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Jon Levy @jonlevybu.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Contributions from @busph.bsky.social, @hsph.harvard.edu, @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, @uncpublichealth.bsky.social, @uwsph.bsky.social, @umichsph.bsky.social, and @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social (with more to come!). More details at www.publichealth.columbia.edu/ehworks
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Environmental Health Scientists at Leading Universities Launch Video Series ‘Environmental Health Works’
Evironmental health scientists from leading universities across the country speak about the work they do to expose the invisible threats in our environment
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Julie M. Petersen, PhD, MPH (she/her) @juliemopetersen.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Recent paper applying machine learning to investigate risk factors for gastroschisis, a serious congenital anomaly that is most common among teen pregnancies. Findings suggest a possible role of diet. We're further interrogating the diet data--More to come! @unmc.bsky.social @busph.bsky.social
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Boston University @bostonu.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Jarren Duran's admission of a suicide attempt during a slump surprised the Red Sox and received praise for his honesty. We spoke with Jaimie Gradus from @busph.bsky.social about the importance of Duran's openness regarding his struggles. Read on ⬇️
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Red Sox Player Jarren Duran’s Suicide Attempt Admission Praised by BU Trauma Expert for Helping with Stigma
Epidemiologist, and director of BU’s Center for Trauma and Mental Health, Jaimie Gradus says “predicting suicide is a challenge”
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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Big news from SVPP at @busph.bsky.social ! Our new working paper (w/public data!) shows that anti-vaccine state policymaking nearly doubled following COVID-19. Republican state lawmakers are overwhelmingly responsible for this trend. With: @thcallaghan.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/so...
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Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Emissions from onroad vehicles cause 342 premature deaths annually in Greater Boston, per a new study by @busph.bsky.social experts including @jonlevybu.bsky.social, @jjbuonocore.bsky.social, @marydwillis.bsky.social & colleagues: spr.ly/633292oJvZ
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Vehicular Emissions Cause 342 Premature Deaths Each Year in Greater Boston
A new study found that the majority of these deaths are linked to nitrogen dioxide exposure through emissions from SUVs and other light-duty trucks on the road.
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Iconic. www.instagram.com/reel/DHBaJXR... #JohnSnow #cholera #EpiSky #histmed cc: @busph.bsky.social
Boston University School of Public Health content creator Jack Mellom reacting to seeing the Broad Street pump in London, whose handle's removal forms a pivotal point in stories about the cholera outbreak of 1854. Open street view with person looking in awe at a black water pump.

The image (posted on Instagram) has the following text annotation:
"flew to London for spring break just to see the broad street pump discovered by John Snow on September 7, 1854, during the cholera outbreak therefore making it the birthplace of public health."
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Marked by COVID @markedbycovid.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
👀 Rare interview with co-founder Christine Keeves, @busph.bsky.social alum.
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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Demonstrating for science risks politicizing it. But, that *doesn't* mean we shouldn't do it. A few folks have asked what our research has to say about to most effectively advocate for science, in advance of @standupforscience.bsky.social events. Sharing some of that research below: 🧵🧬
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Angela Nevitt Meyer @communioncourage.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Need more info? Impactful information from @busph.bsky.social Medicaid Policy Lab: www.bu.edu/articles/202...
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“Unprecedented” Medicaid Cuts Could Cripple Health Program, BU Experts Warn
As Republicans weigh cuts to program that most benefits the poor, BU Medicaid Policy Lab leaders say there are other options to reduce Medicaid spending
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Amstat-American Statistical Association @amstatnews.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Celebrating Black History Month: Jacqueline Hicks’s family instilled in her an appreciation for math and science. She pursued a PhD at @busph.bsky.social, focusing on statistical genetics and health disparities. Now, she researches structural racism’s impact on health. magazine.amstat.org/...
A heashot of Jacqueline Hicks, with the tagline "Celebrating Black History Month"
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Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP @stephen-murray.com · 22/02/2025
Excited to announce I have been appointed as Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor of Community Health Sciences at @busph.bsky.social Boston University School of Public Health !!
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Boston University School of Public Health @busph.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
With federal research funding cuts looming for academia and medical centers across the US, we're highlighting the ways federally funded research at SPH has produced tangible results that benefit real lives. Read more about this research and more here ➡️ lnkd.in/eRbXyJvg
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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
One major lesson to take away from the COVID-19 pandemic, says CEID faculty Dr. David Hamer (@busph.bsky.social)is the importance of surveillance and testing, which he thinks there should be more of for #H5N1. lifesciences.connectmeinforma.com/community/ti...
