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From the Dean's Desk

The monthly Dean's message to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and our community provides updates on the school, reflects on our school's mission, and offers a personal take on what we in public health—through both action and facts—can do to make our societies healthier and more equitable for all.

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  • A Week in My Work Life

    4/30/2021 10:35:00 AM

    What does a Dean of Public Health do all day? Here is a bit of my work life from last week… a rollercoaster but also rich and stimulating in so many ways.

    I am fortunate to do so many different things and work with so many talented people, staff, faculty, and students at Dornsife and colleagues from all over the world.

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  • Public Transportation as Public Health Policy

    3/30/2021 10:35:00 AM

    The decline of public transportation would be a terrible consequence of the pandemic, with many long-term adverse implications. But it does not have to be that way.

    Developing and sustaining public transportation systems is perhaps one of the most impactful policies we can implement to promote health and environmental sustainability, with major implications for promoting social and health equity.

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  • The Fundamental Social Causes of Vaccination Rates

    2/28/2021 10:35:00 AM

    Hopefully things will get better as more vaccine becomes available, but there is no doubt that inequities in access (and inequities in health) will persist unless we finally grapple with what the COVID-19 vaccine experience is telling us about our health care systems, our public health infrastructure, and our social and economic systems more broadly.

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  • A Turning Point for Public Health?

    1/27/2021 10:35:04 AM

    2021 could be the beginning of an auspicious year for public health.

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  • Best Wishes for the Holidays and 2021

    12/21/2020 8:36:04 AM

    Dean Diez Roux discusses how 2020 has also shown us what we can do together.  

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  • Three Public Health Challenges and Hopes For 2021

    11/30/2020 11:05:11 AM

    A reflection on the year of 2020 and how it will be remembered.

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  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Public Health

    9/29/2020 1:57:08 PM

    Dean Diez Roux reflects on Ruth Bader Ginsburg's major public health-related contributions.

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