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Focus On: Tobacco Control Research Program
4 of the 10 articles on tobacco research are authored by the Division's Tobacco Control Research Program's scientists and researchers in a recent special edition of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Of note is the article "Assessing Consumer Responses to Potential Reduced-Exposure Tobacco Products: A Review of Tobacco Industry and Independent Research Methods" addressing industry research on consumer response to product development and marketing strategies in accord with consumers' sensory and subjective responses to product characteristics. More & Read the Abstracts

Focus On:  Dr. Jim O'Connell
Dr. Jim O'Connell was recently named the JH Kanter Prize Laureate for exceptional health care delivery and for for his exceptional work to enhance health care delivery for hundreds of low income and homeless people in Boston. Dr. O'Connell joined the Division in 2009 and is a founder, President, and street physician at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. More

Focus On:  Influenza Type A (H1N1)
The Harvard School of Public Health Center for Public Health Preparedness is closely monitoring the information on the recently reported human cases of  influenza A (H1N1) also known as swine flu. The following information tracks the evolving situation, both nationally and internationally, and provides access to the main sources of information on this topic. More

Header image: Landmark Center, breast cancer cell viewed by electron microscope, Avian influenza A (H5N1) virus, cutting tobacco use.