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SPH Snapshot: February 25-March 1, 2019.

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  • These buds managed to withstand the record-setting wind gusts in New England on Monday.

  • Professor of Global Health Elaine Nsoesie presented her work in digital epidemiology at the school-wide assembly on Tuesday.

  • Gary Gibbons, director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute chatted with students over lunch before speaking at Wednesday's Public Health Forum.

  • NHLBI Director Gary Gibbons spoke about the future of discovery science and its impact on public health in the 21st century during a Public Health Forum on Wednesday.

  • An overnight storm graced the campus with snow-capped trees on Thursday morning.

  • As part of the Environmental Health Seminar Series, Margaret Quinn, director of the Safe Home Care Project and professor of health sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, spoke to students about occupational health and the home care workforce on Friday.

  • Elizabeth Ashbourne and Juliemarie Vander Burg, executive director and senior director of global health policy, respectively, at Partnership for Quality Medical Donations, spoke during a Lunch and Learn series on Friday about PQMD's medical product donations and service delivery in underserved communities.

  • Alum Fatima Dainkeh led a storytelling event on Thursday afternoon, during which she spoke about the experiences of Black mothers and explored the intersectionality of race, gender, class and their impact on motherhood.

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Scenes from the week on campus, from a Public Health Forum on discovery science to an environmental health seminar.

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