Achieving Global Vaccine Equity: What Should US Policymakers Do?

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Achieving Global Vaccine Equity: What Should US Policymakers Do?

Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-FL) welcomed the BU Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy & Research as they hosted a virtual discussion with global health experts on July 21st about how policymakers can ensure equitable vaccine access globally. Watch the discussion

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BU scientists Colleen Bove (from left), Hanny Rivera, Sarah Davies, and Wally Fulweiler join other collaborators in a new PLOS Biology piece arguing that career advancement in science needs to reward an expanded set of criteria—beyond citations and publishing record—including mentorship, science communication, and multicultural experience.

Sexism and Racism in Science: How the Pandemic Exposed Everything

Four BU researchers and their collaborators argue it’s time for new policies that promote strong mentorship, diversity, and equity in the scientific workforce.
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NOTABLE ALUMNI

Janet Petro (MET'88)
Janet Petro (MET’88), the first woman director of the Kennedy Space Center, helped make NASA’s premier launch site a venue for private and government rockets. Photo courtesy of NASA.

First Woman to Lead NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is a BU Alum

Janet Petro (MET ’88), the Center’s 11th director, foresees great things ahead, from the rise of private space companies to a return to the moon. Blast off

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Leslie Boden, Will Raderman, and Patricia Fabian of the BU School of Public Health explain how we can circumvent COVID-19 with better ventilation and air quality in STAT… Ronald Corley of the BU School of Medicine discusses how the BU National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories conducts research safely in The Conversation… Phillipe Copeland of the BU School of Social Work links the January 6th insurrection with a racist relapse in The Hill… Roberta Clarke of the BU Questrom School of Business explains how tobacco companies market menthol cigarettes to Black smokers to Bloomberg… Ibram X. Kendi of the BU Center for Antiracist Research says opponents of critical race theory are arguing with themselves in The Atlantic.

 

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