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December 10, 2023
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
RESEARCH
A new study led by Nina Brooks has found that the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy, formerly known as the Mexico City Policy, reduced the provision and use of contraceptives, as well as community health volunteer services, in African countries. Read more.
SCHOOL NEWS
In the fifth segment of our “What’s Next for Health” series, Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, chair and professor of community health sciences, discusses the importance of community-engaged pedagogy to create change. Read more.
ALUMNI NEWS |
RESEARCHA new study led by Catharine Wang suggests that strategies that reduce barriers to seeing a genetic counselor—such as modifications to clinical workflow—may help mitigate racial/ethnic disparities in genetic testing. Read more. |
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We have to always be mindful of the public health impact of our policies, of course, but also be intentional about what we are doing to ensure that we are trying to restore that trust that people have in public health.
ALUM JIRAIR RATEVOSIAN (SPH'07)
ON HIS LEGISLATIVE APPROACH, AS HE CAMPAIGNS FOR A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT IN CALIFORNIA'S 30TH DISTRICT
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TUESDAY
DEC
12
1–2:30 p.m.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—ONLINE
Join SPH for a conversation that will explore best practices in college mental health, including the mental health challenges that college students face and how institutions of higher education can promote mental health and well-being on campus.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATIONAhead of the 12/12 SPH Public Health Conversation on college mental health, Khadijah Booth Watkins, associate director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Residency Training Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, speaks with PHP fellow Sean Hagan about the changing perceptions of mental health and how to better support the mental health workforce responding to these challenges. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATIONAhead of the 12/12 SPH Public Health Conversation on college mental health, Sasha Zhou, an assistant professor at Wayne State University in the Department of Public Health, speaks with PHP fellow Caroline Dignard about the unique mental stressors that students experience and how universities are responding to this crisis. Read more. |
ICYMI
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION
REPLAY
On Dec. 7, SPH and the Grayken Center for Addiction hosted a conversation with Rahul Gupta, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, who spoke with Dean Sandro Galea about the evolution of national policies on substance use disorder and the Biden administration's embrace of a harm reduction approach to address this ongoing crisis. Watch the full conversation here.
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