SPH This Week.
October 24, 2021
Must Reads.
RESEARCH
Nurses who worked in operating rooms for 15 or more years are 46-69 percent more likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—the third-leading cause of death worldwide—than nurses who had never worked in an operating room.
SCHOOL NEWSThe SPH student-led project helps young people identify, create, and share trusted, evidence-based health information with their peers on Instagram. |
RESEARCHCurrent tools have not performed well, resulting in underestimation of breast cancer risk in Black women. |
Upcoming Event.
Monday, October 25, 2021
4:30 to 5:45 p.m.
Online
Featured Speaker.
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The professor and historian in the African Studies Department at Wellesley College spoke about abolition, political discourse, and ingrained individualism of the COVID era. |
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Opinion.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
the turning point.
Think. Teach. Do.
SCHOOL NEWS
Mary Jane England, clinical professor of health law, policy & management, received the award from the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health for her leadership and advocacy around mental health coverage and parity.
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTIn a series profiling local public health professionals in Massachusetts, Public Health Post spotlights Damon Chaplin, the New Bedford public health director working to close the gaps in health equity as he leads the city's COVID-19 response. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTAre children's advertising guidelines followed around fast-food ads promoting kids meals with toys? |
In the Media.
WBUR
Interview with Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.
WASHINGTON POST
Article written by Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy & management and Alexandra Skinner, research assistant of global health.
NEW YORK TIMES
Quotes Robert Horsburgh, professor of epidemiology.
BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL
Quotes Ann Marie Larese, assistant dean of admissions, and Megan Healey, clinical assistant professor of epidemiology and director of MPH programs.
WCVB BOSTON
Quotes Craig Andrade, associate dean for practice and director of the Activist Lab.
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