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SPH This Month

February 4, 2018
 
 
 
Message from the Dean
 
Save the Dates
 
 
 
Upcoming Signature Program
 
Think. Teach. Do. Miami
 
 
FEB 28
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
 
 
EAST Miami, 788 Brickell Plaza, Miami, FL 33131
 
 
 
 
Dean's Notes
 
 
01.21   Revisiting the US Opioid Epidemic
 
 
01.14   Why Racism Undermines the Health of the Public
 
 
12.31   A Note of Gratitude
 
 
12.17   Towards a Global Public Health
 
 
 
Alumni News
 
 
Alumnus Launches Podcast to Humanize Immigration Debate
 
Ali Noorani hosts “Only in America,” pushing past politics and policy to talk to people about immigration in US.
 
 
School News
 
 
PHX Develops Custom Program for Chinese Public Health Officials and Physicians
 
At end of November, 20 program participants from Shanxi Province came to campus to learn about American health policy.
 
Research
 
 
Male Veterans Unlikely to Claim Sexual Harassment
 
Servicewomen are five times more likely than servicemen to label their experiences as sexual harassment.
 
Alumni News
 
slideshow
Scenes from Think. Teach. Do. San Francisco
 
BU and SPH alumni and friends gathered at Marine's Memorial Club in San Francisco on January 10 for presentation from Professor Patrick Kinney.
 
 
Research
 
video
Better Data Collection Needed to Reduce Maternal Mortality
 
Rising mortality rates may partly own to overreporting and flawed data collection system.
 
School News
 
 
Professor Honored by NIH
 
Jacob Bor selected to deliver Early Stage Investigator Lecture at National Institutes of Health Office of Disease Prevention on March 19.
 
Research
 
 
Adolescent Cocaine Use Increasing Again
 
After general decline in 1990s, adolescent cocaine use increased from 2009 to 2015, with most dramatic rise among black boys and highest rate among Hispanic boys.
 
Research
 
 
From Nuremberg to Guantánamo, Medical Professionals Enabled Torture
 
Similarities seen between use of medical professionals in Holocaust and War on Terror.
 
 
 
Think. Teach. Do.
For the Health of All
 
 
 
 
In the Media
 
 
New York Times
 
Without the Insurance Mandate, Health Care’s Future May Be in Doubt — quotes Wendy Mariner, Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law.
 
 
CNN
 
Spanking Can Lead to Relationship Violence, Study Says — quotes Emily Rothman, associate professor of community health sciences.
 
 
Futurism
 
Climate Change Places a Major Economic Burden on Future Generations — quotes Patrick Kinney, Beverly Brown Professor of Urban Health.
 
 
NPR
 
Nearly Dying in Childbirth: Why Preventable Complications Are Growing in US — quotes Eugene Declercq, professor of community health sciences.
 
 
Los Angeles Times
 
Birth Control Is Every Woman’s Right—From Those Who Want to Prevent Pregnancy, to Others Who Use It to Treat Illness — opinion by student Kristyn Brandi.
 
 
USA Today
 
Refugee Admissions to US Plummet in 2017 — quotes alumnus Ali Noorani.
 
 
Gulf Times
 
Air Pollution Tied to Birth Defects — quotes Shruthi Mahalingaiah, assistant professor of epidemiology.
 
 
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video
 
Watch the Recap of PHX Story Mapping Webinar Now
 
Did you miss the Winter Institute webinar on story mapping? The full recording of "Engage and Inspire Your Audience with Story Maps" is now available to view on our website.
 
 
 
 
 
Forgotten Lessons from Nuremberg
 
A new article in the American Journal of Public Health explores how history demonstrates that certain conditions can motivate health professionals to become complicit in, and even condone, torture.
 
 
 
Looking Ahead
 
 
DEAN'S SEMINAR: BICKNELL LECTURE—Can We Talk? Bridging Political Divides for the Health of the Public
 
Wednesday, February 7, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, Keefer Auditorium.
 
 
PUBLIC HEALTH FORUM—Applying Lessons Learned from the Master Settlement Agreement with Big Tobacco to Other Industries
 
Wednesday, February 14, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
 
 
Think. Teach. Do. Miami
 
Wednesday, February 28, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, EAST Miami, 788 Brickell Plaza, Miami, FL.
 
 
Think. Teach. Do. DC
 
Tuesday, March 6, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Foley & Lardner, 300 K Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC.
 
 
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