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racial disparities

How Do You Stop or Slow Alzheimer’s Disease? Start Early.

social justice.

Fortune

Ahead of Martin Luther King Day, Remembering That Health Is Impossible without Justice

in SPH In the Media

Opinion by Dean Sandro Galea

Tagged: air pollution, criminal justice system, health disparities, health inequities, incarceration, income inequality, politics and health, racism, social determinants of health, social justice, urban health

Times Higher Education

University Leaders Must Engage with Public Debate

in SPH In the Media

Opinion by Dean Sandro Galea

Tagged: education, politics and health, public health education, social justice

MassLive

Why Are Black Residents in Massachusetts More Likely to Die Young?

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Candice Belanoff, clinical assistant professor of community health sciences

Tagged: health disparities, health inequities, healthcare disparities, infant mortality, life expectancy, racism, social determinants of health, social justice

Fortune

raceAhead: The Shrinking Middle Class

in SPH In the Media

Quotes Dean Sandro Galea

Tagged: health disparities, health inequities, social determinants of health, social justice

Fortune

These Holidays, a Reminder That the Health of the Many Depends on the Health of the Few

in SPH In the Media

Opinion by Dean Sandro Galea

Tagged: addiction, guns, health disparities, health inequities, opioids, poverty, social determinants of health, social justice, social welfare, suicide

BMJ Global Health Blog

An Open Letter to the WLGH18 Steering Committee: The Need to Adopt an Intersectional Lens to the Gender Equity Agenda in Global Health

in Alumni, Epidemiology, SPH In the Media

Opinion co-authored by doctoral student Salma Abdalla, research fellow in the Department of Epidemiology

Tagged: gender imbalance, inclusion, racism, social justice, student

Herald-Tribune

Creating a Healthy Community Takes a Level Playing Field

in SPH In the Media

Quotes Dean Sandro Galea

Tagged: health disparities, health inequities, social determinants of health, social justice

Milford Daily News

Letter: Vote Yes on Question 3

in Alumni, Health Law, Policy & Management, SPH In the Media

Opinion co-authored by alum Deborah Shields and Sean Cahill, adjunct associate professor of the practice, health law, policy & management

Tagged: LGBT health, LGBTQ health, politics and health, social justice, transgender, transgender health

Fortune

Learning from Hurricane Michael: Charity Will Not Make Us Healthy. Compassion Will.

in SPH In the Media

Opinion by Dean Sandro Galea

Tagged: health disparities, infrastructure, natural disaster, poverty, social determinants of health, social justice

WBUR

A Year Later, Puerto Ricans Face Death in the Wake of Maria

in Alumni, SPH In the Media

Quotes alum Debora Perez

Tagged: health disparities, natural disaster, politics and health, social determinants of health, social justice

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