HSPH in the News Archives
2011
Experts debate the proper dose of vitamin D at HSPH Forum
March 30, 2011
A panel of experts gathered on March 25 to debate how much vitamin D is enough and how much is…
HSPH students simulate international aid negotiations
March 28, 2011
Fourteen HSPH students participated in an innovative extracurricular exercise on March 25, joining with students from other Harvard graduate schools,…
New report suggests ways to use technology to improve aid in humanitarian emergencies
March 28, 2011
Disaster Relief 2.0: The Future of Information Sharing in Humanitarian Emergencies, a new report written by a team of researchers…
Efforts to fight cancer in the developing world highlighted in special issue of Science Magazine
March 25, 2011
HSPH Dean Julio Frenk is featured in Science magazine’s March 25, 2011, special issue on the “Cancer Crusade at 40.”…
Overweight adults who fail to recognize excess pounds less likely to eat healthy and be active
March 22, 2011
About one-quarter of overweight and obese adults do not recognize that they are carrying excess pounds and, in fact, many…
Time Magazine's "Ten Ideas That Will Change the World" features HSPH faculty research
March 17, 2011
The concept of the “demographic dividend” pioneered by HSPH faculty member David Bloom and colleagues is featured in Time magazine’s…
Hsiao helps Vermont overhaul its health care system
March 16, 2011
The economic climate and demographic shifts around the globe have pushed the work of William Hsiao, the K.T. Li professor…
In wake of Japanese earthquake, HSPH experts discuss humanitarian response, radiation risks
March 15, 2011
HSPH faculty and alumni were quick to respond with medical and relief expertise during last year’s massive earthquake in Haiti.…
Experts at HSPH Forum debate effectiveness of mammograms for breast cancer screening
March 9, 2011
Last fall, Mette Kalager, a surgeon at Oslo University Hospital and a visiting scientist at HSPH, published a controversial study…
President Obama signals support for flexibility for states in implementing health law
March 9, 2011
In the first of a new bi-weekly column for Kaiser Health News, HSPH’s John McDonough analyzes President Barack Obama’s recent…