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September 7, 2025
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
INSIGHTS FROM THE DEAN
Natural Disasters Know No Borders
Dear Colleagues,
First, a welcome to all new public health students, both here at BU and across the world. We are so glad you are joining us at this critical moment for our field—the need for public health could not be greater.
This week, millions of lives were disrupted and thousands lost following multiple devastating earthquakes in Afghanistan. I have worked with healthcare providers in Afghanistan to help improve trauma care in a region beset by war, violence, poor infrastructure, and inequities. While this destruction inflicts immediate injuries, displacement, and death, we know that the long-term effects on physical, mental, and environmental health will also emerge. Moments such as this reaffirm the importance of thinking about public health locally and globally—one community's suffering can be felt across the entire globe.
Warm regards,
AH
ADNAN HYDER, MD, MPH, PhD
Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Q&A
As public health continues to face immense challenges, Dean Adnan Hyder discusses his vision for the school and how the SPH community can navigate this moment. Read more.
SPH SNAPSHOT
Campus buzzed with energy during Orientation Week, welcoming new students to the SPH community with campus tours, a Student Experience Fair, an Academic Toolkit Speakers series, an alumni dinner, and a Center for Health Data Science poster session. View the gallery.
RESEARCHA new study by Leonardo Martinez found that the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus test, currently the standard method of choice for doctors who want to determine whether someone has TB infection or disease, is unreliable in detecting the disease in people with weakened immune systems. Read more. |
SCHOOL NEWSCross-disciplinary teams of SPH and COM students pooled their talents to examine an innovative program that enables neighborhood restaurants to accept Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) payments, and music therapy approaches to help children overcome the lingering effects of trauma. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
Due to a number of barriers to care, many women are opting to remove their IUDs themselves, with varied success, writes PHP fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond. Read more.
RESEARCHOn a Veterans Affairs-convened National Academies committee, Jaimie Gradus coauthored a report assessing possible links between exposures to hazards during military service and mental, behavioral, and neurologic health conditions among post-9/11 veterans. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTSince the federal ban on sports betting ended in 2018, the industry has surged. But so have online searches for gambling addiction help, writes PHP fellow Mallika Chimpiri. Read more. |
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Boston is welcoming thousands of new students this week, and Brookline is one of the most popular places for BU students to live. MarCom student content creator Carla Irizarry-Delgado visited fellow content creator and Brookline resident Jack Mellom to explore the town and its quiet charm. See the places they visited.
In the Media.
BOSTON GLOBE
Article by Monica Wang, associate professor of community health sciences, and Matt Motta, associate professor of health law, policy & management.
DIALOGUE EARTH
Quotes Patricia Fabian, associate professor of environmental health.
YAHOO NEWS
Quotes Muhammad Zaman, professor of global health.
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