Friday Letter - Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)

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ASPPH News

University at Buffalo Researchers Are Meeting Addiction Where It Lives (Sponsored Content)

CEPH Invites Public Comment on Proposed MPH Criteria Revisions

New Frontiers in Public Health Study Highlights Faculty as Change Agents Advancing Public Health Education

University at Buffalo Researchers Are Meeting Addiction Where It Lives (Sponsored Content)

CEPH Invites Public Comment on Proposed MPH Criteria Revisions

New Frontiers in Public Health Study Highlights Faculty as Change Agents Advancing Public Health Education

Introducing the IDEA Exchange Podcast: Elevating Conversations in Academic Public Health

ASPPH Welcomes New Members to Board of Directors

ASPPH/CDC Tribal Health Department Fellowship Program: Application Deadline April 30, 2026

Members in the News

STAT News: Alison Barkoff, the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, in “As Trump Administration Cracks Down on Health Care Fraud, People with Disabilities Feel Singled Out”

Rethinking When We Eat: Samaneh Farsijani’s Research on Healthy Aging

Dr. Felicia Rabito Gives Context to New Orleans’ Legacy of Lead

Sustaining HIV/AIDS Treatment Efforts in Wake of Cuts

STAT News: Alison Barkoff, the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, in “As Trump Administration Cracks Down on Health Care Fraud, People with Disabilities Feel Singled Out”

Rethinking When We Eat: Samaneh Farsijani’s Research on Healthy Aging

Dr. Felicia Rabito Gives Context to New Orleans’ Legacy of Lead

Sustaining HIV/AIDS Treatment Efforts in Wake of Cuts

Measles, Heatstroke, Tropical Diseases: Mass. Health Leaders Prep for the Worst Ahead of World Cup

The Washington Post: Why Millions of Seniors Have Suddenly Lost Health Care Coverage

School & Program Updates

SHIELD Celebrates 10 Years of Supporting School Nurses

Yvette Huet Named Dean of the College of Health and Human Services

Bryant University and Brown University School of Public Health Launch New Pathway to Public Health Master’s Program

SHIELD Celebrates 10 Years of Supporting School Nurses

Yvette Huet Named Dean of the College of Health and Human Services

Bryant University and Brown University School of Public Health Launch New Pathway to Public Health Master’s Program

College for Public Health and Social Justice to Host National Public Health Week Events at SLU

Mailman Historians Unearth a Conflict of Interest, Prompting a Retraction by the Lancet Journal

UofM SPH Concludes 2nd Public Health Diplomacy Summit

Global Action

UCLA Fielding Scholars, Including Drs. Neal Halfon, Emily Hotez, and Kathryn Kietzman Contribute to WHO Report on “Life Course Approach” to Human Health

How Mental Health System Failures Are Driven by Political, Social Policies

Faculty & Staff Honors

Dean Receives the Association of Former Students 2026 Distinguished Achievement Award for Administration

GEORGE MASON COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Cantiello and Sheingold Honored with Prestigious Awards from the Association of University Programs in Health Administration

NBER Grant Enables SPH-B Faculty Member to Create First Database of State Medicaid Policies Related to ADRD Nationwide

Dean Receives the Association of Former Students 2026 Distinguished Achievement Award for Administration

GEORGE MASON COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Cantiello and Sheingold Honored with Prestigious Awards from the Association of University Programs in Health Administration

NBER Grant Enables SPH-B Faculty Member to Create First Database of State Medicaid Policies Related to ADRD Nationwide

Edith Parker Begins Term as ASPPH Board Chair

CPH’s Andrew Wapner Named to Franklin County Board of Health

Robert Fullilove, Associate Dean and Professor to Receive Bard College Honorary Degree of Humane Letters for Longstanding Commitment to Bard Prison Initiative

Member Research & Reports

When Privacy Yields to Solidarity

Serious Adverse Events Following Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Post-Marketing Evidence

Dean Explores Human Side of Pandemics in New Publication

GEORGIA SOUTHERN

Excess Mortality in Mainland China After the End of the Zero COVID Policy: A Systematic Review

When Privacy Yields to Solidarity

Serious Adverse Events Following Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Post-Marketing Evidence

Dean Explores Human Side of Pandemics in New Publication

GEORGIA SOUTHERN

Excess Mortality in Mainland China After the End of the Zero COVID Policy: A Systematic Review

Acceptability and Feasibility of Home-Based Human Papillomavirus Self-Testing as Primary Screening for Cervical Cancer Detection in the State of Alabama

Women’s Self-Help Group Participation and Discussion of Reproductive Coercion: Associations with Past Experiences of Violence Among Family Planning Clients in Kenya

Student & Alumni Achievements

PhD Student Tapped Into Iron Arrow Honor Society

UCLA Fielding’s Christina Kenoski, RN, Recognized for Research Into Use of Artificial Intelligence for Charting

Yuhang Zhou Earns Top Award at ASA Florida Chapter Meeting

PhD Student Tapped Into Iron Arrow Honor Society

UCLA Fielding’s Christina Kenoski, RN, Recognized for Research Into Use of Artificial Intelligence for Charting

Yuhang Zhou Earns Top Award at ASA Florida Chapter Meeting

Alumnus Justin Serrano Named CEO of Physicians Regional Healthcare System’s Collier Boulevard Campus

USF Student Advocates for Tuberculosis Funding at National Level

Kinesiology Student Jordan Varneau Publishes Article on Surgical Trends in Youth Baseball

Partner News

TUFH USA: Advancing Social Accountability in US Public Health Education

February 12, 2026

Take Advantage of Early-Bird Rates for the 2026 Preparedness Summit

December 11, 2025

Preparedness Summit Abstract Deadline Extended! Submit by November 9.

November 6, 2025