Featured News Archives
2011
Faculty members Nan Laird, Robert Blendon, and Sarah Fortune honored
December 15, 2011 -- Nan Laird Nan Laird was appointed the new Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of Public Health. This honor recognizes…
Health care policy expert says now is the time to focus on prevention
December 14, 2011 -- With national health care reform underway, there should be plenty of opportunities for individuals, health care…
Conference addresses quantitative challenges of using complex genomics data in medical research
December 13, 2011 With the completion of the 13-year Human Genome Project in 2003, many scientists have been hopeful that…
Mary Ellen Avery, pioneer in medicine and public health, dies at 84
December 8, 2011 -- Mary Ellen Avery, a major figure in Boston medicine and public health whose work while a research…
Fighting malaria with spermless mosquitoes
December 8, 2011 Flaminia Catteruccia, a molecular entomologist and new associate professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard School…
HSPH papers recognized as some of 2011's most influential public health research
December 8, 2011 -- Congratulations to three HSPH papers, which were recognized in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) list of…
HSPH researcher studies best ways to prevent auto-pedestrian crashes
December 7, 2011 — When people get hit by cars, what’s the biggest reason? Is it because people don’t pay…
Depression in nursing home workers linked to work-family stress
December 5, 2011 Financial strain, insufficient food often to blame A study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)…
Former U.S. President George W. Bush visits HSPH-affiliated AIDS clinic in Tanzania
December 2, 2011 -- On World AIDS Day, George W. Bush and Laura Bush visited the new Mnazi Mmoja Center for Excellence…
HSPH center promotes health, safety in the workplace
November 28, 2011 -- Developing ways for nurses to minimize back strain when lifting patients and procedures to help construction workers…