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Can neighborhoods hurt our health?
Doctoral student Caitlin Eicher wants to understand how people’s perceptions of their local surroundings shape their health behaviors.

Idjwi island: Oasis of change
On Africa’s long-forsaken Idjwi island, HSPH students are building a health care system from the ground up.

Women, welfare & human rights
HSPH student examines government policies and social forces that affect sexual and reproductive health of women.

Bridging a cultural divide
Are better tools needed to identify emotional distress in non-Western refugees?

Clearing the air
Students target air pollution from Boston to sub-Saharan Africa

Case-based learning
Innovative course prepares students to cope with complexity

Don’t I know you from Chennai? 
How genes and environmental forces increase cancer risk

How genes and environmental forces increase cancer risk
HSPH doctoral student Monica Ter-Minassian

You have to be there
Michael Von Clemm traveling fellows experience public health in the real world

An investment in the future
By former HSPH Dean Barry R. Bloom

Project Antares
Can students launch enterprises that turn a profit and save lives?

A geographer of health
Nicos Middleton, a research fellow in the HSPH-Cyprus Initiative for the Environment and Public Health, is studying the long-term health effects of traffic pollution in Boston and Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus.

Upholding the gold standard
A prestigious fellowship supports these emerging leaders

Disaster in Berini
Mock humanitarian relief exercise gives students a reality check

Stopping the violence
Presidential Scholar Ana Díaz helps youth find a better way

Saving lives, two by two
Preventing AIDS in stable couples where one partner is HIV positive

Photos: Kent Dayton/HSPH