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SPOTLIGHT ON SPH STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS
Our School’s strategy map identifies five strategic directions—cities and health; climate, the planet, and health; health inequities; infectious diseases; and mental and behavioral health—that are of critical importance to the public’s health and are areas of strength and potential for growth for the School. These strategic directions emerged from broad consultation both internal and external to the School.
Infectious Diseases
SPH experts work across the entire spectrum of infectious disease research, from the study of pathogens, to treatment outcomes, to public communications. SPH is training the next generation of public health professionals in pandemic preparedness and response as we continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic in the coming years.
Think.
“Parents are really in a difficult position here, caught in-between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Our lives depend on childcare to allow us to work and support families. Yet, for young infants, childcare settings are ideal for the transmission of viruses such as RSV."
Christopher Gill
Professor of Global Health
“The mortality impact of the pandemic is still effectively hidden in many parts of the country.”
Andrew Stokes
Assistant Professor of Global Health
“The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that socioeconomic inequalities cannot be ignored when it comes to understanding the distribution of disease burden, the behavioral responses to the epidemic, and the entire epidemic dynamics.”
Elaine Nsoesie
Associate Professor, Global Health
“This study provides clear support for the importance of universal masking to reduce transmission of COVID-19 in school settings, especially when community COVID levels are high. Masking reduces COVID-19 transmission in schools in an equitable and easy to implement way and should be part of any layered mitigation strategy.”
Eleanor Murray
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
“Our findings indicate that BCG vaccination is effective at preventing tuberculosis in young children. Since tuberculosis in children is a highly debilitating and severe disease, BCG vaccination should continue to be used.”
Leonardo Martinez
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Teach.
In Christopher Gill's course, How to License a Vaccine, SPH students explored how to increase supply, access, and utilization of vaccines across Africa, and co-authored a paper on COVID-19 vaccines.
Do.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION–STATEGIC DIRECTION SYMPOSIUM
As we move away from an emergency response to dealing with the lasting impacts of COVID-19, this symposium explored how the public health community can learn lessons around what we did well and what we did poorly, and develop clear plans for preventing or mitigating the impact of future pandemics. View the symposium.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION
This program explored the importance of stopping the spread of monkeypox, now called mpox, without encouraging the spread of stigma. Speakers addressed both the epidemiological and social challenges posed by the disease, including what we can learn from past disease outbreaks and from the COVID-19 pandemic. Cohosted with The LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff and the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases.
View the recording of the conversation.
During the January 22 episode of Saturday Night Live, Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che referenced a first-of-its-kind study on COVID-19 vaccination and fertility by SPH professors Lauren Wise and Amelia Wesselink.
Dig Deeper
As we continue our work on our School's Strategic Directions, we will post the most up-to-date research and articles online.
12 of 12 in our limited series, Spotlight on SPH, which highlights work across BUSPH. We welcome feedback, with our goal of being ever better at fulfilling our core purpose: Think. Teach. Do. For the Health of All. See our archive.
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