SPH This Week

February 28, 2016

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

Homelessness has been quite visible in our community over the past year. A note on homelessness, its health consequences, and its causes.

[VIDEO] At Public Health Forum, UC Berkeley School of Public Health Dean Stefano Bertozzi discusses ways to better employ big data.

[VIDEO] Programs should address underlying problems of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.

Rate of new dementia cases may be slowing over time.

Slightly more than half of papers support idea that salt is bad for your health.

Researchers, activists, and recovering users wrestled with tough questions at Public Health in Action forum.

Vox
Kalamazoo, Michigan, Shootings: What We Know references study by Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences.

STAT
STAT-Harvard Poll: Americans Say No to Designer Babies quotes George Annas, professor of health law, policy, and management.

Boston Magazine
The Color of Cancer quotes Lynn Rosenberg, associate director of the Slone Epidemiology Center and professor of epidemiology.

Science 2.0
Science on Salt Is PolarizedThat Means It Is a Cultural Issue, and Not a Health One quotes Dean Sandro Galea.

Faculty Breakfast with Dean Galea
Tuesday, March 1, 9:00 am 10:00 am, Founders Room.

Racial Justice Talking Circle
Tuesday, March 1, 5:00 pm 5:50 pm, CT305.

Film Screening: It's a Girl
Thursday, March 3, 5:00 pm 6:20 pm, L110.