SPH This Week

SPH This Week

January 17, 2016

SIGNATURE EVENT

Deans Seminar Series on Contemporary Issues in Public Health presents Wendy Davis

Wednesday, January 20, 1:00 pm 2:00 pm, Bakst Auditorium.

What role does culture play in shaping population health?

Youths subject to dating abuse report being asked to re-enact pornographic acts seen by their partners.

[VIDEO] Feds should weigh geographic differences as fairer way to assess insurance plans.

Alcohol companies need to adhere to strict criteria on ad placements on cable TV.

Christine Baugh ('12) included in sports category for concussion and brain trauma research.

During her practicum, student Cindy Retamozo evaluated weekly summer event Salsa in the Park.

Students of Color for Public Health raised $1,760 for holiday party and gifts for kids in nearby Barkley Apartments last month.

New York Times
When a Big Baby Isnt So Big quotes Eugene Declercq, professor of community health sciences.

CNN
New Ebola Treatments Mostly Failing quotes Donald Thea, professor of global health.

Chronicle of Higher Education
Chill on Funding Still Limits Gun-Violence Research quotes Dean Sandro Galea and Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences.

Los Angeles Times
When It Comes to Losing Weight and Getting Healthy, Procrastination Kills quotes Andrew Stokes, assistant professor of global health.

Huffington Post
Public Housing Solves the SymptomHomelessnessBut Should Focus on the Problem references study by Emily Rothman, associate professor of community health sciences, and Jennifer Paruk, research assistant in community health sciences.

U.S. News & World Report
Maximum, Not Snapshot, BMI Is Best Predictor of Mortality quotes Andrew Stokes, assistant professor of global health.

MLK & Kazi Nazrul Islam: The Spirit of Inclusion
Wednesday, January 20, 12:00 pm 1:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.

EPI + CHS Seminar
Friday, January 22, 12:00 pm 1:30 pm, R115.