Professor Receives $29M NIH Grant to Study Dementia Risk Factors and Prevention

A new initiative led by Maria Glymour will utilize large, diverse datasets to examine whether interventions targeting alcohol use, depression, vision or hearing impairments, or social isolation can reduce the development of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Learn more.

SCHOOL NEWS

SPH Launches New Center for Health Data Science

Debbie Cheng, professor of biostatistics, will lead the new center, which will combine and expand the work of the Population Health Data Science Program and the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center. Read more.

COMMENTARY

Project 2025 Could Become a ‘Political Reality That Would Upend Medical Practice’

The playbook’s far-right agenda would likely have negative outcomes for public health, healthcare, and health as a human right, according to a new JAMA commentary by Nicole Huberfeld, Elizabeth McCuskey, and Michael Ulrich. Read more.

PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION

'No One Should Have to Fight for Their Life Because of Where They Live'

Reproductive health scholars outlined abortion issues at stake in the November presidential election at a September 25 Public Health Conversation. Read more.

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My vision for the new center is simple: Data Science for the Health of All.

DEBBIE CHENG
ON NEW ROLE AS INAUGURAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR DATA HEALTH SCIENCE

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OCT

1–2:30 p.m.

A Vote for Health: Medicaid

PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—ONLINE

Join SPH and the Medicaid Policy Lab for this conversation that will consider the intersection of the 2024 presidential election and Medicaid. Panelists will discuss Medicaid policy at the state and federal levels and reflect on how potential policy changes could influence health outcomes for Medicaid-enrolled populations.

SCHOOL NEWS

Pfizer and SPH Continue Alliance to Promote Graduate Studies in Biostatistics

Dylan Tran is a former undergraduate in the Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science program who returned to SPH to enroll as a master’s degree student. Read more.

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

Public Health on the Ballot: Education

A look at where the presidential candidates stand on issues surrounding education, past and present, by PHP fellow Heather Sherr. Read more.

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

Brain Blitz: Fumbling the Health of our Athletes

PHPod speaks with Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva, authors of the book "The End of College Football" and cohosts of The End of Sport podcast to explore the intersection of football, athlete safety, and public health. Listen to the podcast.

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In the Media.

NEW YORK TIMES

Drug Overdose Deaths Are Dropping. The Reasons Are Not Perfectly Clear

Quotes alum Stephen Murray (SPH'22).

THE ATLANTIC

Public-Health Officials Should Have Been Talking About Their Sex Parties the Whole Time

Quotes Matt Motta, assistant professor of health law, policy & managment.

YAHOO! FINANCE

87% of Branded Vape Posts on Instagram Violate FDA Guidelines, Research Finds

Mentions research by Jennifer Ross, associate professor of health law, policy & management; Lynsie Ranker, assistant professor of community health sciences; Ziming Xuan, professor of community health sciences; and Andrew Stokes, associate professor of global health.

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Could living near green space help prevent dementia? MARCOM student content creator Carla Irizarry-Delgado discusses a study led by Marcia Pescador Jimenez, which found that increased exposure to residential greenery may help stave off cognitive decline by an annual rate of eight months. Hear more about the findings.