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March 15, 2026
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
RESEARCH
In response to a study that found no consensus for a preferred label among people with Spanish and Latin-American origin, Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz provides guidance in a JAMA Network Open commentary on what these results mean for health research, policy, and practice. Read more.
RESEARCH
A new study by Brooke Nichols found that offering decentralized tuberculosis testing in local clinics could be cost-effective in low- and middle-income countries if the diagnostic instruments used to run those tests were priced roughly between $400 and $800. Read more.
SCHOOL NEWSGuided by SPH mentors, multidisciplinary teams of undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students from universities across the country analyzed national high school survey data to answer original research questions about teen health. Read more. |
SCHOOL NEWSStudents in Veronika Wirtz's global health policy seminar tackle this question and others like it in classroom exercises designed to give them hands-on experience in the application of political science research methods to real-world health challenges. Read more. |
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Changing the status quo is almost always a question of changing a policy that will shift the status quo in a desirable direction.
VERONIKA WIRTZ
PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL HEALTH, ON CREATING PUBLIC HEALTH CHANGE.
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PBULIC HEALTH POST
A recent study reveals that economic crises magnify inequalities already deeply embedded in political and financial systems, writes PHP fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond. Read more.
The Public Health Conversation Events
This annual SPH lectureship will focus on research and advocacy from the Stop Shackling Patients Coalition, which has changed the way incarcerated patients receive medical care in hospitals. Moderated by Elizabeth McCuskey, professor of health law, policy & management, the conversation will feature Neil Singh Bedi, founder of Stop Shackling Patients Coalition and BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine student; Sondra Crosby, professor of health law, ethics & human rights; and Nancy Gaden, senior vice president & chief nursing officer at Boston Medical Center.
PBULIC HEALTH POST
Beyond free Wi-Fi and a good book, public libraries offer essential services to patrons that shape the conditions that make health possible, writes PHP fellow Aidan Stotz. Read more.
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In honor of Oscars Week, MARCOMM content creator Jack Mellom selects which films would win an award if the members of the Academy had public health degrees. Check out which movies made the cut!
In the Media.
NEW YORK TIMES
Quotes Jonathan Levy, chair and professor of environmental health.
NEW YORK TIMES
Mentions research by Brooke Nichols, associate professor of global health.
VOX
Quotes Matt Motta, associate professor of health law, policy & management.
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