Faculty Explain Key State Ballot Measures in Voters’ Hands This Election

Paul Shafer, Noel Vest, Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, and Kimberly Nelson guide us through the policy issues that will appear on multiple state ballots in the 2024 election, from wage changes for tipped workers to same-sex marriage language in state constitutions. Learn more.

VIEWPOINT

'If My Beautiful Homeland Is Labeled As Garbage, What Does That Make Me?'

Following a comedian’s incendiary joke calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” at an October 27 Trump rally, MPH student Carla Irizarry-Delgado discusses the damaging consequences of such rhetoric—and the unrelenting spirit of Puerto Ricans that persists. Read more.

RESEARCH

Digital Pet Game within Smoking Cessation App Increases User Engagement

A new study led by Justin White found that embedding a novel, customizable digital pet game within a popular smoking cessation app increased user engagement with the app and its behavioral science-backed support for people who are trying to quit smoking. Learn more.

VIEWPOINT

The Consequences of US Elections for Women’s Health Globally

A new viewpoint by Nina Brooks and Stanford University researchers highlights the profound consequences of US policy decisions on abortion for women in countries reliant on American global health aid. Read more.

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Since 2020, there has been a real increase in the amount of discriminatory laws happening in states across the US...It's super important to get out to vote this election, not just for the presidential part of the election, but all the way down the ballot.

KIMBERLY NELSON
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES, ON THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.

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STUDENT NEWS

Center for Climate and Health Sponsors Student Practicums

MPH students Anna Staddon, Kerri Sands, and John Lambert received support from the Center for Climate and Health to complete summer practicums conducting research to better understand and minimize the effects of climate change on human health. Read more.

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

Public Health on the Ballot: Reproductive Health

PHP fellow Dani Weissert takes a look at where the presidential candidates stand on issues surrounding reproductive health, past and present. Learn more.

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

'Some People in Society Think Violence is Inevitable, but I Don’t Fall on That Philosophy'

Apryl Alexander, director of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Violence Prevention Center, speaks with PHP fellow Jude Sleiman about her work and the intersection of violence and the 2024 election. Read more.

SPH SNAPSHOT

Snapshot: Scenes from APHA 2024

Scenes from the 2024 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo in Minneapolis Oct. 27-30, including bracelet-making at the SPH exhibit hall booth, several faculty presentations, an Alumni & Friends reception, and awards presentations. View the gallery.

PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION STARTER

'You Can't Have a Healthy Democracy with 46% Turnout'

In this Public Health Conversation Starter, Dean Sandro Galea speaks with Jeanne Ayers, executive director of Healthy Democracy Healthy People, about her work with the nonpartisan coalition of national public health organizations that advances health equity by assuring participation in the electoral process is available to everyone. Watch or read the conversation here.