| Spring 2013 Teaching Awards |
The BUSPH Education Committee is honoring the achievements of 12 faculty who received an Award for Excellence in Teaching for the Spring 2013 semester.
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| | BU Professors Call on Physicians to Speak Out against Unethical Force-Feeding |
Three BU professors from the schools of public health and medicine â concerned that the Guantanamo Bay detention center has become a "medical ethics-free zone" -- are calling on individual physicians and medical groups to speak out against the force-feeding of mentally-competent hunger strikers and to support military physicians there
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| | BUSPH Researchers Featured During Upcoming National Epidemiology Meetings |
Faculty members and doctoral students in the BUSPH Department of Epidemiology will play important roles in two major meetings of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) and the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER).
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| | BUSPH Biostatistics Student Jacqueline Milton Honored for Research on Sickle Cell Anemia |
Jacqueline Milton, a doctoral student in biostatistics, has been recognized for her ongoing research into statistical analysis of genetic factors for sickle cell anemia. Jacqueline MiltonMilton won the SPH Dean's Award for Student Research at Boston University's Scholar's Day on April 2 with her poster, "Genetic Risk Prediction and Clustering
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| | Researchers Identify Novel Approach to Create Red Blood Cells and Platelets In Vitro |
A study led by the BU School of Medicine, in collaboration with the School of Public Health, has identified a novel approach to create an unlimited number of human red blood cells and platelets in vitro.
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| | Godley Receives 2013 BUSPH 'Educational Innovation Award' |
Presented at the John C. McCahan Education Day, the award honors the clinical assistant professor of community health sciences for her creative approach to teaching.
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| | BUSPH Commencement Speaker Urges Graduates to Become 'Dauntless Do-ers' |
As former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and current president of Merck's vaccine division, Dr. Julie Gerberding inhabits a world of long-winded conference calls and consensus-building meetings. "Ladies and gentlemen," she has been known to interject, "people are dying. Let's step up. Let's get the decision
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| | Annas Takes on Genetic Testing Guidelines: 'Respect Patients' Rights Not to Know' |
Should patients whose genes are analyzed for a particular medical condition be automatically tested for a host of other possible conditions – and told about those secondary results?
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| | Higher Child Marriage Rates Linked to Higher Maternal and Infant Mortality |
Countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, according to a report in the online issue of the journal Violence Against Women co-authored by a BU School of Public Health researcher.
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| | Survey Raises Questions About New Mothers' Ability to Make Informed Decisions Regarding Pre- and Postnatal Care |
Despite efforts to improve the quality of maternity care for women, results of a new national survey reveal that risky procedures are overused, beneficial practices are underused, and many women lack support and knowledge to effectively navigate their maternity care.
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| | Your Teens Online: What You Don't Know Could Hurt Them, SPH Prof Says |
By the time they reach adolescence, most children are familiar with the perils of driving a car: They've been harnessed into car seats and squeezed into seatbelts, witnessed near-collisions, and heard their parents bemoan careless drivers. And yet when kids log-on to the Internet for the first time, it
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| | Community Scholars Program Receives Boost from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts |
A $100,000 gift from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has launched a new endowed scholarship fund at Boston University School of Public Health.
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| | George Annas to Deliver May 13 Lecture on Constitutional Dimensions of the Doctor-Patient Relationship |
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| | Fourth Annual Lynne Stevens Memorial Lecture, May 28 |
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| | Totals Announced for 'Walk the Walk' Challenge |
Thank you to everyone who participated in Spotlight on Obesity's first ever "Walk the Walk" Challenge!
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| | New International Cookbook on Sale to Support Refugee Health and Human Rights |
From Tibetan soups to Ugandan desserts, the Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights at Boston Medical Center has collected recipes from clients, volunteers and staff to create a cookbook that spans the world.
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| | Please Support 'Finish the Race' on Thursday, May 2 |
Colleagues: The School of Public Health is sponsoring the "Finish the Race" walk on Thursday, May 2 and we invite students, staff, faculty, and community members from across the entire medical campus and local community to participate. "Finish the Race" is a tribute to the affected runners and spectators, and
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| | CHS Chair Candidate Kim Gans to Present on April 29 |
On Monday, April 29, CHS Chair candidate Kim Gans, PhD, MPH, LDN, will present "Community-based Approaches for Dietary Change and Obesity Prevention: The Interface Between Behavior and the Environment."
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| | Lisa Sullivan Honored for Work in Mentoring Women in Higher Education |
The Massachusetts Network of Women Leaders in Higher Education (MNNWL) has named Lisa Sullivan, associate dean of education at Boston University School of Public Health, as the reciepient of the group's 2013 Leadership Award.
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| | BUSPH Professors Grodin and Annas Publish New Textbook on Health and Human Rights |
Two Boston University School of Public Health professors are co-editors of a new comprehensive collection of readings, in-depth analyses, and original essays that has been hailed as "the most complete compendium on health and human rights."
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