Magazine Archives

2008
    A simple checklist that saves lives September 15, 2008
    [ Fall 2008 ] Fighter pilots use checklists to avoid deadly errors. Why not surgeons, too? So complex was the new B-17…
    ECONOMICAL Formerly a member of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers, HSPH's Katherine Baicker now serves on the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Health Insurance Status and its Consequences. Health insurance and Uncle Sam September 15, 2008
    [ Fall 2008 ] A proposal to make health care more affordable Though we Americans bicker about how best to fix our…
    Monica Ter-Minassian, a doctoral student in environmental health, brings a rare depth of expertise in genetics, epidemiology, and biology to her studies of gene-environment interactions. How genes and environmental forces raise cancer risk September 15, 2008
    [ Fall 2008 ] Monica Ter-Minassian is scouring the genome for time bombs. Using gene-reading technology and analytic techniques, this Harvard School…
    2008 Alumni Award of Merit winners September 15, 2008
    [ Fall 2008 ] Standouts in public health tend to view big problems as boulders that must be rolled uphill, however steep…
    hphrspr08coverweb-cropped Harvard Public Health: Spring 2008 May 15, 2008
    In this issue HSPH faculty members suggest ways the next U.S. President can level the playing field for all Americans.…
    7 ways to fight health inequities May 15, 2008
    [ Spring 2008 ] Premature death is more than three times more likely to occur in those at the bottom…
    Barry R. Bloom From the Dean: To my successor May 15, 2008
    [ Spring 2008 ] As Barry R. Bloom prepares to step down, he offers some thoughts for the next dean of the…
    Guns and suicide: A fatal link May 15, 2008
    [ Spring 2008 ] In the United States, suicides outnumber homicides almost two to one. Perhaps the real tragedy behind suicide deaths—about…
    betenskySM The oddsmaker May 15, 2008
    [ Spring 2008 ] A math whiz takes on brain cancer, MS, and Alzheimer’s disease.  Rebecca Betensky’s dad worked as a statistician…
    spr08tb Hope for a needle-free TB vaccine May 15, 2008
    [ Spring 2008 ] New "dry-spray" technology passes muster in guinea pigs Aiming to make immunization safer and more cost-effective for the…
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