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December 14, 2025
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
SPH This Week will take a short publishing break during intersession and will return on Sunday, January 18.
SPH Launches
EDUCATION
SPH has launched a new website to house a centralized repository of pedagogical resources for instructors of public health. Read more.
INSIGHTS FROM THE DEAN
As we end 2025, Dean Adnan Hyder reflects on his first semester at BU, highlights the new “Teaching Public Health” platform, and shares a preview of SPH’s forthcoming 50th anniversary. Read more.
RESEARCHA new study led by Liza Gibbs and Susan Jick found that a sizable minority of people with migraine with aura still receive prescriptions for estrogen-containing birth control pills and hormone therapy, despite treatment contraindications or cautions related to stroke risk. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTPHP Executive Editor Monica Wang reflects on the state of public health over the last year, how PHP met the moment, and where we hope to go next. Read more. |
Revisit a selection of SPH research and news from 2025.
RESEARCH
Kimberly Sullivan, along with a group of clinical researchers and veterans, advocated for this official recognition, which will support better diagnosis, treatment and understanding of Gulf War illness. Read more.
STUDENT NEWS
As a research director at the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Health and an on-campus MPH student, Ramla Hagi shares how she balances her work and studies. Read more.
RESEARCH
Mortality among adults ages 25-44 began rising at an alarming rate in 2011 and accelerated even more during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study led by Andrew Stokes. Read more.
IN MEMORIAM
George Annas, a visionary health law pioneer, was remembered by all as a supportive mentor and ethical beacon for a generation of students and colleagues. Read more.
RESEARCH
A study led by Jacey Greece and alum Marissa Varrasso details the benefits of sustainable, academic-community partnerships, both for students and collaborating public health agencies. Read more.
RESEARCH
A patchwork of state-level provisions that mandate inaccurate curricula may inhibit students from receiving essential information for their sexual health, according to a study led by Kimberly Nelson. Read more.
ALUMNI NEWS
Ghulam Nabi Kazi (SPH’97), a Pakistani physician turned international civil servant, shares photos from his days at SPH in the late ’90s and reflects on the lessons he has learned over the course of more than three decades in the field of public health. Read more.
RESEARCH
A study led by Kara Magane, Michael Stein, and Robert Siebers presents a checklist of manual methods that researchers can implement to detect suspicious behavior during the clinical trial enrollment process. Read more.
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Congratulations to our winter graduates! We loved seeing all of our newest grads and their supporters at the December Graduate Reception last week. Watch the reel.
In the Media.
NPR
For the First Time This Century, Child Deaths Under Age 5 Will Likely Rise. Why?
Quotes Brooke Nichols, associate professor of global health.
PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL-STAR
Transgender Health Advocates See Long Fight to Keep Children’s Medical Records Private
Quotes Michael Ulrich, associate professor of health law, policy & management.
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