

 

SPH This Week.

Latest News, Research, and More

 
 
 
 
 

RESEARCH

One-third of US Adults Know Someone Who Died from Drug Overdose 

A new study by Dean Sandro Galea and Salma Abdalla has found that this personal loss to overdose spans political parties and income levels, and that bereaved individuals are more likely to view addition as a top policy priority. Read more.

 
 
 

COMMENTARY

Excluding Partisanship Questions from Health Surveys Limits Capacity for Advancing Health Equity

A new commentary coauthored by Timothy Callaghan and Matt Motta in the American Journal of Public Health urges public health researchers to incorporate questions about partisan identity in demographic data collection, arguing that excluding this information could lead to ineffective policy and health promotion interventions. Read more.

 

ALUMNI NEWS

Alum Receives Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship

Caroline Dignard (SPH'24), a recent SPH graduate and a former Public Health Post fellow, will travel to Nunavut in northern Canada this summer to report on indigenous food sovereignty. Read more.

 
 

BIRTH EQUITY

A Persistent Fight for Fair Childbirth in Massachusetts

DrPH student Omonyele Adjognon and senior COM student Lauren Fox examine the longstanding challenges to opening and operating freestanding, midwife-assisted birth centers in Massachusetts, as part of a multimedia reporting project for Jennifer Beard's Global Health Storytelling class. Read more.

 

ALUMNI NEWS

Alum Receives Fulbright Award to Study Tuberculosis Care in India

Sadie Cowan (SPH'24), a graduate of the 4+1 program and the second SPH recipient of a 2024 Fulbright Award, will examine undernutrition among patients receiving TB treatment in New Delhi. Read more.

 

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TB is such an interesting case study because its transmission is so heavily affected by the social determinants of health.

 

SADIE COWAN (SPH'24)
SPH ALUM AND 2024 FULBRIGHT AWARD RECIPIENT, WHO WILL STUDY TUBERCULOSIS CARE IN INDIA 

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Building A Diverse Biostatistics Pipeline: The Next Decade

PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—ONLINE AND IN-PERSON

Hiebert Lounge, 72 East Concord Street

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS) program, now known as the Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science program, join SPH for this event which will explore how biostatistics will evolve over the next decade and discuss how to better support building a diverse pipeline in the field. Alums of the program will also share reflections.

 
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FREE ASSOCIATIONS PODCAST

The Effects of Early Cessation of Oxytocin

In the latest episode of Free Associations, hosts Matthew Fox and Jessica Leibler, and guest host Salma Abdalla, discuss a study about early discontinuation of oxytocin during delivery. Listen to the podcast.

 
 

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

'One of the Most Important Things Individual Women Can Do Is to Get Screened Regularly'

Kimberly Bertrand (SPH'05), cancer epidemiologist at BU's Slone Epidemiology Center and a coinvestigator of the Black Women's Health Study, speaks with PHP fellow Heather Sherr about her work and key findings from the study to date. Read more.

 
 

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

Retaining Community Health Workers

Dissatisfaction with organizational support, pay, and job security doubled the likelihood of community health workers intending to quit their job, writes PHP fellow Dani Weissert in a new databyte. Read more.

 
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In the Media.

 

TIME

How to Properly Cool Your Home With a Fan

Quotes Patricia Fabian, associate professor of environmental health.

 

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

How Heat Affects the Mind

Quotes Amruta Nori-Sarma, assistant professor of environmental health.

 

CBS NEWS

About 1 in 3 Americans Have Lost Someone to a Drug Overdose, New Study Finds

Mentions research by Dean Sandro Galea and Salma Abdalla, assistant professor of global health and epidmiology.

 

THE BAY STATE BANNER

Underserved and Overheated

Quotes Patrick Kinney, Beverly A. Brown Professor of Urban Health.

 
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