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November 9, 2025
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
RESEARCH
A new study led by Michael Stein, Kara Magane, and Robert Siebers presents a checklist of manual methods that researchers can implement to detect suspicious behavior during the prescreening, screening, and enrollment process for clinical trials. Read more.
RESEARCH
Led by Christopher Louis, a team of professors in the Department of Health Law, Policy & Management including Timothy Callaghan, Sarah Lipson, Jennifer Ross, Matt Motta, Paul Shafer, and Justin White will gather timely insight on sports betting apps, problem gambling, and the community impact of casinos to inform health-protective changes to gambling regulations and programs in the commonwealth. Read more.
SCHOOL NEWSSelene Vences, a PhD student in environmental health, has been selected to the ninth cohort of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars Program, a four-year leadership development program providing doctoral students with funding and training to advance health equity. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTBitcoin mining’s rising energy demand in the U.S. drives air pollution and other health risks, with little federal oversight or regulation, writes PHP fellow Rowena Lindsay. Read more. |
SPH SNAPSHOT
From panel sessions and poster presentations to a night celebrating the accomplishments of alumni and friends, the SPH community gathered in Washington, DC for the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo. View the gallery.
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I envision a world where undocumented and immigrant families like mine can access to healthcare and attend to medical needs without fear of deportation or having to reveal their immigration status.
SELENE VENCES
PHD STUDENT AND NEW ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION HEALTH POLICY SCHOLAR
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The Public Health Conversation Events
In conjunction with Public Health Post and BU College of Communication, this conversation will explore public health communication with a focus on new media platforms such as Twitter (X), TikTok, Instagram, Bluesky, and others. Moderated by Monica Wang, associate professor of community health sciences, speakers will share best practices for communicating reliable and trustworthy public health information and for combating misinformation and disinformation during this ongoing period of federal uncertainty.
ALUMNI NEWS
Jena Ungarten (SPH '20) applies her Master of Science in epidemiology from the School of Public Health to manage cardiovascular clinical trials, building on experiences gained from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
People who felt more confident in their health insurance knowledge were more likely to report they were in “very good” or “excellent” health, writes PHP fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond. Read more.
In the Media.
THE NEW YORKER
Mentions research by Brooke Nichols, associate professor of global health.
STAT NEWS
Quotes Andrew Stokes, associate professor of global health.
DIALOGUE EARTH
Mentions research by Patricia Fabian, associate professor of environmental health, and Jonathan Lee, PhD student in environmental health.
NATURE MEDICINE
Article cowritten by Adnan Hyder, SPH dean and Robert A. Knox Professor.
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