Announcing Global Tufts Month: March 1-31, 2025
The theme for Global Tufts Month in 2025 is "Global Health."
Restoring Sight in Patients at Home and Abroad
Lloyd Williams, M08, GBS08, developed a passion for providing care abroad while studying medicine at Tufts, and now travels regularly to developing nations to provide cataract and corneal surgeries
Are Mobile Health Tools a Panacea for Global Health Challenges?
Engineering and Tisch College professor Valencia Koomson is partnering with the University of Ghana on a study to use cell phones to fill gaps in hypertension management
In Panama Exchange, Medical Students Learn Through a Global Health Lens
Both Tufts and University of Panama students reflect on the ways a global health exchange has helped shape their career paths
Sugar-sweetened Beverage Intake Increasing Globally Among Children and Teens
Study estimates at least 10% of youth worldwide consume more than 7 servings of sugary drinks weekly
Tufts Global In the News
A US-run system alerts the world to famines. It’s gone dark after Trump slashed foreign aid
CNN
Friedman School’s Daniel Maxwell says the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) “serves the US government, but it also serves the rest of the humanitarian community too. So, its absence will be felt pretty much right away.”
The political evolution of Secretary of State Marco Rubio
NPR
Fletcher Distinguished Professor Daniel Drezner discusses how Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s “ideological flexibility” has contributed to his political survival.
Replacing butter for some plant oils could significantly lower risk of mortality, new study finds
CNN
Distinguished Professor, Friedman School Dean Emeritus, and FIMI Director Dariush Mozaffarian comments on a new study that suggests replacing butter with such plant-based oils as olive, canola, and soybean may help reduce the risk of premature death, noting that the findings “add to a large body of scientific literature on the health benefits of these plant oils.”