SPH This Week

SPH This Week

November 1, 2015

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

What are our goals for educating our students in a professional school of public health?

[VIDEO] Vanderbilt professor Ellen Wright Clayton spoke about role of public health in precision medicine at Public Health Forum.

George Annas and Sondra Crosby join colleagues to argue that current directives omit specific guidelines on treatment of detainees and suspects.

[VIDEO] Traces of endocrine-disruptor found in women after they paint their nails.

Cases reported to travel clinics on rise, with most common exposures in Thailand, India, Singapore.

[SLIDESHOW] MPH student Chenzhe Cao evaluated healthcare management information systems as part of Kenya Field Practicum.

Federal drug price regulation is necessary and inevitable.

by Leonard Glanz

CNN
Teens Have Brand Preferences When It Comes to Drinking, Even Though Its Illegal quotes Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences.

Al Jazeera America
Gun Stores Linked to Crime Could Face Greater Scrutiny Under New Bill quotes David Rosenbloom, professor and chair of health law, policy & management.

Boston Globe
Longwood Hospitals Plan Raises Cost Concerns quotes Alan Sager, professor of health policy & management.

WBUR
MGH Defends Practices after Boston Globe Report on Doctors Overlapping Surgeries interview with George Annas, professor of health law, ethics & human rights.

Huffington Post
A Dangerous Trend: Seeing Lifestyle as the Key to Health article by Dean Sandro Galea.

Student Meeting with the Deans
Wednesday, November 4, 5:00 pm 5:50 pm, L303.

Gijs van Seventer Environmental Health Seminar
Friday, November 6, 12:45 pm 1:45 pm, L210.