More than a Nuisance

What the Orange Line Shutdown Means for Our Health

SPH researchers Jonathan Buonocore, Christopher Rick, and Chad Milando are studying links between public transportation and traffic congestion, air quality, and poor health outcomes, and the unequal exposure to these environmental harms. Learn more.

EDUCATION

New Book Series to Offer Integrative Approach to Public Health Teaching

Edited by Lisa Sullivan, associate dean for education, and Dean Sandro Galea, the new series will provide primers on a variety of topics for faculty teaching public health to meet educational trends within the field. Learn more.

RESEARCH

Monthly Caps on Out-of-Pocket Costs Would Provide Financial Relief to Privately Insured Patients

Nearly 25 percent of commercially insured patients who received a $500 limit on in-network, out-of-pocket costs could see their healthcare bills for medications and other services drop by 50-60 percent, according to a new study led by Paul Shafer. See the findings.

SCHOOL NEWS

SPH Training Center Receives $3.7M from HRSA

The grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration will support the New England Public Health Training Center’s mission to strengthen the public health workforce across the region and nation. Read more.

MONDAY

SEPT

10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Towards Antiracist Academic Institutions: Next Steps

PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—JOIN US IN-PERSON

Hiebert Lounge, 72 East Concord Street

This symposium will convene academic scholars from across the country to discuss how to create a more inclusive and just environment within academic institutions. The event will also be held virtually on Zoom.

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

Distracting Drivers

Displaying roadside accident data message signs was associated with an increase in motor vehicle crashes, writes PHP fellow Barbara Espinosa. Read more.

ACTIVIST LAB

Art Sculpture Highlighting Textile Waste to Display in Talbot Lobby

The Activist Lab is partnering with SPH alum Dielle Lundberg to bring the "Aftermath" sculpture to the Talbot Building from Sept. 19– Oct. 7. The installation is part of a public health art-activism collaboration between Lundberg and Boston College researchers to raise awareness about the health impacts and environmental racism associated with textile pollution. Learn more.

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

PrEP'd for COVID

PHP fellow Connor McCombs examines a study that showed that pre-exposure prophylaxis utilization dropped off substantially in March 2020. Learn more.

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In the Media.

NEW YORK TIMES

Rise in Deaths Spurs Effort to Raise Alcohol Taxes

Quotes David Jernigan, professor of health law, policy & management.

THE CONVERSATION

Is Your Gas Stove Bad for Your Health?

Quotes Jonathan Levy, chair and professor of environmental health.

REUTERS

U.S. FDA To Review Perrigo’s Birth Control Pill for OTC Use in November

Quotes alum Kristyn Brandi.

BLOOMBERG

‘Prices Are Wrong’: Caps on Hospital Costs in US Gain Ground

Quotes Jon Kingsdale, associate professor of the practice.

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