Heiger-Bernays Named to State Environmental Protection Advisory Committee

Published on Monday, 01 May 2006 00:00

Associate Professor of Environmental Health Wendy Heiger-Bernays has been appointed to the Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup's Advisory Committee by the Assistant Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MADEP).

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Students Honored at Community Partners Appreciation Event

Published on Wednesday, 26 April 2006 00:00

Left to right: Priscilla Padilla, Scott Harris, Anna Knapp

Anna Knapp, an International Health concentrator, and Priscilla Padilla, a Maternal and Child Health concentrator, were recognized at BUSPH's Community Partners Appreciation Luncheon. For accomplishments related to their practica experiences, Knapp and Padilla each received a Student Award for Excellence in Public Health Practice.

Knapp worked with the community development team at the Luke Clinic of Moyobamba, Peru, to help install a clean-water system for a remote marginalized village of indigenous people known as the Arguaruna. Her activities included surveying household nutrition practices, teaching basic hygiene at clinics, assisting with basic first aid for infants and children under age 10, and helping with food distribution.

Padilla's practicum, at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, involved investigating and determining state-wide maternal characteristics and behavioral factors that are associated with low-birth weight infants. It was hypothesized that low birth weight was positively associated with maternal race and maternal age. 

Padilla graduated in January 2006, and Knapp plans to graduate in September 2006.

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Public Health and Social Work Celebrate Partnership: 25-year-old program was ahead of its time

Published on Friday, 28 April 2006 00:00

  By Rebecca Lipchitz, BU Today 

As Robert Brown, Boston University’s new president, stresses the need to strengthen connections between disciplines across the University, the dual degree program at the School of Social Work and the School of Public Health is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a national conference

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Experts Share Global Health Issues & Opps

Published on Wednesday, 26 April 2006 00:00

Join experts from the public health, dental and medical fields at “Dinner Around the World” as they speak about their experiences in global health and opportunities for students and emerging professionals.

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