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SPH Plugs In: Our Favorites This Fall

BU School of Public Health Blog

The premise is “very encouraging,” says Idowu, who aspires to use her training in program management and global health to strategize with healthcare leaders, decision-makers, and providers to support holistic wellbeing, a vision of wellbeing that encompasses not only physical and mental health, but also spiritual and relational health.

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Can We Predict Our Ability to Conceive?

BU School of Public Health Blog

Wise launched PRESTO in 2013 with Kenneth Rothman , professor of epidemiology, and Elizabeth Hatch , adjunct professor of epidemiology who retired this year from her full-time position. As climate change worsens, PRESTO researchers are also analyzing how the environment affects reproductive health.

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How the plastic industry undermines democracy by blocking bans

Environmental Health News

Will Carpenter, chair of the committee that introduced the bill, became a member of ALEC in 2013. EHN reached out to Carpenter for comment but did not hear back. Profoundly anti-democratic” Both Enck and Armiak say the way industry passes these laws is anti-democratic.