Harms From Smoking Reversible In Women
That's the finding from a study led by HSPH researcher Stacey Kenfield, which showed that women who quit smoking significantly reduce their risk of death from coronary heart disease within five years and have about a 20 percent lower risk of death from smoking-related cancers within that time period. See coverage from NBC Nightly News, Voice of America radio and the JAMA press release.

 

Rethinking HIV Prevention
In the May 9, 2008 issue of Science, HSPH researcher Daniel Halperin and his co-authors say that male circumcision and reducing multiple sexual partners are two HIV prevention strategies that need more attention. Listen to the podcast.

 

Life Expectancy in U.S. Stagnating or Worsening for Many
A new study reports troubling news--4% of the male population and 19% of the female population experienced either decline or stagnation in mortality beginning in the 1980s. HSPH's Majid Ezzati talked about the findings on NPR's Day to Day and appeared on NBC Nightly News. See the press release and the study.

 

Aerobics Pioneer Cooper Honored
Kenneth Cooper, the "Father of Aerobics," received the Healthy Cup Award from HSPH's Nutrition Round Table. Pictured (left to right) are Dean Barry Bloom, Cooper, and Prof. Walter Willett.

 

Preventing Medical Errors Calls for Bedside Ingenuity
Hospitals need to monitor trends in performance, analyze results regularly and engage in "bedside ingenuity" to reduce harm to their patients, said Atul Gawande, MD and HSPH Associate Professor in a talk titled "Ineptitude: The Effect of Increasing Complexity in Medicine" at Children's Hospital, Boston.

 

PBS Series on Health Disparities Includes HSPH Faculty
The final episode of the PBS series "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?" was shown on April 17. HSPH faculty and alumni served as advisors and appear on camera. Also, Prof. William Hsiao appeared on the recent PBS Frontline program "Sick Around the World," and former HSPH Alumni Association President J. Jacques Carter, MD, MPH '83, was featured on the PBS program "The Truth About Cancer."

 

Symposium Addresses Public Health in India
In October 2007, four universities, including HSPH, hosted a symposium that brought together scholars, professionals and students to explore how the two countries can better share knowledge about public health. Read the report.

 

Interested in learning more about a healthy diet? Check out The Nutrition Source website, developed by the HSPH Department of Nutrition, where you can find the latest science about healthy eating for adults.

 

Around the School

Tuberculosis Symposium Honors Dean Bloom
Researchers from around the U.S. came to HSPH to discuss the state of TB research and future challenges. The event honored noted TB researcher and outgoing HSPH Dean Barry Bloom. 

 

 

Taking On the Health Care System
Ashish Jha, assistant professor of health policy and management, says that "no matter who you are, you're at high risk for receiving poor quality care." 

 

Doctors, Nurses and "Brain Drain"
At an HSPH symposium organized by Thomas Bossert, director of the International Health Systems Program at HSPH, panelists discussed the good and bad of the migration of health care workers from developing to developed countries.

 

Diversity in Medical Research
A panel of experts convened at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to discuss the inclusion of women and minority populations in clinical trials. Prof. David Williams said that social class was important too.

 

New Director of Sponsored Projects Compliance Aims to Demystify Compliance Process
Eileen Nielsen has joined HSPH in the newly created position of Director of Sponsored Projects Compliance in the Office of the Executive Dean for Administration.

 

New NIH Public Access Policy

Beginning April 7, 2008, all investigators funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are required to submit, or have submitted for them, an electronic version of final, peer-reviewed manuscripts to NIH's PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication.  

 

HSPH In the Media

Harvard's New Food Pyramid -- coverage from The Boston Globe, May 14, 2008, featuring HSPH's Lilian Cheung

Team 5 Investigates Drugs in Massachusetts Water Supplies -- coverage from WCVB, May 14, 2008, featuring HSPH's James Shine

Air Pollution Linked to Blood Clots in Legs -- coverage from The Washington Post, May 12, 2008, featuring HSPH's Andrea Baccarelli

Time to Cleanse? Think Again -- coverage from The Boston Globe, May 12, 2008, featuring HSPH's Rose Goldman

HIV Funding Priority Shift Call -- coverage from BBC News, May 9, 2008, featuring HSPH's Daniel Halperin 

More Than Half of U.S. Diabetics Have Arthritis -- coverage from The Associated Press, May 8, 2008, featuring HSPH's Julia Simard

Women Who Quit Smoking Lower Heart Risks Quickly -- coverage from The Washington Post, May 6, 2008

Tobacco Giants Pay for Cancer Research -- coverage from The Sydney Morning Herald, May 5, 2008, featuring HSPH's Gregory Connolly 

Parsing McCain on the Democrats' Health Plans -- coverage from The New York Times, May 3, 2008, featuring HSPH's Robert Blendon 

 
The Great Health Care Debate of 2008 Is Finally Engaged -- coverage from Time, April 30, 2008, featuring HSPH's Robert Blendon

You Name It and Exercise Helps It -- coverage from The New York Times, April 29, 2008, featuring HSPH's Frank Hu

Life Expectancy Is Declining in Some Pockets of the Country -- coverage from The New York Times, April 22, 2008, featuring HSPH's Majid Ezzati 

For Women, the Wineglass Is Half Full -- coverage from The Washington Post, April 22, 2008, featuring HSPH's Eric Rimm 

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