SPH This Week

SPH This Week

October 22, 2017

Message From the Dean

On Sexual Violence and Gender Equity

Research

Permissive Concealed-Carry Laws Linked to Higher Homicide Rates

Current trends towards more permissive concealed-carry laws are inconsistent with promotion of public safety.

Research

Youth-preferred beer brands among most egregious violators of beer industrys policy restricting youth-appealing advertisement content.

Dean's Note

Our Neighborhoods, Our Health

How where we live shapes our well-being.

In the Classroom

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[DO.] In the Classroom: Translating Passion into Action

In advocacy primer, Activist Lab teaches students in MPH core courses how to build coalitions and influence policymakers.

School News

Professor Receives Department of Justice Award

Award will support Bindu Kalesans research on racial and ethnic differences in non-fatal firearm injury.

School News

[DO.] Mural Reflects Resilience in Face of Addiction

New mural on Finland Building, which houses Boston Public Health Commission addiction recovery services, unveiled on October 17.

Reflection

Vaccines, Public Policy, and the Monetary Value of a Human Life

Collectively we have been quite successful at preventing preventable deaths. But that success means that further improvements will be ever more difficult to achieve, not to mention more costly.

Recently at SPH

We Were Able to Say the Words We Werent Allowed to Say

At Diversity and Inclusion Seminar, All Souls author Michael Patrick MacDonald discussed coming together across neighborhood and race to give voice to pain and to find community.

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In the Media

Washington Post

US Obesity Problem Is Not Budging, New Data Shows quotes Andrew Stokes, assistant professor of global health.

New York Times

How a Healthy Economy Can Shorten Life Spans opinion by Austin Frakt, associate professor of health law, policy & management.

HuffPost

National Coming Out Day (NCOD) Is a Vital LGBTQI Awareness Day Observed Annually on October 11. This Is Activist Dan Littauers Story quotes Emily Rothman, associate professor of community health sciences.

Psychiatric News

Outside, Inside Worlds Count Equally in Assessing Population Mental Health interview with Dean Sandro Galea.

WalletHub

2017s Best Cities for Vegans & Vegetarians interview with Jacey Greece, clinical assistant professor of community health sciences.

Fox News

On Immigration, Trump Is Missing the Nixon in China Moment That Could Be His Crowning Achievement opinion by alumnus Ali Noorani.

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Viewpoint: If We Are Going to Survive the Fentanyl Crisis, More People Need Naloxone Training

MPH candidate Caity Bernards shares her views on supervised injection facilities (SIFs) and what you should know when responding to an overdose.

The Financial Burden of Sexual Assault

Privately insured female rape survivors incur high costs as a result of the violent crimes committed against them.

Winter Institute: Turning Data into Action

Enhancing the Impact of Your Research with More Effective Data Visualization with SPH Associate Dean of Education Lisa Sullivan. PHX Winter Institute, January 812, 2018.