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Kimberly Nelson PhD, MPH @knelphd.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Raising the alarm with my colleague Dr. Kristen Underhill on a new legal strategy that undermines a core part of the clincian-patient relationship and the very necessary ability of clinicians to rely on informed consent at the time of care. @busph.bsky.social www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Pulling Out the Rug on Informed Consent — New Legal Threats to Clinicians and Patients | NEJM
A legal technique deployed by Utah to restrict gender-affirming care for minors aims at a core component of the clinician–patient relationship: clinicians’ ability to rely on patients’ informed con...
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Jon Levy @jonlevybu.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Not sure where to find datasets that were previously hosted on government websites? The @busph.bsky.social Center for Health Data Science has developed a streamlined interface to let you search for essential public data: www.FindLostData.org Please share!
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Find Lost Data
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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
One of my amazing @busph.bsky.social students was featured as a runner-up in @kffhealthnews.org Health Policy Valentine contest! What to make for my valentine? Maybe a cake on which we can dine! But raw milk and flu-ish eggs won’t do. Perhaps some fluoridated water in lieu? – Holly Ainsworth
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Jerry Whitmore, Jr. @jwhitmore.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I tell everyone @busph.bsky.social is always doing something amazing! I'm lucky to work with their peeps!
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Boston University School of Public Health @busph.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Study found Oakland, Calif. law requiring cigarette prices to increase to a minimum of $8 per pack led to a decline in sales. “Our findings show that setting a minimum price on tobacco products can be an effective policy for reducing tobacco sales," says SPH's Justin White. ➡️ spr.ly/6043xGTU3
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Cigarette Pricing Policy Linked to Decrease in Sales in California City
A new study found that an Oakland, Calif. law requiring cigarette prices to increase to a minimum of $8 per pack led to a decline in sales, suggesting that these minimum floor price laws could complem...
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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Today's the day! Announcing the launch of the Politics & Health Lab at @busph.bsky.social -- run by @thcallaghan.bsky.social and I. We'll use this space as a place to share research on monitoring and combating the growing politicization of public health. sites.bu.edu/healthpoliti...
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The Politics & Health Lab
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Tim Callaghan @thcallaghan.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I'm excited to announce the launch of The Politics and Health Lab at Boston University, co-directed by @mattmotta.bsky.social and myself! Our lab will highlight research on the growing politicization of health and strategies to overcome it @busph.bsky.social sites.bu.edu/healthpoliti...
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The Politics & Health Lab
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Jon Levy @jonlevybu.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Nice article summarizing recent research from @busph.bsky.social and @boston.gov, which shows that heat advisories come too late for some neighborhoods with urban heat islands. Valuable work with tangible benefits for health and well-being. www.wbur.org/news/2025/01...
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For some Boston neighborhoods, heat advisories come too late
Data from climate sensors installed around Boston indicated dangerously high heat and humidity in some places even before official warnings were sent to residents.
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Meghan Podolsky @meg-po.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Insurance Coverage, Type of Employment Shape Inequities in Access to Semaglutide @busph.bsky.social bu.edu/sph/news/artic… #obesity #healthequity #publichealth #glp1 #semaglutide
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Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) @socpedresearch.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Dr. Leonardo Martinez @e2e-spr.bsky.social publishes findings indicating that children who live in settings with a high burden of tuberculosis disease (TB) have a consistently high annual risk of developing TB infection throughout childhood Read more: ow.ly/cwA850UKxcJ @busph.bsky.social ksy.social
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Angela Nevitt Meyer @communioncourage.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
"If you believe that industry, on its own, will clean its toxic waste, and never poison the ground, water, and air—basic drivers of our health—you should eliminate the EPA of course. But most of us would agree that a more commonsense approach is to make improvements, not chaos." @busph.bsky.social
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Trump 2.0
Interim Dean Michael Stein asks, does the new administration intends to make American health better? A more commonsense approach is to make improvements, not chaos.
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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
In a Q&A on #H5N1 with @busph.bsky.social, CEID faculty Drs. Jessica Leibler and David Hamer highlight the need to protect farm-workers and engage them to help public health workers find solutions to stop the spread. www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
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On H5N1, ‘Our Focus Should Be on Protecting the Workers’
Following the first US human and domestic cat deaths from H5N1, David Hamer and Jessica Leibler weigh in on what we should be doing to minimize the rapidly growing threat of avian flu in the year ahea...
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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Come work with us at @busph.bsky.social ! I'm not on the committee, but I'm happy to answer questions about our department (HLPM), or connect you to someone who can answer other questions you might have! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29588
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Tim Callaghan @thcallaghan.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
It’s been so much fun to join some of @busph.bsky.social’s best students for the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum! Students have gotten to learn from the state’s most important health policy officials and visit some of the key centers of health policy making for the state. What a wonderful event!
