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  A Vote for Health: Preventing Violence

  • Wednesday, October 23, 2024
  • 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
  • Online
  • Video

  This event was part of our fall election series, which invites leading thinkers to reflect on key issues for health in the election.  For this program, we considered the intersection of the 2024 election and violence. We reflected on the various causes and consequences of violence as well as the actions we can take to […]

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  After the Election: What’s Next for Health?

  • Wednesday, November 20, 2024
  • 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
  • Online
  • Video

  This event was part of our fall election series, which invited leading thinkers to reflect on key issues for health in the election. For this program, we invited Deans of schools of public health from across all four regions of the United States to consider the intersection of the election and population health in their […]

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  A Vote for Health: Migration (Bicknell Lecture)

  • Wednesday, October 16, 2024
  • 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
  • Online
  • Video

   This program considered the intersection of the 2024 election and the health of migrants. It aimed to challenge us to think about the health consequences of U.S. immigration and border policy. Dr. William J. Bicknell endowed this annual lectureship to provide “a periodic but regular infusion of iconoclasts and original thinkers who will bring ideas…that […]

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  In Conversation with Roger Mitchell

  • Tuesday, April 30, 2024
  • 2:00 - 2:30 pm ET
  • Video

  This Public Health Conversation Starter features Roger Mitchell, Professor and Chair of Pathology at Howard University College of Medicine and immediate past Chief Medical Examiner for Washington, DC, in conversation with Dean Sandro Galea. Dr. Mitchell speaks about his recent book, Death in Custody: How America Ignores the Truth and What We Can Do about […]

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  In Conversation with Laura Marris

  • Friday, April 26, 2024
  • 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET
  • Video

  This Public Health Conversation Starter features writer and translator Laura Marris (CAS'13) in conversation with Dean Sandro Galea. Professor Marris speaks about her recent book, States of Plague: Reading Albert Camus in a Pandemic, co-authored with Alice Kaplan. Laura's first solo-authored book, The Age of Loneliness, is forthcoming from Graywolf in August. Our Conversation Starters engage leading […]

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  In Conversation with Franklin Jones, Jr.

  • Wednesday, April 10, 2024
  • 2:00 - 2:30 pm ET
  • Video

  This Public Health Conversation Starter features Franklin Jones, Jr., lecturer in Deaf Studies at BU Wheelock, in conversation with Yvette Cozier, BUSPH Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice. Our Conversation Starters engage leading thinkers in short discussions around issues of consequence in public health. This Starter is part of SPH Reads, our school-wide reading […]

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  Building A Diverse Biostatistics Pipeline: The Next Decade

  • Tuesday, June 11, 2024
  • 2:00 - 5:30 pm ET
  • In Person & Online
  • Video

  This program explored how biostatistics will evolve over the next decade. We considered how to better support building a diverse pipeline in the field. We also heard reflections from alumni of the Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS) program at BUSPH, now known as the Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science program, which […]

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  A Vote for Health: Medicaid

  • Tuesday, October 8, 2024
  • 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
  • Online
  • Video

  This program considered the intersection of the 2024 election and Medicaid. We discussed Medicaid policy at the state and federal levels and reflected on how potential policy changes could influence health outcomes for Medicaid-enrolled populations. This event was cohosted with the BUSPH Medicaid Policy Lab.

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  A Vote for Health: Reproductive Rights

  • Wednesday, September 25, 2024
  • 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • In Person & Online
  • Video

  Our fall election series invites leading thinkers to reflect on key issues for health in the 2024 election. This program considered the intersection of the 2024 election and reproductive rights. We reflected on reproductive rights, including access to abortion and the health of populations. This event was cohosted with Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and […]

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  A Vote for Health: LGBTQ+ Rights

  • Tuesday, September 17, 2024
  • 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
  • Online
  • Video

  Our fall election series invites leading thinkers to reflect on key issues for health in the 2024 election. This program considered the intersection of the 2024 election and LGBTQ+ health. We explored the sociopolitical forces that shape LGBTQ+ health and reflected on how public health can better engage with these forces to advance the health […]