Boston Magazine recently featured Public Health Sciences alumna Eliza Shirazi ’13 in a story about her new partnership with the popular workout app NEOU. Shirazi, the creator of the popular workout class Kick It by Eliza, says the app will allow patrons to participate in her classes virtually from any location, or to follow along with previously recorded classes.
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January 15, 2019
In what the authors believe is the first documented comparison of several real-time infectious disease forecasting models by different teams across many seasons, five research groups report this week that a majority of models consistently showed higher accuracy than historical baseline models. Led by Associate Professor of Biostatistics Nicholas Reich, the research teams formed a consortium called the FluSight Network and compared the forecast accuracy of 20 models compared to a historical baseline seasonal average.
January 7, 2019
In a recent study exploring the feasibility of introducing gun safety discussions and interventions into routine health care settings, investigators including Associate Professor John Zeber suggest that there is some support for promoting firearm safety in pediatric primary care as a universal suicide prevention strategy for adolescents.
December 21, 2018
Dean Marjorie Aelion reflects on her 10 years leading the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences.
December 19, 2018
Chad Straight, a postdoctoral researcher in the Kinesiology Department, has been selected as a recipient of the Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award. The two-year, $102,500 award from The Medical Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Boston-based organization Health Resources in Action (HRiA), will fund Straight’s research on the “Sex-Specific Mechanisms of Obesity-Induced Muscle Weakness in Older Adults.”
December 18, 2018
The Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts (SEIGMA) research team has published a study finding little evidence of harm to society as measured by crime, divorce or home foreclosures due to the opening of a new area casino.
December 18, 2018
Airín D. Martínez and Aline Gubrium in the Department of Health Promotion and Policy recently assumed leadership roles in the American Public Health Association. Martínez, who joined the faculty in September, has been selected to a three-year term as Scientific Co-Chair for the Latino Caucus on Public Health, while Gubrium has begun her two-year term as Chair of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Section following the completion of her one-year term as Chair-Elect.
December 17, 2018
Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Richard Peltier is among more than 200 scientists who have written a letter expressing concern about the US Environmental Protection Agency’s recent dismissal of its particulate matter review panel, a group of experts who have provided vital input into EPA’s particulate standard updates since they began more than a decade ago.
December 17, 2018
Researchers in the Department of Kinesiology are seeking individuals between the ages of 61 to 85 to participate in a study to measure walking steps during treadmill exercise and during activities performed in daily life.
December 12, 2018
Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Laura Vandenberg recently appeared on Connecting Point, a news show produced by local PBS station WGBY. Vandenberg discussed her research on the health risks of the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA).
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