Julia Garcia

Past Fellow

Julia Garcia graduated from Boston University School of Public Health with her MPH in 2020 with a focus on health policy and law. As a student, she was a 2019 PHP writing fellow. Prior to coming to SPH, Julia worked at the DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority – the District of Columbia’s health insurance marketplace – assisting DC residents enrolling in both private and public health insurance.

Julia's Work:

03.06.2020 a drawing of a hand touching another hand

Compassion Fade

To counteract compassion fade, a change in emotional response, it’s important to reflect and be deliberate about our response to human suffering.

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02.12.2020 a cross against a pink sky

Religion and Our Health

Among underserved populations, potential positive effects of attending religious services on overall mortality may be undermined by deprivation and poverty.

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02.06.2020 a close up of a building

Preemption and the Public's Health

Preemption laws are affecting policy areas that vary from regulating e-cigarettes to soda bans and taxes to controlling the rise of rent in urban areas.

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01.30.2020 a group of buttons with logos on them

After ALS Went Viral

After it went viral, the Ice Bucket Challenge raised more than $200 million in just eight weeks from donors across the world, but then what happened?

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01.23.2020 a diagram of food and fish

Fish Switch

The concentration of a potent neurotoxin, methylmercury, in saltwater fish is increasing as a result of climate change and overfishing.

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01.16.2020 a graph of a man with a green stripe

Contributions to Congress

Political Action Committees supported by physician organizations may be unknowingly giving to candidates and legislators who oppose firearm safety measures.

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