Fwd: UMass Amherst SPHHS December eNews

[Margot Malachowski]

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From: Patrick Freeman <pfre...@schoolph.umass.edu>
Date: Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 2:32 PM
Subject: UMass Amherst SPHHS December eNews
To: Patrick Freeman <pfre...@schoolph.umass.edu>

Recommendations for big data governance, effectiveness of hormone therapy treatments, faculty, student and alumni honors, and more.

The SPHHS E-Newsletter December 2020     Dean's Message As we look back over this extraordinary year filled with extraordinary hardships, I think it’s important to remember that this year has also been one filled with progress and accomplishments. Read more     Celebrating Faculty Excellence     Hankinson Awarded AACR Distinguished Lectureship [updated] Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology Susan Hankinson has been awarded the American Association for Cancer Research Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research 2020. Read more     Newsmakers     Oral Hormone Therapy Alters Metabolome of Menopausal Women The findings, led by Raji Balasubramanian, may help explain the disease risks and protective effects associated with different regimens of hormone therapy. Read more   Recommendations for Big Data Governance and Opioid Use The use of big data to address the opioid epidemic poses ethical concerns that could undermine its benefits without clear guidelines to protect patients, a new study led by Elizabeth Evans concludes. Read more   Epidemiology Study Cited as Women’s Health Issues Editor's Choice A new study led by epidemiology alumna Megan W. Harvey ’16PhD and Lisa Chasan-Taber finds that Hispanic women with high levels of stress and anxiety gain less weight during pregnancy. Read more     Responding to COVID-19     VIDEO: Our Unsung COVID Hero Since the spring, Aimee Gilbert Loinaz, assistant director for internships and employer engagement, has led student contact tracing teams to help prevent the spread of coronavirus in our communities. Watch the video     Transformative Student Experiences     Student Profile: Annika Zimmerman ’21AuD Fourth year audiology student Annika Zimmerman is on a path unlike most of her classmates as she finishes her Doctor of Audiology degree with the U.S. Army Audiology Externship Program. Read more   Pilsner Lab Alumna Featured on UMass Website Recent UMass Amherst graduate Allyson Rosati ’19, ’20G is profiled in a story highlighting her remarkable success as an undergraduate researcher in Richard Pilsner's environmental epigenetics lab. Read more   VIDEO: Why UMass? Graduate students from across all SPHHS departments tell us why they love UMass, why they chose to attend, and what their education has given them. Watch the video   Students Tackle COVID-19 and Nutrition This past semester, students enrolled in Nutrition 230: Basic Nutrition had an opportunity to complete an unusual assignment as part of their coursework: the creation of 5-10 minute videos on "Nutrition and COVID-19." Read more     Our Commitment to Anti-Racism     For Faculty and Staff: White Fragility Discussion Groups The SPHHS invites its faculty and staff to join us in January as we explore and discuss White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin J. DiAngelo. Read more     Dean's Seminar Series Event     Feb. 9: The Art of Breaking Through The SPHHS welcomes alumna and author Louise Valentine ’17MPH for the next dean's seminar. Valentine will share insights from her career and best-selling book, The Art of Breaking Through. Read more     In the Media     • NBC's TODAY show: 'It's dangerous': Is the decontamination of N95 masks hurting health care workers? (Richard Peltier, Environmental Health Sciences)   • The Boston Globe: UMass model sees cases continuing to climb into early January (Nicholas Reich, Biostatistics and Epidemiology)   • Health Medicine Network: Plastics pose threat to human health, report shows (Laura Vandenberg, Environmental Health Sciences)   • The New York Times: The number of people with the virus who died in the U.S. passes 300,000 (Nicholas Reich, Biostatistics and Epidemiology)   • Health IT Analytics: Three big data governance strategies to combat the opioid epidemic (Elizabeth Evans, Health Promotion and Policy)   • Bloomberg: U.S. COVID deaths match April peak with hospitals still filling (Nicholas Reich, Biostatistics and Epidemiology)       In Pictures     Behind the scenes as Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Richard Peltier is interviewed by Vicky Nguyen for an investigative report that aired on NBC's TODAY show.   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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