SPH This Week.
January 30, 2022
Must Reads.
DEIJ REFLECTION
It is important that we continue to create space to hear many sides of the issues with which we engage, writes Yvette Cozier, associate dean for diversity, equity, inclusion & justice.
RESEARCHA new study found that nearly 1 in 10 of all deceased infants under 6 months old in Zambia were infected with respiratory syncytial virus. Mortality from the disease is prevalent in low- and middle-income countries, where healthcare resources are limited. |
SPH IN THE MEDIADuring the January 22 episode of Saturday Night Live, Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che referenced a new study on COVID-19 vaccination and fertility by SPH professors Lauren Wise and Amelia Wesselink. |
SCHOOL NEWS
Led by the School's Practice Advisory Committee, the year-long initiative will offer a broader reflection of where and how public health practice takes place at SPH.
Upcoming Event.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION
Our new Challenging Public Health series invites speakers from outside of public health to reflect on the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Online
Learn about the featured speaker:
@RTRAISTERAhead of the Challenging Public Health event, the author and writer-at-large for New York Magazine discusses missed opportunities during COVID. |
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Think. Teach. Do.
ACTIVIST LAB
Craig Andrade, associate dean for practice and director of the Activist Lab, and Sophie Godley, clinical associate professor of community health sciences, discuss their shared experiences working with adolescents, queer youth, and other marginalized populations.
RESEARCHA new study suggests that cases of severe maternal mortality are undercounted by 22 percent in Massachusetts. Nationally, that rate would equate almost 90,000 missed cases. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTTom Insel served as the director of the National Institute of Mental Health for 13 years. He sat down with PHP to discuss themes from his upcoming book Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health. |
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POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGEHave a compelling story to tell? Submit a short film to PHX's Health in Focus Film Festival. |
In the Media.
WASHINGTON POST
Quotes Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
USA TODAY
Quotes alum Ali Noorani.
BOSTON GLOBE
Quotes Matthew Fox, professor of epidemiology.
WBUR
Interview with Davidson Hamer, professor of global heath, and Benjamin Linas, associate professor of epidemiology.
AARP
Quotes Patricia Fabian, associate professor of environmental health.
THE CONVERSATION
Article co-written by Paul Shafer, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
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Fostering a diversity of perspectives “helps us to think critically, to see when we are wrong, and to improve at what we do,” writes @YYandtd, associate dean for #DEIJ at SPH. Read more about @BUSPH’s commitment to #diversity and #inclusion here: https://ctt.ec/8TH3f+
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