“I value our mission, and how that mission drives all that we do. But the thing that has kept me at BUSPH is the community\u2014people genuinely care about each other, make themselves available and enjoy working together. I have the privilege of working on school and university wide projects with staff and faculty from across SPH and I enjoy learning about their work and what makes them passionate about public health.<\/p>\n
Learning and discovery is infused in so much of what we do in Boston, from higher education to teaching hospitals and the biotech industry. It is a perfect sized city\u2014large enough to provide access to art and entertainment but also small enough so that you can get to know your neighbors and all of the diverse neighborhoods.”<\/p>\n
“I like the complexities of public health. The work is hard and it is ongoing. The end point is health for all\u2014and the field of public health can get us there. It requires a multifaceted approach\u2014we need to be persuasive, use systems thinking, be inclusive, and, perhaps most of all, be humble.\u201d<\/p>\n
“idea hub<\/a> is a new initiative designed to bring industry and academia together. We facilitate mutually beneficial partnerships, where industry fills a critical business need, while faculty and students conduct important public health scholarship.<\/p>\n idea hub gives me the opportunity to be an intrapreneur. We are building something new that has rarely been attempted at a school of public health. We get to be creative and (gently) push boundaries. It is intellectually stimulating. I\u2019m particularly enjoying the relationship building part of our work \u2013 Mike McClean, Craig Ross and Gwenn Fairall are fantastic teammates, we have an ambitious and accomplished advisory board<\/a>, and we engage with faculty, staff, and students from across the school. I enjoy getting to know our industry partners. They understand the value of having public health at the center of their business and how improving population health can help their bottom line.”<\/p>\n “Increased engagement with the industry represents a key opportunity for us to maximize real-world impact. More than 1\/3 of Americans work for large companies. Imagine how much progress we could make in eliminating health disparities if organizations place public health at the center of their decision making, and adopt a \u201chealth in all products\u201d framework. Even a small shift within any of these areas could have a large impact.”<\/p>\n “Our work at idea hub is focused around the school\u2019s Strategic Research Directions, including health inequities. For example, one of our projects includes a diverse group of MPH and MS students from the school of public health and hospitality administration and other projects are centered on social determinants of health and identifying breast cancer reoccurrence in diverse populations. We are also now offering micro-consulting for industry partners interested in infusing public health into strategic planning, including how to invest in anti-racist initiatives. We also promote the work of our faculty around inequities in our blog posts and social media to highlight the importance of addressing these issues.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Imagine how much progress we could make in eliminating health disparities if organizations put health at the center of their decision making.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11091,"template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sph-spotlight\/188442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sph-spotlight"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sph-spotlight"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11091"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sph-spotlight\/188442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188609,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sph-spotlight\/188442\/revisions\/188609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What inspires your work at idea hub?<\/h3>\n
Can you tell us more about the work you and idea hub do around health inequities?<\/h3>\n