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September 8, 2024
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
David Hamer, Jessica Leibler, and Laura White discuss the growing threat of Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West Nile Virus infections, which have been on the rise in Massachusetts and across New England this summer. Read more.
RESEARCH
A new study led by Megan Cole and Lois McCloskey found that Medicaid accountable care organizations in Massachusetts were associated with increases in prenatal and postpartum office visits, postpartum depression screenings, and timely postpartum care. Read more.
STUDENT NEWSA summer practicum at the Massachusetts State House introduced the MPH student to the inner workings of policymaking. Learn more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTInterested in honing your public health communication skills? Applications are now open for PHP's ninth cohort of student writing fellows. Take a look at how the publication has developed a reputation as a reliable public resource and educational tool. Learn more and apply. |
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There are complex ecological interactions involved with the surges of these viruses, involving vector, host, and climate factors.
JESSICA LEIBLER
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, ON RISE IN CASES OF MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES
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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 POSTIndividuals with household incomes below $50,000 per year had less diverse gut microbiomes compared to those with higher annual incomes, writes PHP fellow Jude Sleiman. Learn more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTTariem Burroughs, executive director of external partnerships at Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, discusses with PHP fellow Heather Sherr his work helping public health students find their niche in the field. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION STARTER
In this conversation that is part of SPH Reads, Yvette Cozier, associate dean for diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, speaks with Sandra Clark, executive director of StoryCorps, an independent nonprofit that records and shares the personal stories of Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs. The recordings are preserved in the US Library of Congress and in StoryCorps' online archive—the largest single collection of human voices ever gathered. Watch or listen to the conversation here.
Kudos.
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Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, professor and chair of community health sciences, was selected to serve on an NIH Office of AIDS Research task force helping develop the 2026-2030 NIH Strategic Plan for HIV and HIV-Related Research, a comprehensive plan that will articulate scientific priorities across the spectrum of NIH HIV research. |
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Elaine Nsoesie, associate professor of global health, was selected as a Health Innovator to Watch by the Boston Congress of Public Health, a nonprofit established in 2021 to support emerging and established thought leaders, researchers, and advocates committed to social justice and health equity, and to democratize access to evidence-based public health thought. |
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Alum Stephen Murray (SPH'22), a harm reduction program manager at Boston Medical Center, was a panelist at a White House event on August 31 to recognize International Overdose Awareness Day. Murray is an overdose survivor, former paramedic, and currently the director of the Safespot Overdose Hotline. |
In the Media.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Mentions research by Monica Wang, associate professor of community health sciences.
BOSTON GLOBE
Opinion by Sandro Galea, SPH dean and Robert A. Knox Professor.
THE GOOD MEN PROJECT
Quotes Elizabeth McCuskey, professor of health law, policy & management.
EURONEWS
Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.
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