New SPH center will study youth drinking, promote public awareness
By Brian Fitzgerald
Ralph Hingson has long been concerned about the effects of alcohol on public health, and especially on the lives of young people.
BU students make special delivery of science to public schools
By Brian Fitzgerald
One minute you're a graduate student, working on a master's degree in biology. Then, in some sort of weird time warp, you're in a high school classroom with a bunch of teenagers.
Persecuted Zimbabwean journalist to urge freedom and integrity in reporting
By David J. Craig
In the dusty streets of Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, rumors spread faster than the wildfires that sweep across the countryside in the summer dry season.
MED program trains culturally competent physicians
By Tim Stoddard
A young Haitian mother brings her five-month-old son, Jean, into your busy urban pediatric clinic. You notice Jean is wearing a gold chain and amulet around his neck, and make a mental note to suggest that his mother remove it or pin it to his shirt so he doesn't choke on it.
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Fiber art is doc's link to Haitian homeland
By David J. Craig
As a physician at Boston Medical Center, Michele David keeps her Haitian heritage close to her heart: she specializes in treating Creole-speaking women, and when she's not performing physical exams and health screenings, she researches the health-care options for Caribbean women living in Boston.
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