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December 4, 2022
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
DEAN'S NOTE
In a new Dean's Note, Dean Sandro Galea discusses public health's responsibility to support the dignity and health of transgender people. Read the note.
RESEARCH
A new study led by Benjamin Rader found that women in the South faced the longest change in travel times. American Indian, Black, and Hispanic women were also disproportionately affected. See the findings.
SCHOOL NEWSDr. Maria Glymour is currently a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco. Learn more. |
SCHOOL NEWSKertu Tenso, a doctoral student studying health services research, uses her platform to empower others, especially women, to take up space in both academic and STEM settings. Read more. |
WEDNESDAY
DEC
7
1:00-2:30 p.m.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—ONLINE
Join legal scholars and advocates for a conversation that will address current attacks on transgender populations, active threats to those working to support these populations, and how the public health community can continue to promote the health and rights of transgender people.
Ahead of a 12/7 Public Health Conversation on trans rights, panelist Dallas Ducar, CEO of Transhealth, spoke with PHP about the comprehensive care her organization provides to trans and gender-diverse people.
FACULTY NEWS
George Annas and Sondra Crosby, professors of health law, ethics & human rights, spoke in plenary sessions at the sixth international Medicine and Conscience conference in Nuremberg, Germany. Learn more.
ALUMNI NEWSAhead of the Activist Lab’s Alumni Speaker Series on Dec. 8, Fatima Dainkeh (SPH’18) shares more about her public health journey and role as the DEI programs and training manager at She+ Geeks Out. Learn more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTFocus group participants reported stigmatizing behavior about being tested for HIV, and among HIV providers when seeking HIV testing, writes PHP fellow Connor McCombs. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
Suicide rates among U.S. Indigenous populations increased by 40% between 2010 and 2020, as shown in a new visualization created by the Center for Antiracist Research, according to a new PHP databyte by Elaine Nsoesie and Yukun Yang, in collaboration with the Center for Antiracist Research. Learn more.
In the Media.
Article co-authored by Gesine Meyer-Rath, research associate professor of global health.
Opinion by Monica Wang, associate professor of community health sciences.
Quotes Gregory Wellenius, professor and chair of environmental health.
Quotes Jonathan Jay, assistant professor of community health sciences.
Quotes Jonathan Buonocore, assistant professor of environmental health.
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