No images? Click here
June 9, 2024
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
RESEARCH
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
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 NEWSCaroline 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 EQUITYDrPH 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
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.
“
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
”
TUESDAY
JUNE
11
2–5:30 p.m.
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.
FREE ASSOCIATIONS PODCASTIn 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 POSTKimberly 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
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.
In the Media.
TIME
Quotes Patricia Fabian, associate professor of environmental health.
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Quotes Amruta Nori-Sarma, assistant professor of environmental health.
CBS NEWS
Mentions research by Dean Sandro Galea and Salma Abdalla, assistant professor of global health and epidmiology.
THE BAY STATE BANNER
Quotes Patrick Kinney, Beverly A. Brown Professor of Urban Health.
Keep up with SPH on Instagram.
Are you a Kim Possible or a Timmy Turner? We envisioned the professions our favorite TV characters would inevitably pursue if they decided to enter the public health field. Check it out!
Explore more and join the SPH community.
Follow Us.
