SPH This Week

June 28, 2015

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

Faculty Discretionary Funds: A Modified Approach

Health and the LGBT Community: A Step Forward

The Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality is a step towards removing the barriers that marginalize and limit the health of LGBT populations.

NEWS

Boston Public Housing Residents Lack Access to Healthy Foods

Study finds travel to low-cost, high-quality markets hampers city public housing residents? access to nutritional foods.

Addition of Benzodiazepines Increases Risk of Overdose among Opioid Users

Benzodiazepines?medications commonly used to treat anxiety and insomnia?are often prescribed for patients also receiving high doses of opioid analgesics.

Alan Jette Named Editor-in-Chief of Physical Therapy Journal

Jette, a professor of health policy and management, will begin his five-year term on January 1, 2016.

Maternal and Child Health Program Named ?Center of Excellence?

Centers of Excellence serve as ?innovative resource and education centers for the recruitment, training, and retention of underrepresented minority students and faculty.?

Professor Wins AHRQ Mentorship Award

James Burgess was honored as an outstanding faculty member in a National Research and Service Award institutional training program.

VIEWPOINT

SCOTUScare for Obamacare

The 6-3 ruling in King v. Burwell reveals the Court?s growing understanding of health reform.

by Wendy Mariner

IN THE MEDIA

U.S. News & World Report
Despite SCOTUS Ruling, Challenges Remain for Obamacare ? quotes David Jones, assistant professor of health policy and management.

MedPage Today
Court Saves Obamacare?s Bacon ? quotes Alan Sager, professor of health policy and management.

Reason
Two Surveys Find That Almost All Regular Vapers Are Smokers ? references an article by Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences.

Wallet Hub
Strictest And Most Lenient States On DUI ? quotes Ziming Xuan, assistant professor of community health sciences.

Seacoast Online
Report: Federal PFC Levels Not Protective Enough ? quotes Richard Clapp, professor emeritus of environmental health.

Vox
Hawaii Raised its Smoking Age to 21. But Will it Work? ? quotes William DeJong, professor of community health sciences.