BUSPH Events

StAMP Launch and Alumni Network Express

You are invited to the 2016 StAMP Launch & Alumni Networking Express event! This event brings BUSPH alumni together with current students for “speed networking” to discuss public health career pathways, make connections, and learn about our Student and Alumni Mentoring Program (StAMP). Do not miss this great opportunity for a night of networking, socializing, […]

Highlights of The Lancet Commission Report: Essential Medicines for Universal Health Coverage

Refreshments & snacks will be served. Please RSVP!  Join SPH Dean Sandro Galea and Department of Global Health Chair Pat Hibberd in discussing: Highlights of The Lancet Commission Report: Essential Medicines for Universal Health Coverage. Co-Chair of the Commission providing an overview of the report: Veronika Wirtz, Boston University School of Public Health Commissioners presenting […]

Cape Downwinders – EH internship opportunities

Meet Diane Turco of Cape Downwinders Learn about plans to close the Pilgrim nuclear power plant and the radiation monitoring campaign Cape Downwinders is an all-volunteer nonprofit that investigates, educates and agitates for the immediate closure of the Pilgrim nuclear power plant. The group launched a citizens’ radiation monitoring campaign and is looking for public […]

Climate Change and Environmental Health: The Impact in Low-income Countries

“Climate Change and Environmental Health: The Impact in Low-income Countries” November 4th, 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. in BUSM L210 Speaker:   Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Tufts University School of Medicine Former President, American Public Health Association (APHA) Co-editor, Climate Change and Public Health This weeks: Gijs van Seventer Environmental […]

Interview Strategies Workshop- BUSPH Career Development

STARTS: 5:00 pm on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 ENDS: 5:00 pm on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 LOCATION: R103-BU School of Medicine CONTACT NAME: Maria McCarthy CONTACT EMAIL: mamcc@bu.edu Students will learn how to prepare for different interview types (phone screen, panel, behavioral, case, etc.) Notes: Registration is required through SPH Handshake (under “events”)

Bhutan: The Intersection of Climate Change & Health 11/16

Bhutan is a small Himalayan country that is forging a unique path for national development, emphasizing the multiple facets (not just economic growth) that determine Gross National Happiness. As part of this effort, the country has emphasized development of accessible health care, and has been assisted in this effort by the Bhutan Foundation, as well […]

Mental Health – Public Health Connections meeting 10/12

To celebrate: World Mental Health Day coming on Monday, October 10th, join us for the first Mental Health – Public Health Connections campus interest group meeting Wednesday October 12th from 5-5:50pm in L109A. Earlier this year The World Bank and the WHO held a two-day series of events focused on Making Mental Health a Global Development Priority […]