In Conversation with Maria Smilios by BUSPH Public Health Conversations published on 2025-03-19T13:40:45Z This Public Health Conversation Starter features Maria Smilios (GRS’07), in conversation with Craig Andrade, BUSPH Associate Dean for Practice and Director of the Activist Lab. Maria discusses her recent book, The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis. Our Conversation Starters engage leading thinkers in short discussions around issues of consequence in public health.