SPH This Week

SPH This Week

May 7, 2017

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

The Activist Lab: An Update

SIGNATURE EVENT

Dean's Seminar: Book Discussion

There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration

Tuesday, May 9, 4:30 pm 6:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.

DEAN'S NOTE

Towards a Value-Based Public Health

Could applying a value-based approach to the work of public health sharpen the effectiveness of our efforts?

NEWS

Liz Walker to Deliver 2017 Convocation Address

Pastor and Boston’s first African American television news anchor headlines speaker lineup for May 20 event.

Exposure to PCE-Contaminated Water Linked to Increased Risks of Teenage Drug Use

[VIDEO] Residents born between 1969 and 1983 who were exposed in utero in eight Cape Cod towns had higher risks of drug use.

Maternal Attitudes Shape Infant Vaccination Decisions

Those with neutral and negative attitudes had much higher odds of reporting their infants had received no vaccinations.

L. Adrienne Cupples Award Presented to UCLA Professor

Janet Sinsheimer, professor of biostatistics at University of California, Los Angeles, received award on April 6.

Activism in a Box

Alumna Sera Bonds launches ActivateUs, activism kit subscription service funding reproductive healthcare crisis response.

NOW MORE THAN EVER

'There's a Collective Body That Needs Us Now'

[VIDEO] Chase Crossno, learning and development manager at Population Health Exchange, on growing public health needs of "collective humanity."

VIEWPOINT

American Health Care Act v. Affordable Care Act: Contrasting Views of Responsibility for Health

Senators will be deciding between personal responsibility and social solidarity in health care.

by Wendy K. Mariner

FROM PUBLIC HEALTH POST

How Moderate Republicans & Democrats Could Improve the ACA

Even with the US House vote on Thursday, ACA repeal still looks unlikely. Republicans and Democrats will need to consider a true compromise designed to improve the law.

by Jon Kingsdale

FROM POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGE

Featured Summer Institute Course

Strategic Communication in Public Health

Learn how to develop and implement a communications strategy that effectively supports a public health intervention. June 19-21, 20 hours.

IN THE MEDIA

The Nation
Who Decides Feminism? letter to the editor by alumnus Faiz Kidwai.

Boston Herald
Research: Hunger Hurts Kids Long-Term Health quotes Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, alumna, student, and Data Coordinating Center project director.

Boston Globe
The Cost of Economic Inequality to the Nations Physical Health opinion by Jacob Bor, assistant professor of global health, and Dean Sandro Galea.

Washington Examiner
Dont Let Alternative Facts Deter Congress from Fixing E-Cigarette Regulations opinion by Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences.

Allentown Morning Call
Steward Health Care Completes Acquisition of Easton Hospital quotes Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy & management.

LOOKING AHEAD

Alumni ReceptionGame Changer for Athletes: Saving Youth From the Tragedy of Head Impact Sports with Professor Yorghos Tripodis
Monday, May 8, 6:00 pm 8:00 pm, Hotel Commonwealth, 500 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA.

School Assembly for Faculty & Staff
Tuesday, May 9, 8:45 am 10:50 am, Hiebert Lounge.

DEANS SEMINAR: BOOK DISCUSSIONThere Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration
Tuesday, May 9, 4:30 pm 6:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.

Faculty Breakfast with the Dean
Friday, May 12, 9:30 am 10:30 am, Founders Room.

SPH Convocation Ceremony
Saturday, May 20, 11:00 am 3:00 pm, 100 Ashford Street, Boston.

Spring Celebration
Tuesday, May 23, 12:00 pm 2:00 pm, Talbot Green.

Faculty Senate Meeting
Tuesday, May 23, 12:30 pm 1:50 pm, Crosstown 305.

Staff Breakfast with the Dean
Wednesday, May 31, 9:30 am 10:30 am, Crosstown 305.

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