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April 19, 2026
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
CONVOCATION
The commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health will deliver the 2026 convocation address, and Ali Noorani (SPH’00), president of the Barr Foundation, will deliver the alumni address. Read more.
SCHOOL NEWS
MPH student Samuel Amoako-Kusi earned second place in the Innovate@BU New Venture Competition for JoHil eKlinics, a social impact venture that uses a hybrid telemedicine model to deliver specialist care to underserved rural areas in Ghana. Learn more.
RESEARCHA new study by Jacob Bor found that children who start school at older ages completed more total years of schooling, had greater wealth in adulthood, and had fewer teen pregnancies. Men were less likely to become HIV-infected and women were less likely to experience the death of a child. Read more. |
SCHOOL NEWSMaggie Carmona and Annesta Batuwangala, MPH alums and colleagues in the Boston Public Schools Office of Health and Wellness, discuss their unique paths to public health, their shared passion for health communications, and their collaborative efforts to engage student leaders. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTAI translation tools work well for common U.S. languages like Spanish, but are outperformed by human interpreters for less common languages, writes PHP fellow Farah Nimeri. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTBoston neighborhoods that are primarily Black or Hispanic had up to 172% more reports of in-home asthma triggers than White neighborhoods, writes PHP fellow Priyanka Athalye. Read more. |
EARTH DAY
Ahead of Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22, take a look at the work the SPH community is doing to combat environmental challenges in difficult times.
Despite shifts in federal policies, Jonathan Levy, professor and chair of environmental health, sees signs of improvement in public acceptance of climate change. Read more.
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When public health imitates art: Check out a collage of the Talbot Building by SPH's Denise Joseph, associate director of admissions for the Online MPH. See the drawings.
In the Media.
KUOW PUBLIC RADIO
Quotes Christopher Louis, clinical associate professor of health law, policy & management.
COMMONWEALTH BEACON
Quotes Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy & management.
OUTSIDE
Mentions research by alum John Lambert (SPH'24).
SCIENCE NEWS
Quotes Michael Ulrich, associate professor of health law, policy & management.
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