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Student Field Post: Connecting with the Massachusetts Firearm Community on Matters of Lead Exposure

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By Christian Hoover Rose Service Learning Fellow MPH Candidate, Department of Health Policy and Management In 2021, my research team made an alarming discovery: children living in communities with more gun licenses, or more lead ammunition, had higher blood lead levels than children from lower-licensed communities. When a gun is discharged, lead dust explodes into the air. This dust is inhaled by the shooter, leading to a primary exposure. Additional…

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Commencement 2022: Public Health Practice Awards

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The Office of Field Education and Practice is pleased to announce recipients of the Gareth M. Green Award and James H. Ware Award for 2022, which are presented during the week of Commencement ceremonies. Please visit each awardee’s link to learn more about their outstanding work in the field. GARETH M. GREEN AWARD Samuel Johnston, MPH ’22 JAMES H. WARE AWARD Patience Sumbawiera Saaka, MPH ’22 The image in the header is…

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Announcing the spring 2021 cohort of community engaged learning fellows

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Spring 2021 Community Engaged Learning (CEL) Fellowships. Of the nineteen fellows in the cohort, fourteen were awarded the Rose Service Learning Fellowship and five are Harvard-Mississippi Delta Fellows in Public Health.   Community Engaged Learning Fellows are students from various degree programs, departments and fields of study across Harvard Chan. They come together in a cohort-based learning community that cultivates peer…

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