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September 1, 2024
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
Q&A
Following his new commentary in JAMA Pediatrics, Justin White discusses study findings that suggest a possible link between New York’s paid family leave law and reductions in RSV and respiratory tract infections among newborns. Read more.
RESEARCH
A new study led by Ziming Xuan found that Massachusetts cities with pharmacies that implemented a state standing order to distribute naloxone to community members without a prescription was associated with a gradual and significant decrease in opioid-related fatalities. Read more.
VIEWPOINT Using rubrics to guide and evaluate students may blunt their ability to express creativity and diversity of thought in their assignments, writes Harold Cox, professor of the practice in the Department of Community Health Sciences. Read more. |
PODCASTIn this special episode of C2: Critical Conversations that Lie at the Heart of Health Justice, four current MCH Fellows and SPH students—Fiona Schicho, Sarah Rowan, Jill DeMaria, and Sargam Choudhury—discuss their fellowship experiences and thoughts on the future of the field. Listen to the podcast. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
Combating child maltreatment demands an approach that considers the unique challenges faced by children of all ages and stages of development, writes PHP fellow Lia Musumeci. Read more.
THURSDAY
SEP
12
1–2 p.m.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—ONLINE
Join SPH for a discussion about the fall 2024 SPH Reads selection, Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right, by Arlie Russell Hochschild. Yvette Cozier, associate dean for diversity, equity, inclusion & justice, will speak with Hochschild, who is a professor emerita of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
The lack of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) resources available in public place an undue burden on those experiencing houselessness, writes PHP fellow Dani Weissert. Read more.
SNAPSHOT
SPH welcomed its newest students during Orientation Week, which took place Aug. 27-30 and featured a new seminar on how to deal with rejection, a workshop on what to expect the first semester, and introductions from the school's deans. View the gallery.
In the Media.
BOSTON GLOBE
Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.
NEW YORK TIMES
Quotes Gregory Wellenius, professor of environmental health and director of the Center for Climate and Health.
BOSTON GLOBE
Quotes Monica Wang, associate professor of community health sciences.
THE CONVERSATION
Article by George Annas, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor.
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