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Boston University School of Public Health
SPH This Week
 
 
February 26, 2017
 
 
MESSAGES FROM THE DEAN
 
 
Introducing SPH Narrative Month
 
Faculty Development Update
 
 
SIGNATURE EVENTs
 
 
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public health fora PRESENTS Daniel M. Fox
The Health Policies of the New Administration: Applying the Epidemiology of Politics
 
 
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Dean’s SEMINAR PRESENTS Michael Grodin
Book Discussion: Jewish Medical Resistance in the Holocaust
 
 
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Dean’s SEMINAR PRESENTS Jennifer Childs-Roshak
Health, Politics, and Planned Parenthood
 
 
 
DEAN'S NOTE
 
 
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Art and the Health of Populations
Art reflects the same social, economic, and environmental conditions that shape the health of populations. A Note on how understanding art can help us deepen our understanding of these foundational conditions.
 
 
 
NEWS
 
 
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‘So Many People Are Touched by the Story, You Just Want to Tell It’
At Diversity and Inclusion Seminar, grandson and daughter-in-law of Henrietta Lacks discuss her legacy, medical ethics, and why the story needs to be told.
 
 
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Recommended Reading from SPH Community
Faculty, staff, students, and alumni share favorite public health-related reads.
 
 
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Adolescent Dating Violence Fuels Re-Victimization in Adulthood
Prevalence of adult intimate-partner violence for adolescent victims was 29 percent at five-year follow-up.
 
 
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Variation Found Among Hospitals in Carrying out DNR Orders
Hospitals with high DNR rates less likely to use invasive and organ-supportive interventions, more likely to use palliative care.
 
 
 
DEAN'S NOTE REVISITED
 
 
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On Discrimination Against Transgender Populations
The recent law in North Carolina reminds us of pervasive discrimination against transgender people nationwide. A note on the responsibilities of public health to this population.
 
 
 
IN CONVERSATION WITH
 
 
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‘They Had to Make Choiceless Choices’
[VIDEO] Professor Michael Grodin on growing up with Holocaust survivors, the role of doctors in genocide and resistance, and the power of stories to humanize.
 
 
 
viewpoint
 
 
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Advocating Outside of Our Bubbles
Divides can be bridged with careful balance of "boundaries and openness."
 
by Joanna V. Brown.
 
 
 
FROM PUBLIC HEALTH POST
 
 
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New Challenges for Insuring Kids in Working Families
Surprising shifts in the way that working families keep their kids insured.
 
by Doug Strane, Clinical Research Associate, PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
 
 
 
from Population Health Exchange
 
 
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featured summer institute course
How to Effectively Influence Decision Makers to Advance Public Health
 
 
 
IN THE MEDIA
 
 
STAT
With Role Models, Can Minority Students Change Medicine’s Racial Imbalance? — quotes alumnus Italo Brown.
 
WBUR
Gene-Editing Gets a Go-Ahead — interview with George Annas, professor of health law, policy & management.
 
Knowridge
Diabetes Could Cause Up to 12% of US Deaths, Study Shows — quotes Andrew Stokes, assistant professor of global health.
 
 
LOOKING AHEAD
 
 
School Assembly for Faculty & Staff
Tuesday, February 28, 8:45 am – 10:50 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
 
PUBLIC HEALTH FORUM—The 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 DISCUSSION—Jewish Medical Resistance in the Holocaust
Wednesday, March 1, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, L109ABC.
 
DEAN'S SEMINAR: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH—Health, Politics, and Planned Parenthood
Thursday, March 2, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
 
Staff Breakfast with the Dean
Tuesday, March 14, 9:30 am – 10:30 pm, Wilkins Board Room.
 
Student Coffee Chat with the Dean
Tuesday, March 14, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Founders Room.
 
DEAN'S SEMINAR: GLOBAL HEALTH STORYTELLING—Ending AIDS: The Politics of Possibility
Wednesday, March 15, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, College of Communication, Room 209.
 
Alumni Reception—Changing Policy through Online Debate: Reflections on the Launch of Public Health Post with Professor David Jones
Thursday, March 16, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Army and Navy Club, Washington DC.
 
DEAN'S SEMINAR: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH—Dispatches from the North: Learning from Canadian Health Care
Monday, March 20, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
 
Faculty Breakfast with the Dean
Wednesday, March 22, 9:30 am – 10:30 am, Crosstown 305.
 
DEAN'S SEMINAR: SHINE LECTURE—Maine v. Kaci Hickox: Public Health Protection or Ebola Panic?
Wednesday, March 22, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
 
DEAN'S SYMPOSIUM—Cities & Kids: Enabling Optimal Development for Urban Youth
Thursday, March 23, 8:00 am – 3:30 pm, Trustees Lounge, 1 Silber Way.
 
View the full SPH calendar.