News at HSPHMay 10, 2012
Some HDL, or "good" cholesterol, may not protect against heart disease; New Humanitarian Academy to train disaster responders; Earth Week 2012; Marianne Wessling-Resnick to direct Division of Biological Sciences
May 3, 2012
HSPH Prof. Dyann Wirth speaks in DC for World Malaria Day; Obesity prevention website launches; Inaugural HSPH Leadership Fellows share real-world public health policymaking expertise
April 27, 2012
HSPH Town Hall; Student-Alumnae breakfast; HSPH students propose cost-saving public health reforms to Massachusetts legislators as part of inaugural Spring Challenge
April 19, 2012
Positive feelings may help protect cardiovascular health; Long-term air pollution exposure may increase hospitalization risk; TEDx event at HSPH; Relaxation response
April 12, 2012
Use of common pesticide linked to bee colony collapse; Student team presents at State House; Summer temperature variability may increase mortality risk for elderly with chronic disease; Celebrating student support
April 5, 2012
Routine mammograms may result in significant overdiagnosis of invasive breast cancer; HSPH students seek to unravel the complexities of Chagas disease; Infant lungs prone to nanoparticle deposits; Student team heads to the State House
March 29, 2012
Spring Challenge contestants gear up for high-stakes finale; Vegetarian recipes for a Healthy Eating Plate; Questioning the safety and necessity of flame retardants; HSPH experts weigh in as Supreme Court debates Affordable Care Act
March 22, 2012
George Clooney praises Harvard Humanitarian Initiative students before Senate committee; Health care reform: The legal battle; Racial disparities in cancer mortality; Upcoming Yerby Diversity Lecture in Public Health and Alice Hamilton Award Lecture
March 15, 2012
Nutrition studies on risks of red meat, sugary beverage consumption; HSPH delegation travels to India; Harvard works to investigate impact of abuses by Kony and LRA; Voices from the Field speaker series
March 8, 2012
Documenting public health needs in African communities destabilized by militia violence; International Women's Day activities; Students debate the legal arguments over health care reform
March 1, 2012
Social networks and volunteering linked with good health worldwide; Sleep deprivation Forum; Nurses' Health Study recruiting; School Innovation
February 23, 2012
Celebration with the Stars photo slideshow; Alumnus Gerald Chan chosen as commencement speaker; One in ten children face elevated risk of abuse, future PTSD, due to gender nonconformity
February 17, 2012
Bird flu forum; Alumna produces educational video on cholera; HSPH researchers led breakthroughs against polio, AIDS
February 9, 2012
Searching for answers to causes of childhood depression; Whole-genome sequencing of E. coli outbreaks in Europe provides new insight into origins, spread; Why do cancers strike men more than women?
February 2, 2012
Upcoming HSPH Forum: The Toxic Stress of Early Childhood Adversity; Research news and interviews: Good carbs, vs bad carbs, Mass. emergency room visits, comparative effectiveness research agenda; Design public health initiatives with users in mind, Dean's Distinguished Lecture speaker says
January 26, 2012
Tablet computer ergonomics; New Epidemiology Chair Michelle Williams; Environmental chemicals and childhood vaccines; Dietary changes before surgery recommended
January 19, 2012
Muffin makeover; Upcoming Celebration with the Stars; School Innovation Project launches; HSPH's "dam guy"
January 12, 2012
Stories from the Harvard Public Health Review: HSPH health economist Katherine Baicker analyzes the effects of extended coverage; mHealth is mobilizing a revolution in public health; New HSPH research focuses on the physical effects of grief and the health consequences of electronic cigarettes
January 5, 2012
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Director Michael VanRooyen talked to Boston Magazine about how relief workers -- if their efforts aren't properly coordinated -- can sometimes do more harm than good; Can brown rice slow the spread of type 2 diabetes?; New leadership offerings give HSPH students hands-on practice
December 21, 2011
Fighting malaria with spermless mosquitoes; Daily multivitamin is good nutrition insurance policy; New evidence on how drug-resistant TB cells form; Award-winning course catalog; Fortune lab hosts budding scientists
December 15, 2011
Overall hospital admission rates in U.S. linked with high rates of readmission; HSPH Forum: The Super Committee Collapse and America's Health Care Future; In memoriam: Mary Ellen Avery; Nan Laird and Robert Blendon appointed to named professorships; Indian Health Service Director, Yvette Roubideaux, MPH '97, speaks to students
December 8, 2011
Rotating night shift work may increase type 2 diabetes risk in women; Upcoming State of the School address; Harvard Catalyst funding opportunity; AIDS@30 conference; Former President George W. Bush visits HSPH-affiliated AIDS clinic
December 1, 2011
