SPH This Week

August 30, 2015

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, a look at the health consequences of disasters and our role in mitigating the consequences of these events.

Youth in Mexico get help from aunts, uncles, other relatives to reduce drinking.

Dean Galea cautions against "unstinting focus" on personalized medicine in New England Journal of Medicine article.

Asthma and co-occurring health problems raise likelihood of childhood pneumonia.

Declercq collaborates to examine the potential implications of Zuckerberg's revelation.

Associated Press
CDCs Brash Top Modeler Makes Disease Estimates and Courts Controversy quotes David Ozonoff, professor of environmental health.

JAMA
Learning About Competition From the UKs National Health Service article by Austin Frakt, associate professor of health policy and management.

Boston Herald
Planned Parenthood Loses Biomed Partner quotes George Annas, professor of health law, bioethics, and human rights.

Huffington Post
Lessons From Katrina: After the News Moves on, the Hard Work Begins article by Dean Sandro Galea.

Fall Classes Begin
Tuesday, September 1, all day, campus-wide.

Faculty Senate Meeting
Tuesday, September 1, 12:30 pm 1:50 pm, CT305.