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Public health dilemma: unlimited priorities, limited funds
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Hospital closings. Bioterrorism. West Nile virus. AIDS. Substance abuse. As the Massachusetts commissioner of public health, Howard Koh goes from crises that dominate the headlines to festering problems that get less media coverage but still have a lasting impact on the public's well-being.
In wake of terrorism, theology scholar's book shows healing power of the pulpit
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By David
J. Craig
Eloquence in times of crisis has long been a hallmark of the African-American
church. Galvanizing speeches by 19th-century black abolitionists and the
inspiring oratory of Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS'55, Hon.'59) in the
midst of the 1960s race riots are among the better known examples of this
legacy. School of Theology doctoral student Martha Simmons is an expert
in the traditions of African-American Baptist homiletics, and when capacity
crowds packed houses of worship after September 11, she knew that leading
black clergy could be counted on for words of encouragement and solace.
SPH study redresses woeful lack of data on black women's health
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By Tim
Stoddard
In the first study of its kind, a team of researchers led by Professor
Lynn Rosenberg, associate director of the Slone Epidemiology Unit at the
School of Public Health, is currently tracking the health of 64,500 African-American
women from around the country. "It's the largest health study of
black women that's yet been conducted," Rosenberg says.
Connections
Edward
Gourdin: Olympic silver medalist, but a man of firsts
By
Amy Dean
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February 2002
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