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December 3, 2023
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
RESEARCH
Through the Black Women's Health Study, Kimberly Bertrand, Julie Palmer, Lynn Rosenberg, and Yvette Cozier are working to uncover the root causes of poor health among Black women, including disproportionate rates of diabetes, stroke, uterine fibroids, and more. Learn more.
EDUCATION
Jonathan Levy, chair and professor of environmental health, discusses the interconnectedness of the field and training the next generation of leaders. Read more.
RESEARCHThe increase in mortality follows steady declines in measles vaccination rates during the pandemic among children in low-income countries, according to a new CDC/WHO report coauthored by Allison Portnoy. Learn more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTAfter the state of Washington eliminated personal belief exemptions for the MMR vaccine series in 2019, the rate of students with a religious exemption for any required vaccine increased, writes PHP fellow Caroline Dignard. Read more. |
SCHOOL NEWS
SPH faculty and students partnered with the national nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety to investigate the costs of implementing community violence intervention programs, such as summer youth employment programs. Read more.
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We’ve come to realize how much one’s neighborhood environment and social structures, rather than genes, prescribe health outcomes.
YVETTE COZIER
COLEAD INVESTIGATOR OF THE BLACK WOMEN'S HEALTH STUDY
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THURSDAY
DEC
7
1-2 p.m.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—ONLINE
Join SPH and the Grayken Center for Addiction for a conversation with Rahul Gupta, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The event will be moderated by Dean Sandro Galea.
SCHOOL NEWS
The recent MPH graduate will speak to December graduates at a reception on December 8. Read more.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
While cancer more commonly affects older adults, instances of early-onset cancers are increasing among those aged 14 to 49, writes PHP fellow Kara Schmidt in a new databyte. Read more.
In the Media.
Quotes Dean Sandro Galea.
Quotes Yvette Cozier, associate dean for diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, and Julie Palmer, professor of epidemiology.
Quotes Andrew Stokes, assistant professor of global health.
Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.
Quotes Jacob Bor, associate professor of global health and epidemiology.
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