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November 28, 2021

 
 

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SCHOOL NEWS

SPH to Offer Online Master's Degree

The program, slated to begin Spring 2023, builds on the success of Questrom’s online MBA program and will offer a fully online foundational education in public health.

 

RESEARCH

Children with Cytomegalovirus Infection by Age 1 More Likely to Develop TB in Childhood

Children infected with cytomegalovirus—a type of common herpes virus—before they were 12 months old were more than three times as likely to develop tuberculosis disease in their childhood than babies who did not contract the virus in their first year.

 
 

SCHOOL NEWS

SPH This Year 2020 Wins Gold In-House Agency Award 

The magazine, which highlighted the innovative work of the school in responding to the pandemic and other critical issues, took gold in the Annual Reports category at the In-House Agency Forum's annual awards ceremony. 

 

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The Next Normal: Hospitals and Healthcare

 

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the turning point.

 
 

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SCHOOL NEWS

Staff Senate Brings 'Tangible Solutions to Pressing Issues'

Maria Costa, grants manager in the Department of Environmental Health, discusses serving as a member of Staff Senate and how her experience has impacted her time at SPH.

 

POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGE

Winter Institute: Introduction to Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Learn epidemiologic methods that are central to the understanding and control of infectious diseases in populations in this 25-hour online course, which is taught by Alanna Brennan, assistant professor of global health, and begins on January 10, 2022.

 
 

LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH

Pandemic Pulls Alum Back to Local Public Health

Alum Peter Mirandi (SPH '93), who has more than 30 years of local public health experience in several Massachusetts communities, spoke with Public Health Post about how he approaches public health leadership, from everyday situations to a crisis.

 

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

Life after Loss

COVID-19's waves have created profound and multiple losses, and the pandemic has underscored disenfranchised grief—grief that is not “openly acknowledged, socially validated, or publicly mourned.”

 
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In the Media.

 
 
 

BOSTON 25 NEWS

Resources for Those Struggling to Find a Therapist

Interview with Catherine Ettman, director of strategic initiatives in the Office of the Dean

 

BOSTON GLOBE

Why a CDC Investigation of Boston Public Schools COVID-19 Outbreaks Is Needed Now

Opinion co-written by doctoral student Kate Mitchell Balla

 

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

Our Best Inoculation against the Next Pandemic Is Humility

Opinion by Dean Sandro Galea

 

BOSTON HERALD

Are At-Home COVID Tests Accurate? Boston Doctors Weigh In

Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health

 

NEW YORK TIMES

Economists and Epidemiologists Need to Get Along

Quotes Eleanor Murray, assistant professor of epidemiology

 

STAT NEWS

How America’s Largest Catholic Hospital System Is Moonlighting as a Private Equity Firm

Quotes Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy & management

 

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

How to Have a COVID-Safe Thanksgiving Gathering

Quotes Brooke Nichols, assistant professor of global health

 
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