Harvard School of Public Health
The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) is the direct descendent of the first professional public health training program in America. In contrast to medicine, which focuses on specific individuals and their treatment, the basic strategy of public health is to prevent disease in broad populations, an approach that is far reaching, efficient, and equitable.
The school has a celebrated history and global perspective. Working in over forty countries worldwide, members of the HSPH faculty perform path-breaking research in such areas as HIV/AIDS, environmental hazards, reform of health systems, nutrition, genetic markers, health disparities, and the global burden of disease.
Located in the heart of the Harvard University Longwood campus, HSPH adjoins Harvard Medical School and School of Dental Medicine, the Countway Library, and Harvard-affiliated hospitals such as Brigham and Women's, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Children's Hospital.