Novel malaria research wins Gates funding; Upcoming AIDS@30 symposium; David Hemenway honored for violence prevention work; Running for president in DRC, working in Chelsea and Botswana: HSPH alumni profiled
November 23, 2011
Upcoming HSPH Town Hall, Celebration with the Stars; Cancer in the developing world event coverage; Professors Max Essex and Frank Sacks and Lecturer Richard Cash earn lifetime achievement awards
November 17, 2011
Ministerial program in health launches; Women and health symposium held; Misguided school lunch move on potatoes and pizza; Harvard survey; Vegetable side dish suggestions for Thanksgiving
November 10, 2011
Student helps analyze consequences of raw milk distribution; New University child care portal; Former CDC director Julie Geberding talks leadership with students
November 3, 2011
Upcoming HSPH Town Hall, Celebration with the Stars; Cancer in the developing world event coverage; Professors Max Essex and Frank Sacks and Lecturer Richard Cash earn lifetime achievement awards
October 27, 2011
HSPH benefits open enrollment; Upcoming HSPH town hall; Symposiums honor life of Mel First, promotion of Professor Meredith Rosenthal; Farm Bill Forum webcast; BPA exposure in womb linked to girls' behavioral problems; Harvard TREC Center launches
October 20, 2011
Do we shrink as we grow older? Alum pens book on aging issues; Farm bill Forum webcast; Baicker, Gawande, Manson elected to IOM; David Williams receives Leo G. Reeder Award; HSPH partners with Mass. on childhood obesity prevention in New Bedford, Fitchburg; Visiting Prof. Prof. Srinath Reddy on NCDs
October 13, 2011
Harvard's 375th birthday; Move over potatoes, make room for healthier school lunch; Returning home, with a plan to thwart killer TB; A neurosurgeon, MPH degree in hand, returns to Louisiana focused on public health; Farm bill Forum webcast
October 6, 2011
From the Harvard Public Health Review: Healing child soldiers; HSPH study suggests natural selection at work in certain disease-related genes; In memoriam: Dade Moeller; Frenk inducted into Academy of Arts and Sciences; Video: Voices From the Field interview with Richard Besser
September 29, 2011
Alumni Weekend; Postdoc Appreciation Day; China Summit at HSPH; National retiree poll; Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal urges countries to move prevention to the top of their health care agenda; Prof. Richard Gelber honored
September 22, 2011
HSPH awarded $20 million CDC grant to study HIV prevention in Botswana; New report pegs economic toll of noncommunicable diseases at $47 trillion over next two decades; Forum panel tackles controversial air pollution regulations
September 15, 2011
Harvard's Healthy Eating Plate; Dean Frenk urges action on noncommunicable diseases; Michael Sinclair joins Division of Policy Translation and Leadership Development in the new post of director of global programs and executive director of the Ministerial Leadership Program for Health.
September 8, 2011
HSPH awarded $12 million grant to improve global maternal health; 9/11 Forum webcast; Associate Professors Matthew Miller and Winston Hide receive awards; Inside National Health Reform by John E. McDonough released
September 1, 2011
Government-led efforts needed to curb obesity epidemic; Hot Topics lecture series: Technology boosts humanitarian efforts; Upcoming 9/11 Forum; Nancy Kane selected winner of the 2011 ASPH/Pfizer Award for Teaching Excellence
August 18, 2011
Red meat linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes; upcoming 9/11 Forum webcast; Hubway bikes in Longwood Medical Area; Hot Topics talks by Laura Kubzansky and Jack P. Shonkoff
August 4, 2011
HSPH receives major grants to reduce maternal and infant deaths in India, study obesity-cancer link; Epidemiology researchers honored; Summer Hot Topics series launches with talks on national health reform and the effects of location on health; Joel Schwartz presents to a congressional committee on dangers of air pollution; David Bloom writes about surging population forecasts
July 21, 2011
Forum webcast -- ALZHEIMER'S: WHAT IS THE VALUE OF KNOWING EARLY? A View Across Five Countries; New chairs of Global Health and Population, Epidemiology announced; HSPH-affiliated project documents mass graves in Sudan; Indonesian health minister speaks at HSPH
July 7, 2011
Study finds care disparities at small rural hospitals; Nearly 350 million adults have diabetes; Patient safety experts call for shorter resident physician shifts; Countway Library therapy dog
June 23, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton visits Tanzania; Smoking may boost risk of prostate cancer recurrence, death; Kennedy Conference assesses progress in tobacco control; Modest changes in diet may impact long-term weight gain; Alum freed from Iranian prison thanks supporters
June 9, 2011
Can neighborhoods hurt our health?; Food pyramid scrapped for imperfect plate; Support for Massachusetts landmark health reform law rises in 2011
June 2, 2011
Commencement 2011 coverage; From the Harvard Public Health Review -- AIDS at 30: Hard Lessons and Hope; New research on risks of traffic emissions and stress and multiple sclerosis.
