Hannah Tremont

Fellow

Hannah Tremont graduated from Boston University School of Public Health with her MPH in 2023. Her academic focus was on epidemiology and biostatistics with a concentration in mental health and substance use. As a student at SPH, she was a 2022 PHP writing fellow. Hannah is interested in examining how mental health conditions affect the physical body and influence substance use disorders. Her passion lies in investigating how resilience develops out of trauma and hopes to contribute to new and existing therapies for managing trauma and PTSD.

Hannah's Work:

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Locking Up Disabilities

U.S. prisons incarcerate roughly 1.2 million people, and almost two-thirds of the prison population report living with a disability.

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Health Equity

Sondra Crosby

Sondra Crosby is a professor at Boston University School of Public Health and School of Medicine. She is internationally recognized as a medical expert in the evaluation and documentation of torture.

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Managing Substance Use with Medicare

Distance to treatment facilities is a considerable problem for substance use recovery, regardless of age. But the impact of this distance may be felt more by older adults.

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Health Equity

Katherine Flegal

Katherine Flegal is a consulting professor at Stanford University and is one of the most highly cited researchers in obesity epidemiology.

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Weighed Down by Discrimination

Roughly 42% of U.S. adults experience weight discrimination, yet Michigan is the only state where discrimination based on weight is illegal.

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Health Equity

Vaccinations Lost in Translation

The COVID-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented time of uncertainty, and inadequate language services have blindfolded millions of people across the country.

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