Fwd: UMass Amherst SPHHS February eNews

[Margot Malachowski]

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From: Patrick Freeman <pfre...@schoolph.umass.edu>
Date: Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 2:12 PM
Subject: UMass Amherst SPHHS February eNews
To: Patrick Freeman <pfre...@schoolph.umass.edu>

The SPHHS E-Newsletter February 2021     Dean's Message This month we celebrate Black History. I recognize that the struggle to eliminate systematic barriers that contribute to and perpetuate racism in our society remains an ongoing, and frequently difficult, task. However, I also wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the many ways in which we are breaking down these barriers and to highlight some of the amazing work of individual SPHHS faculty and staff. Read more     Celebrating Faculty Excellence     Poissant Appointed to National Academies Committee Sarah Poissant has been appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee on Evaluating Hearing Loss for Individuals with Cochlear Implants. Read more     Newsmakers     Ensemble Model Most Consistent for Predicting COVID-19 Deaths An ensemble forecast representing multiple models has generated the most consistent predictions of COVID-19 deaths, according to preliminary research by a team led by Nicholas Reich. Read more   Volberg Comments on New Line of Gambling Research Gambling research expert Rachel Volberg discusses a promising new line of gambling research in an invited commentary appearing in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. Read more     Making the Case: The COVID-19 Vaccine       Join faculty and alumni from the College of Natural Sciences, College of Nursing, and School of Public Health and Health Sciences, as well as leadership from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, on March 2, 2021, from 4:00–5:00 p.m. for a live Zoom panel about the science behind the development of the COVID-19 vaccines, and why public participation in vaccination programs is so important. Learn more and register here.     In the Spotlight     Shaw Named 2021 Public Engagement Faculty Fellow Susan Shaw has been named a 2021 Public Engagement Faculty Fellow by the Public Engagement Project (PEP) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Read more   Mamo Receives PACE-RI’s Academic-Research Partnership Award Research audiologist Sara Mamo is working with PACE-RI to identify where communication problems might be happening and create interventions that can be applied at the group level. Read more   Buchanan Authors A Humanistic Approach to Health Promotion Professor Emeritus David Buchanan has authored a new book that presents a distinct, ethically robust framework for improving population health. Read more     Welcome New Staff     Woodbury Appointed New Director of Human Resources The SPHHS announced the appointment of Tracey Woodbury as its new director of human resources. She brings over 10 years of professional human resources experience to the school. Read more     Student Highlights     Alli Wins AMS Student Presentation Award Environmental Health Sciences doctoral student Abosede Sarah Alli was named the 2nd Place Winner of the Outstanding Student Poster Presentation Award by the American Meteorological Society (AMS) during its 23rd Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry. Read more   Graduate Students Earn LSVT Certification 26 Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) students completed the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) Loud Training and Certification, an evidence-based speech treatment for people with Parkinson's disease. Read more     ICYMI     Dean's Seminar: Louise Valentine '17MPH The SPHHS welcomed alumna and author Louise Valentine ’17MPH for the first dean's seminar of the spring semester. Valentine shared insights from her career and best-selling book, The Art of Breaking Through. Watch the event video     Dean's Seminar Series     March 11: Susan Hankinson Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Dean of Research Susan Hankinson will deliver a talk titled "Breast Cancer Risk: What does body size have to do with it?" Read more   March 23: Sara Mamo Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders Sara Mamo will discuss “Why Age-Related Hearing Loss Matters in the Grand Scheme of Public Health.” Read more     Upcoming Events     March 1: SPHHS Virtual Career Fair The School of Public Health and Health Sciences will host its annual career fair for students interested in obtaining a job or internship in their field of study on March 1 from 12:00–4:00 p.m. Read more   March 4: IGH Global Health Seminar The Institute for Global Health (IGH) and Department of Health Promotion and Policy welcome speaker Virginia A. Oostburg for a talk titled “Equity in Health in the Caribbean Through Solidarity: Expectation vs Practical Implication.” Read more   March 9: For Faculty and Staff: White Fragility Discussion Group The SPHHS invites faculty and staff to the final small group discussion of Robin DiAngelo’s book White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism. Read more   March 31: Preliminary Results from Five Waves of the MAGIC Study The Massachusetts Gambling Impact Cohort Study (MAGIC) research team will present “Preliminary Results from Five Waves of the MAGIC Study” in a special webinar.. Read more     In the Media     • Bloomberg: U.S. Covid-19 Deaths Seen Falling to Lowest Level Since November (Nicholas Reich, Biostatistics and Epidemiology)   • The Greenwall Foundation: As Opioid Use Disorder in the U.S. Soars, Making a Difference Grantees Suggest Ways to Improve Treatment (Elizabeth Evans, Health Promotion and Policy)   • Neuroscience News: High Levels of Gambling Linked to 37% Increase in Mortality (Rachel Volberg, Biostatistics and Epidemiology)   • The New York Times: The Flaming Lips Performed to People in Literal Bubbles. Is It Safer? (Richard Peltier, Environmental Health Sciences)   • ProPublica: “We’ve Let the Worst Happen”: Reflecting on 400,000 Dead (Andrew Lover, Biostatistics and Epidemiology)     In Pictures     Kinesiology postdoctoral research associate Corinna Serviente, a member of Assistant Professor Gwenael Layec's Oxygen and Muscle Metabolism Laboratory, conducts a test on a research subject in the Institute for Applied Life Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.   Are you following us on Instagram and Facebook? Have a photo of your own that you'd like to share? Tag us @umasssphhs or use the hashtag #umasssphhs.     UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences 715 N. Pleasant Street Amherst, MA 01003

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