Boston University School of Public Health's latest news, upcoming events, and announcements.
 
 

SPH This Month

October 1, 2017
 
 
 
Message From the Dean
 
Showcasing the School’s Work
 
 
 
Upcoming Signature Event
 
Think. Teach. Do. Showcase
 
 
OCT 12
4–6 p.m.
 
 
610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
 
 
 
 
Think. Teach. Do.
For the Health of All
 
 
 
 
Dean's Notes
 
 
09.17   The BU MPH: On Creating a “Diagonal” Curriculum
 
 
09.10   On DACA and Challenges to Our Values
 
 
09.03   On Maintaining a Respectful, Inclusive Academic Conversation
 
 
08.27   Injuries and the Health of the Public
 
 
 
In Conversation With
 
 
‘I Was Overwhelmed But Committed in That Moment’
 
Alumna Tracy M. Layne on prostate cancer disparities and receiving inaugural NIH William G. Coleman Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award.
 
PH in 30
 
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‘They Have Become a Part of History’
 
At viewing of AIDS Memorial Quilt, activists Nancy Norman and Andrew Fullem reflect on memorial's resonance and its shifting meaning today.
 
Research
 
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Life Expectancy Trends Tied to 2016 Voting Choices
 
Counties where life expectancy stagnated or declined saw nearly 10 percentage point increase in Republican vote share between 2008 and 2016 presidential elections.
 
 
Student Life
 
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Losing, and Winning, with the Inglorious Batters
 
In its debut, SPH’s hapless but lovable rookie softball team learns what “that long thing” is, laughs off confusion about rules—and stats aside, racks up winning season.
 
Research
 
 
Evidence of CTE Found in Brains of Deceased Football Players
 
Only way to definitively diagnose CTE is through brain autopsy, which makes it “extraordinarily challenging.”
 
Research
 
 
Health of More Than Half of US Adults Affected by Obesity
 
National surveillance of obesity epidemic underestimates impact on population health, suggesting effects may be even more pervasive than previously understood.
 
School News
 
 
Professor Receives Award for Overdose App
 
Abby Rudolph is developing prototype for overdose prevention mobile app, with support from a BU Digital Health Initiative research award.
 
 
 
Recently at SPH
 
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‘It Wasn't Disease. It Was Fear.’
 
At Dean's Seminar, AIDS activists spoke about early days of crisis, conditions that gave rise to ignorance and bigotry, and problems that persist today in eradicating disease.
 
 
 
 
In the Media
 
 
CNN
 
Pending Trump Immigration Action Could Pressure Hill to Act — quotes alumnus Ali Noorani.
 
 
Washington Post
 
This Is the Only Safe Way to Treat Opioid Users — opinion by Michael Stein, chair of health law, policy & management.
 
 
New York Times
 
The Long-Term Health Consequences of Hurricane Harvey — opinion co-authored by Austin Frakt, associate professor of health law, policy & management.
 
 
Boston Globe
 
Hate Is Ruining Our Nation’s Health — opinion by Dean Sandro Galea.
 
 
The Lancet
 
President of Zambia Declares HIV Testing Mandatory — quotes Sydney Rosen, research professor of global health.
 
 
US News & World Report
 
Doctors Still Overprescribing Opioids in US — quotes Karen Lasser, associate professor of community health sciences.
 
 
Popular Science
 
Chemicals Lurking in Household Dust May Prime Cells to Store Fat — quotes Jennifer Schlezinger, associate professor of environmental health.
 
 
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Introducing the New Activist Lab Website
 
Updated design focuses on three areas of advocacy—guns, urban solutions, and workforce—and offers new ways for students to get involved.
 
 
 
 
 
PHX Launches New Podcast
 
PHX recently launched the "Free Associations" podcast hosted by Professors Matt Fox, Christopher Gill, and Don Thea. The podcast hopes to help listeners sort through competing claims and look beyond those dramatic headlines to the actual medical research behind them.
 
 
 
 
 
Un-Selling Sugary Drinks
 
by Thomas Farley, Commissioner of Health, Department of Public Health, City of Philadelphia
 
Public health programs combatting obesity have mostly avoided paid counter-advertising. Why can’t the techniques of marketing un-sell soda?
 
 
 
Looking Ahead
 
 
PUBLIC HEALTH FORUM—Using Epidemiology to Study Policy as Well as to Inform It
 
Wednesday, October 11, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
 
 
Think. Teach. Do. Showcase
 
Thursday, October 12, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Room 305, Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life, 610 Commonwealth Avenue.
 
 
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION SEMINAR: SPH READS—All Souls: A Family Story from Southie
 
Tuesday, October 17, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
 
 
PUBLIC HEALTH FORUM–Opioids and the Masses: Early Lessons from the Epidemic
 
Wednesday, November 1, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
 
 
Alumni Reception at the Annual APHA Meeting
 
Monday, November 6, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, One CNN Center, Atlanta.
 
 
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