Jacob Bor

@JacobBor

Population health science, health economics, epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, US health disparities

Boston, MA sites.bu.edu/jbor Joined September 2012

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Jacob Bor @JacobBor Aug 11, 2023

Gratitude to @dwallacewells @nytimes for his coverage of our recent paper, "Missing Americans: Early Death in the U.S., 1933-2021".

nytimes.com/2023/08/09/opi…

www.nytimes.com Opinion | Why Is America Such a Deadly Place? (Published 2023) A study found millions of Americans would be alive if our mortality rates matched our economic peers’.

Jacob Bor @JacobBor Dec 20, 2022

Let me get this straight: Congress is planning $858B for military and $1B for climate aid to poor countries. A giant FU to the worlds poor who are already impacted by climate change of our making.

Jacob Bor @JacobBor Sep 30, 2022

That wastewater trend is not good at all. No idea what the peak will be but there seems to have been a significant increase in transmission in the last week or so. Any good explanations?

Jacob Bor @JacobBor Sep 17, 2022

1000s in Franklin Park today for free vaccine event. Major props to ⁦@BPHC⁩ ⁦@OjikutuBisola⁩ ⁦@MayorWu⁩ for this effort!

Jacob Bor @JacobBor Aug 19, 2022

**New Faculty Opening** in our department. (See links below.) BU School of Public Health is a great place to work; DM me if you want to chat about it. (NB: I am not on the search committee.)

Sandro Galea @sandrogalea Aug 16, 2022

We are currently running searches for faculty roles in our Environmental and Global Health departments. We look forward to welcoming new community members. @BUSPH spr.ly/6011zCYvb (Environmental Health) spr.ly/6012zCYvj (Global Health)
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