Systems Thinking for Global Health

Excellent video in which the
Systems Thinking for Capacity in Health fellows explain what is Systems Thinking and howthat can be useful for Public Health 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vnPgEP-Ids

MC

Here is a great video about creativity in the workplace:
John Cleese on Creativity
Matt S.

For Preventing Disease, Data Are the New Drugs

I would say data and models, because without adequate models to analyze data we don`t go further :)

A few key data points about Amelia Sloan: She likes to suck her own toes. She wears pink tutus. She doesn’t do interviews with journalists. She was born in Falls Church, Va. on April 25, 2013, at 6:54 p.m ...

http://nautil.us/issue/6/secret-codes/for-preventing-disease-data-are-the-new-drugs

Matteo C.

Climate Change and Infectious Diseases: From Evidence to a Predictive Framework

Very interesting review of how climate change impacted and is likely going to impact the occurrence of infectious diseases.

Published in Science in August 2013

Climate Change and Infectious Diseases: From Evidence to a Predictive Framework

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6145/514.full

The paper was part of a special issue called ``Natural Systems in Changing Climates'' in which other topic related to climate were published. 

Matteo C.

Bisphenol A (BPA), endocrine disruption and cancer

There was a new report on the action of BPA with regard to breast cancer. To view the report go here
http://www.breastcancerfund.org/assets/pdfs/publications/disrupted-development-the-dangers-of-prenatal-bpa-exposure.pdf

Epigenetics & Pesticides

An interesting article by M. Collotta, P. A. Bartazzi, and V. Bollati appeared in Toxicology, which can be found at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0300483X1300022X