SPH This Week.
February 6, 2022
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RESEARCH
In risk equations used to predict the risk of a heart attack or stroke, researchers say the term 'race' should be replaced with underlying factors such as age and blood pressure to avoid labeling people as high-risk purely based on the color of their skin.
SCHOOL NEWSHeld monthly this semester, the hands-on trainings will help students dive deeper into their public health practice and build their activism toolkit. |
ALUMNI NEWSRita Gardner, president and CEO of Melmark, Inc., landed on the The Commonwealth Institute's annual list of female power players for the fourth consecutive year. |
ICYMI | PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION
"Everyone is trying to persuade the public that their information is the right information," said the author and writer-at-large for New York Magazine during SPH's Challenging Public Health program on Feb. 1. Watch the full video to hear more from Traister on ways the public health field can improve.
Think. Teach. Do.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
Prioritizing voting rights will help improve and protect public health, writes Samantha Burkhart, MPH student and winner of PHP's 2021 student essay contest.
POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGEIn this free webinar, School of Public Health alum Abbi Monssen explains the integral role health communications campaigns play in overdose reduction by addressing stigma and driving access to evidence-based treatment and recovery services. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTIn the latest episode of PHPod, Ruth Rollins, founder of the We Are Better Together Warren Daniel Hairston Project, talks with PHP's Rubina Veerakone about the organization’s mission to connect and heal women and girls affected by homicide and incarceration. |
VIEWPOINT
George Annas, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor and director of the Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, examines two controversial Boston transplant cases—one about vaccines, the other a pig's heart.
In the Media.
NEWSWEEK
Quotes Nicole Huberfeld, Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law.
NEW YORK TIMES
Mentions research by alum Pallavi Puri.
USA TODAY
Quotes Emily Rothman, professor of community health sciences.
HEALTH DIGEST
Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.
PULITZER CENTER
Article by alum Daphne Mark.
KAISER HEALTH NEWS
Quotes Sarah Lipson, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
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