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May 26, 2024
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
RESEARCH
A new study led by Beth Haley and Wendy Heiger-Bernays suggests the risk of people developing acute gastrointestinal illness is significantly higher in Massachusetts communities that border the Merrimack River, following extreme combined sewer overflows. This risk increased regardless of drinking water source, suggesting that exposure to sewage-associated pathogens may occur through other pathways such as recreation in the river. Read more.
EDUCATION
Founded in 2004, the DrPH program at the School of Public Health celebrates its 20th anniversary. Read more.
RESEARCHA new study led by Junenette Peters found that people who were exposed to higher levels of noise from aircraft were more likely to have higher body mass index, an indicator for obesity that can lead to stroke or hypertension. The findings highlight how the environment—and environmental injustices—can shape health outcomes. Learn more. |
ALUMNI NEWSCharlotte Greenhill (SPH'24), a graduate of Boston University’s 4+1 program with a bachelor’s degree in Latin American studies and an MPH with concentrations in global health and epidemiology and biostatistics, received a prestigious English Teaching Assistantship to Brazil. Read more. |
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I think languages are like a portal. They allow for you to connect with people who have a different life experience than you and to engage with books and media from other countries, and I think that that makes me a stronger public health professional.
CHARLOTTE GREENHILL (SPH'24)
ALUM, ON RECEIVING FULBRIGHT AWARD
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WEDNESDAY
MAY
29
1–3 p.m., 6-8 p.m. EST
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—ONLINE AND IN-PERSON
InterContinental Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland
Join SPH for this event in Geneva, Switzerland to launch results from the Global Social Determinants Study, the first eight-country, nationally representative study that is designed to document social determinants in low-, middle-, and high-income countries and examine how they affect population health and well-being.
AWARDS
Julie Motti-Santiago, Christine Silva, and Adriana Black received the annual Maternal and Child Health Alumni Awards, bestowed upon select SPH graduates for “their outstanding service and dedication to improve the health of women, mothers, children, and families." Read more.
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTYoung adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities receive less sexual education than their neurotypical peers. Many believe parents should play a bigger role in filling in the education gaps, writes PHP fellow Dani Weissert, in a new databyte. Learn more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTErnest Grant, vice dean for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at Duke University School of Nursing and a recent speaker at an SPH Public Health Conversation on nursing, speaks to PHP fellow Jude Sleiman about his work to prepare nurses to meet patient needs in an increasingly diverse America. Read more. |
SNAPSHOT
Scenes on campus, including spring foliage, a therapy dog visit, our evolving classroom environment, and more. View the gallery.
In the Media.
THE HILL
Quotes Jessica Leibler, associate professor of environmental health.
7 NEWS BOSTON
Mentions research by Kimberly Sullivan, research associate professor of environmental health.
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Quotes Joseph Polack, adjunct associate professor of health law, policy & management.
SPECTRUM NEWS
Quotes Matt Motta, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
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