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SPH Selects Winners of Dean’s Innovation Challenge

BU School of Public Health Blog

Monitoring Public Health Emergencies Huimin Cheng , assistant professor of biostatistics, and Vedika Srivastava , a research scientist in the Department of Biostatistics, intend to use their award to develop a new digital platform that integrates multiple public data sources to enhance early detection and response to emerging health threats.

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What Is a Global Health Professional?

Tulane Public Health Blog

While healthcare organizations around the globe work to improve access to quality care, global health professionals work to bring together national and international efforts to address health inequity. Such a response is also essential for creating a more equitable global health community.

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SPH Plugs In: Our Favorites This Fall

BU School of Public Health Blog

Bodies / Kerri Sands Kerri Sands , an MPH student studying epidemiology and biostatistics , found her passion for public health at the nexus of environmental and reproductive epidemiology. For peers who share her interest in women’s health, she recommends the documentary podcast Bodies.

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COVID-19 in 2025: ‘A Constant Threat, but a Manageable One’

BU School of Public Health Blog

It is the job of public health to explain who is at highest risk and to propose strategies to reduce that risk, and when the empirical evidence shows that exposures and risks are patterned by race, ethnicity, gender, or other markers of identity, we need to be able to present that evidence clearly, Levy says.