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  Upcoming

  A Vote for Health: Preventing Violence

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

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

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  After the Election: What’s Next for Health?

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

  This event is part of our fall election series, which invites leading thinkers to reflect on key issues for health in the election. For this program, we have 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

  This event is part of our fall election series, which invites leading thinkers to reflect on key issues for health in the election. This program will consider the intersection of the 2024 election and the health of migrants. It aims to challenge us to think about the health consequences of U.S. immigration and border policy. […]

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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

  Our fall election series invites leading thinkers to reflect on key issues for health in the 2024 election. This program will consider the intersection of the 2024 election and Medicaid. We will discuss Medicaid policy at the state and federal levels and reflect on how potential policy changes could influence health outcomes for Medicaid-enrolled populations. […]

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  A Vote for Health: Reproductive Rights

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

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

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  A Vote for Health: LGBTQ+ Rights

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

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