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Boston University School of Public Health @busph.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Police say #LuigiMangione may have used a #ghostgun to kill UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson. SPH's Jonathan Jay previously told @newsweek.com that "restrictions on ghost guns are really important" because the weapons "make it easier for anyone to get access to a gun." ▶️ shorturl.at/dolVN
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Luigi Mangione update as police say 3D printer may have made ghost gun
The gun used in last week's fatal shooting of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson may have been created with a 3D printer.
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Annenberg Public Policy Center @appc.upenn.edu · 10/12/2024
With Dr. Mehmet Oz nominated to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Svcs, you may be interested in our 2022 study The Great and Powerful Dr. Oz? Alternative Health Media Consumption and Vaccine Views - @stecula.bsky.social @mattmotta.bsky.social @ozankuru.bsky.social & Kathleen Hall Jamieson.
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Pallavi Pant, PhD @pallavipnt.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Here is another starter pack from @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social including folks working on climate & health! go.bsky.app/Jq1MKfM
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Jon Levy @jonlevybu.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
My slightly tongue-in-cheek commentary ⬇️ reflecting on DOGE and what it means to have an efficient government (My take - investing in public health and other programs that improve health and well-being, especially when they save $, is the poster child of efficiency) thehill.com/opinion/fina...
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A modest proposal for Elon and Vivek: Improve what’s already efficient
Government efficiency is not measured in how many jobs you cut or how many agencies you eliminate.
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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
NEW RCT. Partnering w/TikTok creators, we find that exposure to evidence-based mental health info. increases young people's perceived & objective emotional support abilities. w/ @amandayarnell.bsky.social, Yuning Liu, & @harvardchanschool.bsky.social CHC. Available here! osf.io/preprints/so...
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Boston University School of Public Health @busph.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Remember Nintendogs? Webkinz? Many of us spent hours caring for our digital pets, and now that same instinct could help us quit smoking. When a pet simulation game was introduced to the Smoke Free app, engagement with the app's cessation tools increased by 30%! 🔗 shorturl.at/gUKNt
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Novel Digital Pet Game within Smoking Cessation App Increases User Engagement
A new study found that embedding a novel, customizable digital pet game within a popular smoking cessation app increased user engagement with the app and its behavioral science-backed support for peop...
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Boston University School of Public Health @busph.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
#PFAS was found in 100% of blood samples among group of recreational skiers. Higher PFAS levels were also associated with high cholesterol—a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and a concerning finding among a group of healthy, physically active adults. 🔗 www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
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PFAS Found in 100% of Blood Samples Among Group of Recreational Skiers
Among these skiers, a new study detected the highest amount of serum PFAS concentrations in ski coaches and more experienced skiers.
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Initiative on Cities @buoncities.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
In our latest #BUandBoston, we spoke with @jonlevybu.bsky.social, Chair and Professor of Environmental Health at @busph.bsky.social, on his research and approach to working with communities. 🧵⬇️ Full story: www.bu.edu/ioc/2024/11/...
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Lauren Wise @wisewoman75.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Eliza Pentz, PRESTO Research Assistant & @busph.bsky.social MS student, shipping biospecimen collection kits for the study! The kits collect blood, urine, saliva, hair, toenails & vaginal swabs. We are so thankful to Eliza & our participants for advancing science on #reproductive & perinatal health!
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Kimberly Nelson PhD, MPH @knelphd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Our department is hiring!! @busph.bsky.social is an amazing place to work and our department is full of lovely and dedicated public health folks! Please feel free to reach out if you want more info and spread the word! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29058
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Boston University School of Public Health @busph.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Could a digital pet dragon be the key in helping you quit smoking? SPH research found embedding a digital pet game within a smoking cessation app increased user engagement with the app and its behavioral science-backed support for people who are trying to quit smoking. www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
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Novel Digital Pet Game within Smoking Cessation App Increases User Engagement
A new study found that embedding a novel, customizable digital pet game within a popular smoking cessation app increased user engagement with the app and its behavioral science-backed support for peop...
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Alianna Higgins, MPH @aliannah.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This past week, I had an opportunity to share some very brief thoughts on how the recent US election may impact disability rights. I’m honored to be counted among so many great voices. Check out the full article: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
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‘There’s No Way Through This but Forward’
SPH faculty, staff, and students share what a second Trump administration means to them personally and to the public health issues that matters most to them—and how we can remain optimistic and embrac...
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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
In a naturally-occurring experiment we (@stecula.bsky.social, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ozan Kuru, & I) show that when Oz *does* go to bat for science, his viewers follow. The problem is that he often takes positions at odds with the science. academic.oup.com/joc/article/...
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The Great and Powerful Dr. Oz? Alternative Health Media Consumption and Vaccine Views in the United States
Abstract. Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, until recently the host of a nationally syndicated U.S. television show, is among the media figures who hav
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