May 26, 2011
Commencement 2011; Leadership crucial for U.S. emergency preparedness; HSPH's Connolly fighting tobacco use worldwide; The dance of the cells: A minuet or a mosh?; Selective abortion of girls appears common in India
May 19, 2011
HSPH's Freedom Rider; School's new building wins University Green Award; Coffee may reduce risk of lethal prostate cancer in men; Tying race and stress to health; Challenges of eradicating malaria outlined at World Malaria Day Program at HSPH; Students, researchers display study findings at 25th annual Poster & Exhibit Day
May 12, 2011
HHI course trains future humanitarian aid workers; Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at HSPH about youth violence; Alum Gerald Chan speaks about the role of the private sector in public health; Interview with Gökhan S. Hotamisligil his obesity research; Heat waves tied to climate change could increase urban fatalities; Rapid population growth poses daunting challenges for Africa; Experts lay out future of health IT at PHAT conference
May 5, 2011
Attorney General Eric Holder to speak at HSPH; Take new sodium study with a grain of salt; Laurie Glimcher symposium; HSPH alumna delivers Yerby Diversity Lecture
April 28, 2011
Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick speaks at HSPH about controlling healthcare costs; Height of women in developing countries declining; World Malaria Day highlights; HIGH announces Burke Global Health Fellows
April 21, 2011
Women and Health Initiative; new malaria research and World Malaria Day events; Forum on Massachusetts health care reform with Governor Deval Patrick
April 14, 2011
Green Carpet Awards; Sociedad Latina auction; Walter Willett joins Boston Mayor Thomas Menino for announcement banning sugary drink sales from city property; report on UN Population Fund; new findings on estrogen risks; South African health minister delivers Dean's Distinguished Lecture
April 7, 2011
National Public Health Week 2011; New "Why Public Health?" student video series; students simulate international aid negotiations; bridging gaps in emergency response; One HARVARD event
March 31, 2011
Efforts to fight cancer in the developing world highlighted in Science special issue; Time magazine's "Ten Ideas That Will Change the World" features HSPH faculty research; The Triangle Factory Fire and workplace safety regulations; HSPH Prof. Nancy Krieger pens new book, Epidemiology and The People's Health: Theory and Context
March 24, 2011
HSPH Tango Club; Forum: Boosting Vitamin D: Not Enough or Too Much?; Brendan Manning receives Armen Tashjian, Jr., Award for Excellence in Endocrine Research; Conference report--Longtail of Global Health Equity
March 17, 2011
Forum on Japan's crises; Take the Stairs competition; Administrative offices move to Smith St.; New findings on cell movement may have implications for cancer research
March 10, 2011
Harvard on the Move comes to Longwood; HSPH awarded $8 million from EPA for air pollution research; HSPH delegation visits Tanzania and Botswana nutrition, AIDS programs; Video: Forum event on mammograms
March 3, 2011
HSPH's Connolly passionate about curbing smoking worldwide; PODCAST: Prostate cancer genes; Research news: Health care cost-sharing; global aid in a recession
February 24, 2011
Video: Human genome map 10th anniversary panel; Tashjian Award lecture; Podcast: Repealing health care reform law would damage potential to address racial and ethnic health inequalities
February 17, 2011
Human genome map 10th anniversary panel; Dr. Gro Brundtland to be 2011 commencement speaker; Research news--racial disparities in hospital readmission rates
February 10, 2011
HSPH Celebration with the Stars; Research news--Obesity rises worldwide; New US dietary guidelines; Podcast: Air pollution hurts brain function
February 3, 2011
Dean Frenk's New Year's address; Family care programs at Harvard; Dean Frenk, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon call for action to address chronic disease in developing countries; Upcoming event--Alice Hamilton Award lecture
January 27, 2011
HSPH's William Hsiao recommends single-payer health care system in Vermont; health insurance reform law poll; malaria eradication symposium; Yerby Diversity Lecture in Public Health; National Mentoring Month
January 20, 2011
Future of U.S. health insurance reform; Video: HSPH's Rima Rudd discusses the importance of health literacy; Haiti: One year later; Public health on the go; Recipe: Cauliflower Tomato Soup with Indian Spices
January 14, 2011
HSPH's David Hemenway and Mary Vriniotis discuss Arizona shooting/gun violence; Harvard Public Health Review:Shrinking the effects of the obesity epidemic; Excercise may lower risk of death with prostate cancer; HSPH's Jay Silverman discusses link between violence against mothers in India and child deaths
