Boston University School of Public Health's latest news, upcoming events, and announcements.
SPH
This Week
October 11, 2015
SIGNATURE EVENT
Deans Seminar Series
on Contemporary Issues in Public Health
The Health of Refugees: Europe in Crisis
Tuesday, October 13, 1:00 pm 2:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
DEAN'S NOTE
Pasteurs Quadrant and Population Health
Does public health scholarship occupy Pasteurs quadrant?
NEWS
Prices Paid to Ambulatory Surgery Centers Have Remained Flat
More research needed on costs and pricing of ambulatory centers versus outpatient hospital treatment.
Urban Health Regulations Needed on Backyard Chicken Coops
[VIDEO] Growth in home poultry raising calls for range of health measures to prevent infection.
New Clues Found in Nicaraguan Kidney Disease Epidemic
Heat stress, dehydration play role in kidney injury among sugar cane workers.
Researchers Receive $2.5M in Funding to Improve HIV Care
Health and Disability Working Group awarded five-year agreement to evaluate and disseminate HIV care initiatives.
Professor Receives AAAS Fellowship
Wendy Heiger-Bernays will spend year at Environmental Protection Agency on Science & Technology Policy Fellowship.
IN THE MEDIA
The Conversation
What Public Health Researchers Want You to Know About Gun Control quotes Dean Sandro Galea and Ziming Xuan, assistant professor of community health sciences.
Modern Healthcare
Flu Redux? Unpredictable Virus Means No Ruling Out Repeat of Last Years Season quotes Christopher Gill, associate professor of global health.
PR Newswire
Ropes & Gray Expands Health Care Practice in New York with Senior Public Health Attorney Joanna Bergmann profiles alumna Joanna Bergmann.
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Winter Is Coming, and So Are Heating Bills quotes Jonathan Levy, professor of environmental health.
FEATURED EVENTS
2015 UAEM Fall Conference
Friday Sunday, October 16 18, all day, 871 Commonwealth Avenue.
Gijs van Seventer Environmental Health Seminar
Friday, October 16, 12:45 pm 1:45 pm, L210.
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