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  • Upcoming

    Public Health and the New Administration: The First 100 Days.

    • Thursday, May 1, 2025
    • 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. ET
    • Online
    Following the Public Health Conversation, After the Election: What’s Next for Health?, this conversation will reflect on the state of public health 100 days into the new presidential administration and what is next for health.  
  • Past

    Shine Lecture: Legal Aid’s Pivotal Role in Patient Advocacy

    • Wednesday, April 23, 2025
    • 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
    • Online and In Person
    Boston University School of Public Health’s Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights presented the annual Cathy Shine lecture. The lectureship honors the memory of Cathy Shine and her dedication to the rights of all those in need of care. This year’s event featured Matt Selig. Mr. Selig serves as the Executive Director of Health Law Advocates. 
  • Past

    In Conversation with Paul Shoemaker (Questrom ’12)

    This Public Health Conversation Starter features Paul Shoemaker (Questrom ’12), Director of the Environmental & Occupational Health Division at the Boston Public Health Commission, in conversation with Craig Andrade, BUSPH Associate Dean for Practice and Director of the Activist Lab. Mr. Shoemaker shares about the work of the division and how it impacts the health […]
  • Past

    In Conversation with Dr. Lauren Smith

    This Public Health Conversation Starter features Dr. Lauren Smith, Vice President of Strategic Portfolios at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, in conversation with Michael Stein, BUSPH Dean ad interim. Dr. Smith and Dean Stein discuss the current vision and initiatives of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the role of foundations in this moment of new […]
  • Past

    In Conversation with Maria Smilios

    This Public Health Conversation Starter features Maria Smilios (GRS’07), in conversation with Craig Andrade, BUSPH Associate Dean for Practice and Director of the Activist Lab. Maria discusses her recent book, The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis.* Our Conversation Starters engage leading thinkers in short discussions around issues of consequence […]
  • Past

    In Conversation with Sara Minkara

    This Public Health Conversation Starter features Sara Minkara, who led U.S. foreign policy on disability rights as the second-ever U.S. Special Advisor on International Disability Rights, in conversation with Yvette Cozier, BUSPH Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice. This Starter is part of SPH Reads, our school-wide reading program hosted by the Office […]
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    In Conversation with Kerwin Amo (SPH’21) and Daniella Montero (SPH’23)

    • Thursday, February 6, 2025
    This Public Health Conversation Starter features Kerwin Amo (SPH'21) and Daniella Montero (SPH'23), in conversation with Craig Andrade, BUSPH Associate Dean for Practice and Director of the Activist Lab. Kerwin serves as Chief of Staff for State Representative Marjorie C. Decker, Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Health and Daniella serves as Research Analyst […]
  • Past

    Birthing and Raising the Next Generation: Holistic Approaches to Advance Racial and Social Equity

    • Tuesday, April 1, 2025
    • 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. ET
    • Online and In Person
    This event, in honor of the 30th Anniversary of the BUSPH Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Education, Science, and Practice, explored how we as a public health profession and broader society can more holistically advance the longstanding goal of health equity among birthing people and their families. Speakers reflected on recent advances, persistent challenges, […]
  • Past

    Building Pipelines for Women’s Leadership in Public Health

    • Wednesday, April 9, 2025
    • 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. ET
    • Online
    This program explored the landscape of public health leadership, both nationally and globally. How can we better support building pipelines for women’s leadership in the field? How can we synergize this effort to include all who are historically underrepresented in public health leadership roles? This event was cohosted with the BUSPH Emerging Women Leaders program. […]
  • Past

    In Conversation with Virginia Sapiro

    • Monday, November 18, 2024
    • Video
    This Public Health Conversation Starter features Virginia Sapiro, Professor Emerita of Political Science; Dean Emerita, Boston University College of Arts & Sciences, in conversation with Yvette Cozier, BUSPH Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice. Dr. Sapiro shares about her scholarly interests, which include American politics, political psychology and political behavior, gender politics, feminist […]