January 6, 2011
HHI collaborates on election monitoring project in Sudan; Harvard Public Health Review: Happiness and health; HSPH's Atul Gawande talks health reform with NPR, Colbert Report, HSPH's Marc Lipsitch web video on 2009 H1N1 pandemic
December 16, 2010
Forum launch: HSPH Dean Frenk and Ted Turner discuss global health challenges; HSPH's Prof. Walter Willett discusses new guidelines for vitamin D and calcium; Treating depression in HIV-positive patients improves outcome
December 9, 2010
100 reasons to give; Official ceremonial launch of The Forum; Medical education and training reform for the 21st Century; New Research: Can Medicaid successfully enroll the uninsured?
December 2, 2010
Upcoming: The official launch of The Forum at HSPH, Dec. 9; New Research: HSPH's Tamara Awerbuch says killing deer won't end Lyme Disease; Scientists find molecular "switch" contributing to aging process; Around the School- Vitamin D, are Americans getting enough?
November 24, 2010
Recipes for a healthy Thanksgiving; HSPH's S.V. Subramanian discusses the link between neighborhoods and health; New research: Heavy smoking linked to criminal activity in adult children; Poll finds economic downturn takes a told on health of Americans
November 18, 2010
Dean's Distinguished Lecture: IAVI President discusses encouraging progress towards AIDS vaccine; Happy Harvard holidays
November 12, 2010
HSPH partners with African universities; 20 stress-busting techniques; The Forum: Impact of the 2010 Elections on U.S. Healthcare Reform; New Research--Podcast: New study measures levels of BPA in pregnant women
November 4, 2010
Charter member of HSPH Nutrition Roundtable, Mollie Katzen encourages a flexible attitude towards food; The Forum--Upcoming Live Webcast:The impact of the 2010 Elections on U.S. Healthcare Reform; New Research--Sodas, sweetened beverages linked to type 2 diabetes, More effective antiretroviral treatments for HIV-positive women in Africa
October 28, 2010
Ninth annual State of the School Address; The Forum--Upcoming Live Webcast:The Impact on the 2010 Elections of U.S. Healthcare Reform; New research--Chemical compounds increase risks of asthma and allergies in children; Around the School--Sofia Gruskin appointed to Institute of Medicine's Committee for the Outcome of Impact and Evaluation of Global HIV/AIDS Programs.
October 22, 2010
Supplements: Big promises, big risks; HSPH awarded four-year, $10.4 million grant for research on genetic risk for breast cancer; Multimedia--HSPH's Hilarie Cranmer discusses her experience in earthquake ravaged Haiti
October 14, 2010
HSPH awarded four-year, $11 million grant; Save the Date: HSPH Flu Clinic, Event Highlight:Symposium in Honor of Professor Stephen W. Lagakos; HSPH donates to community group
October 7, 2010
Coffee: The good news; Podcast:The high cost of health; Around the School--HSPH students gather for worldwide webcast linked to Millennium Development Goals; National Postdoc Appreciation Day reception hosted by The Office of Faculty Affairs and HSPH Postdoctoral Association
September 30, 2010
HSPH Dean Frenk joins global leaders at MDG Summit; VIDEO: No safe exposure to lead--HSPH's Philippe Grandjean discusses findings; From the Harvard Public Health Review: Public Housing, Private Vice; Research news--inexpensive heart healthy diets
September 23, 2010
Flood illuminates the struggles of Pakistan's women; Are MDG's on a health collision course with one another?; From Harvard Public Health Review--Where DNA Meets Daily Life, Dean's Message--From Genes to the Globe; Research news--Bacteria linked to inflammatory bowel disease in genetically susceptible individuals
September 16, 2010
Harvard Public Health Review--Idjwi Island: Oasis of Change; Research news--HSPH's David Williams calls for a national commitment to health and wellness, HSPH's Atul Gawande--Surgical checklists save lives
September 9, 2010
HSPH Dean Julio Frenk's academic year welcome message; Greece goes smoke-free; Research news-- HSPH's Michelle Mello--medical liability costs at fault for increased health care costs; Lord Nigel Crisp speaks at Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series
September 2, 2010
HHI sponsored photojournalism exhibit: "Our World at War"; Research news--U.S. hospitals still lagging in electronic records adoption; HSPH's Lisa Berkman--Managers' attitudes toward work-family affects employees' health
August 19, 2010
Cancer not only a disease of rich countries; HSPH mobile apps go live on iPhone/Android; Leading response to Gulf oil spill; Podcast: Milton Weinstein, Professor of health policy and management, counters health care opponents on "death panels".
