NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nancy Brady, student speaker of 2013 Commencement, speaks to fellow graduates about a visit to Uganda that prompted her to pursue her MPH. (Photo: Mike Saunders/BUSPH)
ANNOUNCEMENTS from the BUSPH Office of Student Services [More]
  • Health Literacy Leadership Institute
    June 10-14, 2013 http://healthliteracyleadership.com Enroll now in the Health Literacy Leadership Institute, June 10-14, 2013. Offered through the Health Communication Program at Tufts University School of Medicine, this one-week Institute is designed for health professionals and educators committed to improving the health literacy skills of health care providers and consumers. 
  • Pre-orders Available for 2013 Commencement DVDs
    Kitay Productions, the company filming the 2013 BUSPH Commencement, is now accepting pre-orders on DVDs of the ceremony. 
  • Totals Announced for 'Walk the Walk' Challenge
    Thank you to everyone who participated in Spotlight on Obesity's first ever "Walk the Walk" Challenge!
  • 2013 BUSPH Graduating Gift
    To the students graduating in 2013 – Congratulations! We hope you have enjoyed your time learning in the classroom and making a number of personal connections at Boston University School of Public Health.
  • Call for Abstracts: The Society for the Analysis of African American Public Health Issues (SAAPHI)
    CALL FOR ABSTRACTSAmerican Public Health Association 141st Annual Meeting â Boston, MA"Think Global, Act Local: Best Practices Around the World"November 2 â 6, 2013ABSTRACTS DUE: June 28, 2013The Society for the Analysis of African American Public Health Issues (SAAPHI) is soliciting abstracts for the 2013 annual scientific symposium to be
  • Summer Volunteer Opportunity with BMC Pediatrics
    Are you looking for a volunteer position for the Summer semester? Join the bWell team at the BMC Department of Pediatrics!
NEWS from the BUSPH Insider [More]
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 made. Let's move on."But in offering advice to the 2013 class of the BU School of Public Health, Gerberding urged the 250 assembled graduates to temper their passion for change with patience, saying: "Without patience, passion can be reckless, even dangerous . . . It is important to balance the accelerator pedal with the brake of patience, because that is what ultimately helps us to be effective."
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.
The study examined variations in adherence rates to different groupings of anti-diabetic medications, two of them branded and expensive and two that were primarily generic and cheaper.