• A blog by Syamak Moattari, this blog reflects Syamak's experiences during his journey at the School of Public Health and beyond. Syamak earned his MD in 1995 and currently is a Doctor of Public Health Candidate in International Health at Boston University.
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Why Public Health?

When I was a medical student in 80s a friend of mine who studied Philosophy at that time, always quoted a message from one of the Greek ancient philosophers about “Physicians”, the quote was something like: The “mean Docs” want people sick to make more money. This quote always leads me to avoid being a [...]

Gapminder

Gapminder is a non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels. Gapminder produces very cool presentations about International sustainable development. You can find these presentations on [...]

Lesson learned sharing Blog

I am a Dr PH student in Boston. I am here to share my learning with other Public Health students and professionals in this field. Having the opportunity to study in a graduate school is not always possible for interested people, so I decided to share and disseminate my knowledge with people who are interested. I try to summarize [...]