August 5, 2010
Video: HSPH research suggests link between pesticides and ADHD; HSPH's Atul Gawande discusses how medicine can help terminally ill patients and their families.
July 22, 2010
HSPH researchers suggest realistic targets for developing health workforce; HSPH in the Media--Four major misconceptions about the global HIV/AIDS epidemic; Around the School-- HSPH Dean Frenk joins Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors
July 15, 2010
HSPH researchers advising government officials on Gulf oil spill; Sebastian's managers talk about healthy eating; Around the School--Report proposes research agenda on pregnancy intentions of HIV-positive women.
July 8, 2010
Division of Policy Translation and Leadership Development launches; HSPH's Atul Gawande discusses worldwide inadequate surgical access; Around the School--President Obama appoints HSPH's David Berwick head of Medicare and Medicaid.
July 1, 2010
HSPH Professor William Hsiao to lead Vermont health care reform effort; Bicycling, brisk walking help women control weight; HSPH researchers discuss salt's health risks
June 24, 2010
HSPH Dean Frenk joins UN group to combat poverty; Public health and the oil spill; New and improved MyHSPH; Around the School--Frank Hu to receive the American Diabetes Association's Kelly West Award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology.
June 17, 2010
Introducing the new and improved MyHSPH; Farmers' markets are in season at Harvard; Around the School--HSPH exceeds existing record for completing performance reviews
June 10, 2010
Vacation--Employee discounts make travel affordable and easy; Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, HSPH homepage links to promote the mission and work of the School; From the Harvard Public Health Review: Family Abuse in India and South Asia--Changing the Cycle
June 3, 2010
Faces of the future-HSPH Commencement; From patient to public leader; Research news--Are food manufacturers making healthier cookies?
May 27, 2010
Commencement 2010; HSPH Scoopfest; Research news--Why did most Americans skip H1N1 vaccine?; Senator Tom Harkin recieves the Healthy Cup Award at HSPH's Nutrition Round Table
May 20, 2010
Upcoming HSPH Commencement; HSPH Professor Sue Goldie named director of Harvard Initiative of Global Health; Health care reform: What do we get for our money; Research news--New twist on potential malaria drug; HSPH's David Hemenway discusses unintentional shooting rates amongst youths
May 13, 2010
Why don't we spend enough on public health?; New book--Saturdays is for Funerals; HSPH in the Media--HSPH's Stefanos Kales discusses how police and fire recruits are flunking their fitness tests due to being overweight
May 6, 2010
An influential healer--HSPH's Atul Gawande lands spot on Time magazine 100 people "who most affect our world"; New HSPH Center to tackle lung cancer inequities; Is all that sitting really killing us?; HSPH's Laurie Glimcher pursues a cross-disciplinary understanding of how cell biology affects the immune system
April 29, 2010
President Obama nominates HSPH's Donald Berwick; The Green Carpet Awards; HSPH students awarded Schweitzer Fellowships; Cut the salt, keep the flavor; Should baseball outlaw smokeless tobacco?; TB, AIDS, and malaria finding new ways to resist treatment
April 19, 2010
Inaugural Kiosk issue; HSPH's Lilian Cheung co-authors book, Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life, with Thich Nhat Hanh; Harvard puts public service on the map; Health care reform's next steps; Alumna leads fight against domestic violence; Women, welfare & human rights
