Over the past decade, PHP has built a reputation as a both a wide-ranging and dependable resource for the public and a unique educational opportunity for students at the School of Public Health. The digital publication is currently recruiting MPH students to join its largest-ever cohort of fellows.
Her childhood in Zambia and India sparked Nina Kumar's interest in public health, and her studies at SPH opened the door to health consulting—a path she explored this summer through a practicum with Willis Towers Watson.
As graduate student research fellows with the BU Institute for Global Sustainability, Grace Betts, Sharon Casey, and Feven Lencha spent ten weeks of the summer conducting original research focused on fostering environmental sustainability and social welfare.
Following the Trump administration’s 2018 announcement of changes to public charge rules that would penalize immigrants for using public health services, antisanctuary counties in the US saw a 16.8-percent increase in HIV cases among Hispanic populations.
As the School of Public Health celebrates its 50th anniversary, five faculty reflect on what has—and what has not—changed over the course of the more than 40 years they each have been members of the SPH community.
Dear Colleagues, As I reflect on my first year as Dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, and as we prepare to celebrate the School’s 50th anniversary, I am filled with gratitude, pride, and optimism for what lies ahead. From my first days at BUSPH, I have been inspired by the warmth of […]
Designing a multiprogram enrollment application that enables people to apply to several public benefit programs at once can substantially reduce the time, costs, and stress associated with this process—as well as promote equity and improve health outcomes, according to a new commentary in the American Journal of Public Health.
Melissa Mezieche, MacClement Guthrie, Julianna Reyes, Alma Nieto, and Deirdre Otoo reflect on their summer practica at BU's Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases where they helped monitor disease outbreaks throughout the tournament.
Maria Glymour, Andrew Stokes, and Deborah Carr will lead the Boston University-Quantitative Population Science and Healthy Cognitive Aging Research Program (BU-SHARP) to foster national research collaboration on preventing and ameliorating the consequences of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in disproportionately affected populations.
Building on four years of collaborative research with Boston Public Schools, researchers at the School of Public Health are now testing whether existing interventions protect students and staff from severe outdoor air pollution, with teachers as key new partners.
The Boston University Reproductive, Perinatal, and Pediatric Epidemiology training program will prepare the next generation of leaders in RPP health with hands-on experience in epidemiology, innovative digital health, and community-engaged research.
