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

SPH This Week

October 14, 2018
 
 
 
 
Research
 
 
Identifying Drug-Resistant Hotspots Can Provide Roadmap to Reduce Tuberculosis
 
Near real-time surveillance method could inform interventions and monitor progress against TB in South Africa.
 
 
Dean's Note
 
 
How Art Reflects the Conditions That Create Health
 
Art emerges from the same cultural, economic, and political context that generates health. Understanding art can help us better understand these conditions, and how we can improve them, to create healthier populations.
 
Research
 
 
During Pregnancy, Smoking and Diabetes Are Riskier Together
 
Interaction between tobacco and pregestational diabetes increases risk of preterm birth and congenital abnormalities more than cumulative risk from diabetes and smoking added together.
 
 
School News
 
 
Professor Joins Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Leadership Program
 
Emily Rothman will lead domestic violence project as part of Interdisciplinary Research Leaders program.
 
 
School News
 
 
Alumna Named Healthy Policy Champion
 
Brandi Harless, mayor of Paducah, Kentucky, honored for her leadership in enacting stronger smoke-free ordinance.
 
Viewpoint
 
 
Healthcare Language Barriers Affect Deaf People, Too
 
Deaf individuals face discrimination daily; when it comes to their health needs, they cannot afford any additional prejudice.
 
 
School News
 
 
Professor Receives NIH Grant for HIV Research in Zambia
 
Donald Thea receives $5.3 million grant to study illness and mortality among HIV-exposed but uninfected children in Zambia.
 
 
Scenes from SPH
 
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SPH Snapshot: October 8-12, 2018
 
Scenes from the week on campus, from a panel discussion on housing insecurity to National Depression Screening Day.
 
 
 
 
Recently at SPH
 
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‘The Profits from Exploiting Poor People Are Too High’
 
At SPH Reads event, panelists discussed health impacts of eviction and housing insecurity.
 
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‘Trust Has To Be Built; It Cannot Be Assumed’
 
At Public Health Forum, author and Stanford social psychologist Claude Steele spoke on need to bring diverse communities together to fight stereotype threat.
 
 
 
Think. Teach. Do.
For the Health of All
 
 
 
 
In the Media
 
 
Slate
 
Ending Sexual Violence by Raising Better Boys — quotes Emily Rothman, professor of community health sciences.
 
 
Mother Jones
 
The EPA’s Bold New Idea Has Massive Implications for Public Health — quotes Jonathan Levy, professor of environmental health.
 
 
WGBH
 
You Don’t Have to Pass Out to Be Blackout Drunk — interview with Richard Saitz, professor of community health sciences.
 
 
Bustle
 
Stress Affects Fertility in Women, Not Men, a New Study Finds — quotes doctoral student Amelia Wesselink.
 
 
STAT News
 
More Research on ‘Dying Healthy’ Will Also Help Us Live Healthier — opinion co-authored by George Annas, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor of health law, policy & management, and Dean Sandro Galea.
 
 
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Winter Institute: Essentials of Biostatistics with JMP® Online
 
January 7–March 1, 2019 | Get a comprehensive introduction to the use of biostatistics in the field of public health, while learning to compute and interpret descriptive and inferential statistics using SAS JMP®.
 
 
 
 
 
The Midterm Elections: Finding Your Voice in Today’s American Politics
 
An overview of what’s at stake this November, why voting in the midterms is important, and what you can do to get politically involved this fall.
 
 
 
 
 
Are Post-9/11 Veterans Experiencing a New Version of Gulf War Illness?
 
Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are reporting a similar constellation of symptoms that affect veterans deployed to the Persian Gulf in 1990-1991.
 
 
 
Looking Ahead
 
 
CEPH Site Visit
 
Monday, October 15 – Wednesday, October 17, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm.
 
 
Accreditation Celebration
 
Wednesday, October 17, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
 
 
PUBLIC HEALTH FORUM–Violence Prevention: Guns, Public Health, and Health Care
 
Tuesday, October 23, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
 
 
School Assembly
 
Tuesday, October 23, 8:45 am – 10:50 am, Hiebert Lounge.
 
 
Student Coffee Chat with the Dean
 
Wednesday, October 24, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Founders Room, Talbot 307 Center.
 
 
DEAN'S SEMINAR: BICKNELL LECTURE—So We Legalize Marijuana. Then What Happens?
 
Thursday, October 25, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm, Hiebert Lounge.
 
 
Staff Breakfast with the Dean
 
Friday, October 26, 9:30 am – 10:30 am, Crosstown Room 305.
 
 
For the Future of Public Health Gala
 
Thursday, November 1, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Mandarin Oriental, Boston.
 
 
Unconscious Bias Workshop
 
Thursday, November 8, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Keefer Auditorium.
 
 
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