Finding Your Voice: Vaccines

Vaccination has played a very important role in protecting and preserving population health for centuries, since the invention of the smallpox vaccine in the 1700s. Admittedly, some study of diseases and therapies around the world historically have been influenced by unethical behaviors of some in the healthcare industry. We all must be vigilant in achieving global health ethically, with the best intentions, and as inclusively as we can. One way to do this is by promoting health literacy and empowering patient consumers to be informed and speak up about their needs and experiences.

Tips for Covid-19: Assessing Risk of Activities During “Re-opening”

As regions around the world “re-open” after quarantine in response to Covid-19, many are faced with decisions about how and where they will spend time at work, with extended family and friends, and at outdoor activities; who they can safely spend time with, and even how their children will return to school in a few […]

SBRC Recognizes Fibroid Awareness Month

Managing Director Fanta Waterman PhD, MPH will present during the Global Fibroid Alliance webinar, “Fibroids and Covid-19” on Saturday, July 18, 2020, 11am EST. Reserve your space via e-mail: GFA2020@mail.com!

Managing Feelings of Loss and Grief

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in tremendous loss for many people around the world. Such loss has presented in a variety of ways: loss of income, loss of healthcare, and loss of life and loved ones. Loss, or the fear of loss, can bring about bad feelings and symptoms of stress and anxiety. These feelings […]

Tips for Covid-19: Maintaining a Healthy Diet: In Quarantine, and After

For many across the country, the experience of quarantine and social distancing has gone on for several weeks. Even at SBRC, we are scratching our heads at dinner time, trying to think of new, creative ideas for what to eat! Many families are making all their meals at home, while others are using curbside pickup […]

Tips for Covid-19: Treatment – A Note on Drug Development

We are following the news as it relates to products being created to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. This include development of new drug therapies to treat symptoms of the disease (and potentially reduce the risk of death), vaccines to prevent getting the disease in the first place, and diagnostics (i.e., tests) to understand if a […]

Tips for Covid-19: Why We Need to Flatten the Curve – and How

As we try to understand the risks and consequences of Covid-19, the phrase “flattening the curve” has been heard or said several times. To help understand this better, let’s consider the following analogy to our own households, and changes we have personally made to weather this storm: groceries. No one wants to run out of […]