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August 28, 2022
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
DEAN'S NOTE
Dean Sandro Galea shares a note of welcome, and a challenge, for our school community.
Read the note.
RESEARCH
Led by Jaimie Gradus, a new study among US veterans found that certain direct-acting antivirals used to treat hepatitis C virus infection may also improve symptoms of PTSD. See the findings.
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTYvette Cozier discusses the 2022 SPH Reads selection The Fortune Men, by Nadifa Mohamed, with PHP fellows Connor McCombs and Bethany Hallenborg. Cozier explains how the book's themes of immigration, incarceration, and injustice are as relevant in the US today as they were 1950s Wales. Listen to the conversation. |
STUDENT NEWSAs Maternal and Child Health Research Fellows, alums Alyson Codner and Eva Nelson worked closely with Jacey Greece, clinical associate professor of community health sciences, on projects related to food insecurity. Read more. |
RESEARCH
Patricia Janulewicz will lead the first comprehensive study of the intergenerational effects of Gulf War Illness on veterans who continue to experience symptoms more than 30 years after the war. Learn more.
MONDAY
AUG
29
12:00–1:30 p.m.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—ONLINE
Hiebert Lounge, 72 East Concord Street
Davidson Hamer, professor of global health at SPH; Angela Rasmussen, research scientist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization; Kellan Baker, executive director of the Whitman-Walker Institute; Sean Cahill, director of health policy research at The Fenway Institute and adjunct associate professor of global health at SPH; and Elle Lett, postdoctoral fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital. Moderated by Craig Andrade, associate dean for practice and director of the Activist Lab at SPH.
POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGEIn a new Free Associations episode, Matthew Fox, Christopher Gill, and guest host Brooke Nichols review one of the earliest COVID modeling papers and discuss the importance and value of COVID models. Hear more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTPHP fellow Abby Outterson explores a study that examined the consequences of disclosing a disability during a job interview. Read more. |
SCHOOL NEWS
The Blossoming of Public Health, which was installed in SPH's student lounge this summer, highlights the collaborative nature of public health and our collective hope for the future of the field. Read more.
ALUMNI NEWS
The 2018 SPH alum discusses her work as a project manager for Heluna Health’s Reopening K-12 Schools Safely—COVID-19 School Testing Project, which offers testing support for public and private schools across LA County. Learn more.
In the Media.
Quotes Jonathan Levy, chair and professor of environmental health and Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
Podcast interview with Eleanor Murray, assistant professor of epidemiology.
Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.
Quotes Sarah Lipson, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
Quotes Kevin Outterson, associate professor of health law, ethics & human rights.
In part 2 of their campus tour, Robyn Volcy-Lee and Stefanie Caros of Graduate Student Life take you around the Instructional Building to classrooms, the Evans Auditorium, Chequers Cafe, Hiebert Lounge, and the Alumni Medical Library. Take the tour.
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