SPH This Week

SPH This Week

September 20, 2015

SIGNATURE EVENT

Alumni Weekend Networking Breakfast with Healthcare Leader Jeanette Clough

Friday, September 25, 7:30 am 9:30 am, Hiebert Lounge.

DEAN'S NOTE

On Ignorance and Public Health

How do we grapple with ignorance and ambiguity in public health science and scholarship? How does that influence what we do as a pragmatic discipline?

NEWS

Jim O'Connell: "Justice Is a Seat at the Table"

[VIDEO] The president of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program spoke with Associate Dean Harold Cox at the inaugural Dean's Seminar Series event.

Assisted Reproductive Technology: No Greater Risk of Maternal Hospitalization Postpartum

Risk comparable to fertile and sub-fertile women who did not receive ART.

Teen Marijuana Use Down Despite Greater Availability

Marijuana policy changes have had surprising impacts on teen use.

Vitamin A Deficiency: Slow Progress Towards Elimination

Broader efforts needed to address Vitamin A deficiencies worldwide.

SPH Faculty Member Awarded Peter Paul Professorship

Angela Robertson Bazzi wins distinguished professorship to continue work on how social marginalization impacts health.

IN THE MEDIA

Harvard Business Review
Why Its Hard to Measure Improved Population Health article by Dean Sandro Galea.

Fortune
Europes Migrant Crisis: What the EU Is Forgetting commentary by Dean Sandro Galea.

BU Today
Four Junior Faculty Awarded Peter Paul Professorships quotes Angela Robertson Bazzi, assistant professor of community health sciences.

Healio
New ACR Publication Features Updated Guidelines for Treating Gout quotes Tuhina Neogi, associate professor of epidemiology.

Sputnik News
USS Cole Bombing Suspects Doctor Denied Security Clearance at Gitmo references Sondra Crosby, associate professor of health law and management.

FEATURED EVENTS

Secret Science: A Century of Poison Warfare and Human Experiments
Friday, September 25, 12:15 pm 1:30 pm, L311.

Racial Inequalities in Health: Opportunities for Greater Integration of Environmental Research
Friday, September 25, 12:45 pm 1:45 pm, L210.

Best of BU Luncheon and University Alumni Awards
Saturday, September 26, 12:00 pm 2:00 pm, George Sherman Union, Metcalf Hall.

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