SPH This Week

SPH This Week

September 2, 2018

Science for a Sustainable Planet: The Critical Role of Science and Technology in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

Sep 5

4:30 to 6 p.m.

Hiebert Lounge, 72 East Concord Street, Boston

Think. Teach. Do.

For the Health of All

Research

White and Higher-Income Smokers More Likely to Switch to Vaping

Hispanic and Black cigarette smokers are twice as likely as white smokers to believe e-cigarettes are more harmful than cigarettes.

Q&A

Envisioning a Sustainable Planet

Ahead of Public Health Forum on September 5, Ellis Rubinstein, president and CEO of New York Academy of Sciences, talks about UN Sustainable Development Goals and roles of science and technology in facing worlds biggest challenges.

Dean's Note

Six Steps for a Healthier Massachusetts

Thoughts on improving the foundations of health in the state our school calls home.

Alumni News

video

Black Moms, in Their Own Words

Alumna Fatima Dainkehs video project looks beyond inequality data in her new short film, Stories of Black Motherhood.

Research

Lack of Shared Decision-Making in Maternity Care

Women who discussed labor induction and repeat cesarean with their doctors reported receiving disproportionate information in favor of these interventions and were more likely to have them.

PHX Webinar

Research for Policy Impact: Improving LGBT Health Equity

Using two of her own studies, Professor Julia Raifman talks about how healthcare providers and others working with LGBT community can shape social environment.

School News

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Scenes from Fall Orientation 2018

SPH welcomed new students to campus with tours, workshops, presentations, and hands-on neighborhood introductions.

In the Media

STAT

Maternal Deaths Represent the Canary in the Coal Mine for Womens Health opinion coauthored by Eugene Declercq, professor of community health sciences.

Reuters

Few Heavy Drinkers Get Drugs to Help Curb Alcohol Use quotes Richard Saitz, professor of community health sciences.

France 24

Scientists Track How Yellow Fever Raced through Brazil quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.

The Trace

These Economists Think It Was Guns, Not the Crack Epidemic, That Drove the 90s Murder Boom quotes Dean Sandro Galea.

R&D Magazine

National Team of Researchers Identify New Genes That May Contribute to Alzheimers Disease quotes Lindsay A. Farrer, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics; and references study co-authored by alumnus Yuning Chen; L. Adrienne Cupples, professor of biostatistics; postdoctoral associate Chloe Sarnowski; Xiaoling Zhang, assistant professor of biostatistics; Kathryn L. Lunetta, professor of biostatistics; Anita L. DeStefano, professor of biostatistics; and Josée Dupuis, professor of biostatistics.

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A Push for Zero HIV Infections by 2020

There is still time to sign up for the Activist Labs annual event, Pathways to Governmental Public Health. This is an opportunity for students to network with officials from the Boston Public Health Commission, MA Department of Public Health, and local health departments from around the state.

The Lost Memories of College Drinkers

Merrill and colleagues identified two risk factors, measured before college, associated with students reporting higher frequencies of blackouts during the first two years of college.