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Want to learn more about indigenous health in the US and beyond??? We’re highlighting some courses in our department like these ones with Claradina Soto, PhD, associate professor of clinical population and public health sciences, and a longtime advocate for the American Indian and Alaska Native communities. ??Have you taken one of Professor Soto’s classes? If so comment below..

In "The Struggle for Public Health," Fred C. Pampel shares the stories of public health innovators who, over a period of 150 years, helped save lives and change the way we live. These engaging stories feature scientific discoveries, strong personalities, and new forms of social behavior. But these changes did not come without struggle: public health advances met vigorous resistance from vested interests in the status quo, attachment to deeply embedded but false beliefs, and the sheer difficulty of creating large-scale changes in public behavior. https://lnkd.in/eViEY2Np

A new paper from the Nature and Health community: Public Nature and Health for Homeless Populations: Professionals’ Perceptions of Contingent Human Benefits and Harms. Available in the March edition of Social Science & Medicine: https://lnkd.in/dkX3nKBm

We continue to reflect on the Gaylord Anderson Memorial Lecture that Sandro Galea, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, recently gave at our school. As with all his writing and speaking, Dean Galea engaged us with his intelligence, humor, and rigorous adherence to facts as he reviewed the state of health in the U.S. and our field's response to COVID-19. Although we did a lot of things right during the pandemic, Dean Galea also talked about how we faltered. He offered a better way forward and suggested that as public health professionals, we need: 1. Epistemic humility (to be humble about what we know and don't know) 2. Radical compassion (to understand far better the real burdens people face) 3. Reform through reason (to act boldly to reform the system, but be pragmatic and bring people along, no matter their politics)

In recent years, my focus has shifted from public health policy to ethics--and now back to policy. Fascinating to see how these fields intersect.

A confluence of factors is attributable for an emerging distrust in public health science. Populism, authoritarianism, identity politics, socio-political trends, misinformation through social media, and the historic harms of unconsensual/unethical research on people of color and the most vulnerable. Undoubtedly these issues help us make sense of what’s happening. Tomorrow, we will reflect on what got us here and more important, how do we move the needle - all for the sake of health - locally, nationally and globally? With special guest and distinguished School of Health Professor, Jack Leslie. In person only: https://lnkd.in/eYVJhA2P

We're continuing to advance our research in Milieu Space. Our latest partnership with CHFDT Clemson University is being shared by our POE team (most recently at the Health Facilities Symposium) and the entire body of work including initial investigations into the importance of a variety of robust spaces will be included in their Pediatric Behavioral Health Toolkit. Here's a look at some of the initial design thinking: https://lnkd.in/gCJYST86

Built on evidence and diverse perspectives, the Roadmap for Researchers: Navigating the Research Process with an Equity Lens by AcademyHealth is a comprehensive guide to advancing racial equity in health systems and policy research. Read more ??

Learning to Listen continues with its second episode, "Explaining Racial Disparities in Health" with Khiara M. Bridges, Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law. Join us Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 3 PM ET. Register today for free https://buff.ly/3wzmmS5 Why are so many health outcomes – like maternal morbidity and mortality – so much worse for people of color? Hint: It’s not genes. And it’s not culture. To eliminate racial health inequities, we need to understand where they come from, and what perpetuates them. Learn with cultural anthropologist and professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, Khiara M. Bridges, JD., PhD., about the roots of racial health inequities, the myths and misunderstandings that have obscured them, and how eyes-wide-open clarity can light up the way to ending them. Register today for free https://buff.ly/3wzmmS5

Books I recommend to my global health students, on the ongoing impact of coloniality Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds, Paul Farmer Legacy, Uché Blackstock, MD Antiblackness and global health, Lioba A. Hirsch The New Age of Empire, Kehinde Andrews