SPH This Week.
March 13, 2022
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RESEARCH
A new study utilized a digital pen to record patients completing a cognitive test, allowing researchers to pick up subtle measures of cognitive function beyond what is captured in traditional scoring.
LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTHAfter guiding the pandemic response as director of the Norwood Health Department, Sigalle Reiss (SPH'05) will lead the Department of Public Health and Human Services in Brookline, Mass. |
SCHOOL NEWSBeth Haley, a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Health, will use the award to support her work to improve the water quality of the Merrimack River. |
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COMMENTARY
Limiting in-school COVID spread is critical for limiting transmission in the surrounding communities, write Laura White, professor of biostatistics, and Eleanor Murray, assistant professor of epidemiology, in a new commentary.
SCHOOL NEWSThe annual career fair will feature organizations from a broad range of public health industry sectors that are hiring for full-time and part-time jobs, fellowships, practicums, and internships. |
POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGERegistration is now open for PHX's 2022 Summer Institute, which offers short, immersive programs to professionals across sectors. Taking place from June 6-July 29, the online courses will offer career-enhancing skills, such as evidence-based intervention planning and data analysis. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
Shortages of staff trained in providing sexual assault evidence collection kits, concerns about the timing of when an exam can be given, and the need for specialized care are barriers to having evidence collected following an assault.
RESEARCH
A new study found that cases of severe maternal morbidity are undercounted by 22 percent in Massachusetts. Nationally, that rate would equate to almost 90,000 missed cases.
In the Media.
THE ATLANTIC
Mentions research by Andrew Stokes, assistant professor of global health; Dielle Lundberg, research fellow of global health; and Jacob Bor, assistant professor of global health and epidemology.
BOSTON GLOBE
Quotes Jonathan Levy, chair and professor of environmental health.
WASHINGTON POST
Article written by Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy & management and Eleanor Murray, assistant professor of epidemiology.
ENGINEERING NEWS-RECORD
Quotes Diana Ceballos, assistant professor of environmental health.
KAISER HEALTH NEWS
Quotes Brooke Nichols, assistant professor of global health.
WBUR
Interview with Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.
MONEYGEEK
Interview with Megan Cole Brahim, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
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