SPH This Week

SPH This Week

December 3, 2017

Research

Immediate ART Treatment Improves Retention Rates

Beginning antiretroviral therapy immediately following HIV diagnosis dramatically improves patient retention in clinical HIV care.

Dean's Note

Preventing Sexual Harassment and Assault: A Public Health Imperative

Systemic gender inequities have allowed sexual harassment and assault to proliferate widely. Some thoughts on how we can help mitigate this crisis, by promoting the core values of public health.

Research

Low Levels of Vitamin D Can Stunt Growth in Children

Vitamin D deficiency has been increasingly reported in many regions of globe and is of particular concern in growing children.

Research

Researchers Issue Guidelines on Handling Holocaust Remains

Michael Grodin part of international team of scholars offering procedures for dealing with human remains found in Europe.

School News

Researcher Awarded NIH Grant to Study Autism Early Intervention

Emily Feinberg leads Boston Medical Center team in first-of-its-kind study helping parents improve outcomes for their children.

School News

Professor Honored by American College of Physicians

Jeffrey Samet receives Rosenthal Family Foundation award for work in addiction medicine.

Recently at SPH

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These Are Issues of Power, of Inequality, of Human Rights

At Dean's Symposium, Malika Saada Saar, senior counsel on civil and human rights at Google, Audrey Morrissey, associate director of My Life My Choice, and more discussed issues surrounding commercial sex policies both globally and in the US.

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For the Health of All

In the Media

US News & World Report

Pot May Alter Brain Function of Some with HIV quotes Richard Saitz, professor of community health sciences.

WBUR

Texas Shooting; Juror Data interview with Dean Sandro Galea.

Washington Post

Nearly Half of US Cancer Deaths Blamed on Unhealthy Behavior mentions Richard Clapp, professor emeritus of environmental health.

Texas Tribune

Texas DACA Recipients Face Narrowing Window after Talks with Trump Fall Apart quotes alumnus Ali Noorani.

Independent Online

SAs HIV Treatment Programme: Study Reveals Cost-Saving Measures Can Offset ART Costs quotes Gesine Meyer-Rath, research assistant professor of global health.

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What Is Regionalization, Anyway?

Activist Fellow Eddy Atallah talks about his experience working at the Department of Public Health and the importance of regionalization efforts going on in Massachusetts.

Words Matter: Where Public Health Professionals Can Do Better

Public health professionals have an obligation to promote language that prevents distortion and discrimination.

December 7 Webinar

When Two Worlds Collide: Religion and Public Health

Join us for a one-hour, free webinar this Thursday at noon. Participants will learn how to cultivate a relationship with communities of faith and how to engage them in public health interventions.