SPH This Week.
March 20, 2022
The War in Ukraine.
DEAN'S NOTE
Taking a stand does not mean we must disengage, writes Sandro Galea in a new Dean's Note.
REFLECTION
MPH student Natasha Dukach, who co-founded the nonprofit organization Cash for Refugees to support Ukrainians fleeing Russia's attacks, describes the harrowing situation that families are experiencing at the Ukrainian border.
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Online
Upcoming Event.
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Online
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Saru Jayaraman, president of One Fair Wage and director of the Food Labor Research Center at UC Berkeley, speaks about how the pandemic has affected the restaurant industry and other workers in the service industry. |
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Think. Teach. Do.
RESEARCH
Across all age groups, COVID-19 mortality rates for Black and Latino residents are up to three times higher than mortality rates for White residents, according to a new School of Public Health analysis for The Boston Globe.
LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTHThe Massachusetts Department of Public Health Local Internship program is accepting applications through March 27 for its paid summer opportunity that places students in health departments statewide where they augment the workforce and sometimes later join it. |
POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGERegistration is open for this PHX Summer Institute course which focuses on epidemiologic methods that are central to the understanding and control of infectious diseases in populations. The course begins on June 2. |
RESEARCH
Regulatory agencies and other groups have adopted varying definitions of PFAS, or “forever” chemicals. Many of these definitions are broad, and could include drugs such as Lipitor and Prozac in their classifications.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
Though rugged individualism can breed individualism, it has fostered a society that fiercely opposes—even fears—collectivism.
In the Media.
NEW YORK TIMES
Quotes Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
TODAY
Quotes Patrick Kinney, Beverly A. Brown Professor for the Improvement of Urban Health.
BOSTON HERALD
Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health, and Matthew Fox, professor of epidemiology and global health.
BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL
Quotes Sarah Lipson, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
HEALTHDAY
Quotes Amruta Nori-Sarma, assistant professor of environmental health.
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