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“A Generation Without Smallpox”– A Celebration of What Didn’t Seem Possible
Prof. Jon Simon, Joe King, Paul Ashigbe and panelist Dr. Arora view an excerpt of "Once in Afghanistan" before the start of the conference. The Public Health Museum held its Annual Spring Conference...
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Akshaya Patra – Encouraging Education through Eradicating Hunger
I was recently invited by a friend to attend a fundraising event for an India based NGO called Akshaya Patra (AP). I’d heard about this NGO which feeds hundreds of impoverished kids in India to...
View ArticleThe Truth about Barefoot Running
Based on an Interview with Professor Dan Lieberman One thing you’ll notice here at BU is that students of public health are very conscious of their physical fitness. Some of us make more of an effort...
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Can Sugar Make You Lose Your Mind?
Got a sweet tooth? That craving may affect more than your waistline. Scientists are seeing more and more evidence of fructose constituting a risk factor for dementia. Fructose – specifically high...
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2010 Bicknell Lecture: Increasing Value of Healthcare Over Cutting Costs
Many of us have heard of the healthcare reform bill that was passed last spring. Few of us probably know clearly and thoroughly the intricacies of its content. Newspapers and talk show hosts have not...
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Anna Tomasulo – BUPIP – Livingston, Zambia
In the middle of one of Boston’s lovely hail and slush storms last spring, I hiked down to the School of Public Health for an information session about interning for Boston University’s Center for...
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Vaccines and Autism: Harvard Lecture a Good Forum for Current Public Opinion
Another reason why people are afraid of needles On Wednesday, September 22nd Leah Liu, Johnny Kung and Alison Taylor, three Harvard Ph.D students, presented to Boston area residents on “Evidence-based...
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The New Drug War Against Malaria
To date, we have spent roughly $2 billion a year on malaria control, a disease that has existed for 4700 years. And yet the best scientists in the world, bankrolled by the best foundations, have been...
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Future Directions in Health Care Technology – Sampling from a Symposium
Do you think it should be considered medical mal-practice if a doctor does not prescribe a social network to their patients? Would you spend $10,000 to have your DNA sequenced if there was the...
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The Fat’s on Fire: Curbing Obesity in Japan
by Nandini Jayarajan In 2008, Japan’s Ministry of Health passed the ‘metabo’ law and declared war against obesity by measuring the country’s waistline. Their intent is to curb the rise of metabolic...
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