At Massachusetts General Hospital this past week, a new center was opened to help “research best practices, develop and evaluate solutions, and educate students and doctors”. Aptly named the Disparities Solution Center, $3 million from Partners HealthCare will get the center going. The idea to open it up comes from the findings of a […]

The students completing their masters of public health degrees at the Tufts Medical School are presenting their Applied Learning Experiences (ALE) on Monday the 8th from 4:00 - 7:00 PM. That sentence may need to be explained briefly. First of all, there is no school of public health at Tufts. The graduate […]

Maud’s recent post about the APHA conference in New Orleans reminded me of another good opportunity for public health students. Each spring the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) hosts its annual scientific conference in Atlanta. In 2006 the conference will be April 24th-28th. The EIS alumni association sees the conference as a chance […]

I’m not a regular watcher of 60 Minutes, but I happened to catch a few minutes of it the other night, minutes that involved a statement by a former CIA official that infuriated me and chilled my public health-oriented soul. The show, CIA Flying Suspects To Torture?, was talking about the awful CIA policy of […]

The 133rd Annual APHA Meeting will be held this year in New Orleans, LA from November 5-9th. This year’s agenda is “Evidence-Based Policy and Practice” and if you take a look at the huge variety of scheduled meetings, poster sessions and luncheons, you’ll see that there really is something for everyone. Early-bird registration is available […]