SPH This Week

SPH This Week

February 5, 2017

MESSAGES FROM THE DEAN

Strengthening Our Data Coordinating Center

Introducing PHX

DEAN'S NOTES

Shared Justice

An argument for economic justice and shared justice as the foundational motivations for the work of public health. Part 2, on shared justice.

We Are All Global

An affirmation of our engagement with global thinking, teaching, learning, and doing towards improving the health of populations.

NEWS

More Work Needed to Reduce Prices, Increase Availability of Locally Produced Medicines

[VIDEO] Governments in Ethiopia and Tanzania don't purchase adequate amounts of medicines; need to control prices.

Questioning Brief Interventions for Alcohol in Primary Care

Piecemeal approach to addressing heavy drinking should be reconsidered.

Health Researchers Need to Own Legacy of Injustice

[VIDEO] At Dean's Symposium, experts from NIH, universities, and healthcare industry call for closer examination of health impacts of racism and discrimination.

Student Led Massachusetts to Womens March

Tami Gouveia heads Massachusetts chapter of Womens March on Washington.

Transparency Is Everything

Recent graduate Jocelyn Reaves helps create app to compare cost and success of medical procedures and devices.

IN CONVERSATION WITH

Understanding the Environment Innovation Happens In

Alumna Emilia Javorsky on problem-first innovation and making Forbes Healthcare "30 Under 30."

VIEWPOINT

The Global Gag Rule Is Back, With a Vengeance

The expansion of this outdated policy will further deny women their basic fundamental reproductive rights.

by Monica Onyango

FROM PUBLIC HEALTH POST

Julie Rovner: Shining a Light on Healthcare Policy

A conversation with the chief Washington correspondent at Kaiser Health News and former health policy correspondent on NPR.

by Jonathan Gang, PHP Fellow

IN THE MEDIA

US News & World Report
Diabetes Kills More Americans Than Had Been Thought quotes Andrew Stokes, assistant professor of global health.

Boston Globe
Clash in the Name of Care quotes George Annas, professor of health law, policy & management.

Science
The Polluted Brain mentions Jennifer Weuve, associate professor of epidemiology.

Vox
Scientists Are Quickly Mobilizing to Protest Trump quotes Dean Sandro Galea.

WBUR
Beth Israel and Lahey Health Again Propose Merger quotes Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy & management.

LOOKING AHEAD

DEAN'S SEMINAR: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTHCan the Private Sector Make a Difference?
Thursday, February 16, 1:00 pm 2:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.

Student Coffee Chat with the Dean
Thursday, February 16, 5:00 pm 6:00 pm, Founders Room.

Staff Breakfast with the Dean
Friday, February 17, 9:30 am 10:30 am, CT305.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: SPH READSThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: A Conversation with the Family of Henrietta Lacks
Tuesday, February 21, 4:30 pm 6:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.

School Assembly for Faculty & Staff
Tuesday, February 28, 8:45 am 10:50 pm, Hiebert Lounge.

PUBLIC HEALTH FORUMThe Health Policies of the New Administration: Applying the Epidemiology of Politics
Tuesday, February 28, 4:30 pm 6:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.

DEAN'S SEMINAR: BOOK DISCUSSIONJewish Medical Resistance in the Holocaust
Wednesday, March 1, 1:00 pm 2:00 pm, L109ABC.

DEAN'S SEMINAR: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTHHealth, Politics, and Planned Parenthood
Thursday, March 2, 1:00 pm 2:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.

View the full SPH calendar.