Reducing the Cost of Gun Violence
John Rosenthal, co-founder of Stop Handgun Violence, details the impact of Massachusetts’ success with public policy on gun control and the choices officials must make to replicate that success nationwide.
PHPod
PHPod is a podcast brought to you by the Boston University School of Public Health and Public Health Post. This podcast series features conversations with public health influencers. We feature their opinions on topics that may be familiar and sometimes uncomfortable.
< 1 2 3 4 > Investigating the People’s Health
Sarah Kliff, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, offers her thoughts on health care reform, coronavirus, journalism in a time of misinformation, and the relationship between healthcare and public health.
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Broke
Michael Stein, Chair of the Boston University School of Public Health Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, gives insight on the financial health of his patients while summarizing his new book, BROKE: Patients Talk about Money with Their Doctor.
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A Resolve to Save Lives
Cyrus Shahpar, Director of the Prevent Epidemics Team at the Resolve to Save Lives, puts forward his definition of epidemic intelligence and gives his thoughts on what we can learn from the response to Ebola.
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Recovery in the Republic
Raagini Jawa, an expert in infectious disease and addiction medicine, considers her recovery from symptoms of Covid-19 during the 2020 Election.
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Antiracism and the Public’s Health
Ibram X. Kendi reflects on Covid-19, the history of health disparities, freedom, and his best-selling book, How to Be an Antiracist.
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Making Smoking History
Michael Siegel, an expert in tobacco control, alcohol use, and firearm violence, explains the surge in respiratory illness and death associated with vaping.
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Policing Black Lives
LaShyra “Lash” Nolen, the first Black woman to become Harvard Medical School class president, offers her perspective as the country struggles to respond to two epidemics: coronavirus and police violence against minority communities.
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Arguments, Evidence, and Abortion Policy
Marian Jarlenski, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, presents her research challenging claims that induced abortion harms women’s health, a line of reasoning that has emerged as state legislators increasingly seek to enact laws to regulate the provision of abortion.
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Uncomfortable Conversations
Michael Stein and Sandro Galea discuss PAINED, a collection of 50 short essays and 20 databytes that stimulate the national conversation about health.