JUNE 13, 2022 | SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
On the need for healthcare reform in the U.S.
“Health care reform is long overdue in the U.S. Universal single-payer health care is both economically responsible and morally imperative.”
Alison Galvani, PhD - Burnett & Stender Families Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
JULY 8, 2022 | THE NEW YORK TIMES
On the public health response to monkeypox in the U.S.
“The machine is just so ossified. The house is on fire, and it’s like everything is moving at sort of normal speed.”
Gregg Gonsalves PhD ’17 - Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
AUGUST 16, 2022 | THE NEW YORK TIMES
On the potential global trajectory of the Zika virus
“It is going to come back and hit us, whether it’s in the Americas or other places in the world. We haven’t done what’s really needed and set up good surveillance in these low-income countries.”
Albert Ko, MD - Raj & Indra Nooyi Professor of Public Health & Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
APRIL 23, 2022 | THE NEW YORK TIMES
On the negative health impacts of ageism
“We absorb these [age] stereotypes through disparaging media portrayals and fairy tales about wicked old witches. But institutions express a similar prejudice, enforcing what is called ‘structural ageism.’ Reversing that will require sweeping changes — an ‘age liberation’ movement.”
Becca Levy, PhD - Professor of Public Health (Social & Behavioral Sciences)
MARCH 29, 2022 | THE NEW YORK TIMES
On racial disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of long COVID
“We expect there are going to be greater barriers to access the resources and services available for long Covid. The pandemic isn’t over, it isn’t over for anyone. But the reality is, it’s certainly not over in Black America.”
Marcella Nunez-Smith MD, MHS ’06 - Professor of Public Health (Social & Behavioral Sciences)
JUNE 8, 2022 | THE BOSTON GLOBE
On the importance of Black churches
“If we needed to keep businesses around, then potentially keeping religious institutions around is important as well because they are institutions that improve equity in these communities.”
Yusuf Ransome, MPH, DrPH - Associate Professor of Public Health (Social & Behavioral Sciences)
JULY 13, 2022 | STAT
On availability of Novavax vaccine for COVID-19
“Optimism that the Novavax vaccine will have a significant impact on the number of unvaccinated Americans is misplaced … the vast majority of those unvaccinated have made their choice for unrelated and deeply ingrained reasons.”
Jason Schwartz, PhD - Associate Professor of Public Health (Health Policy)