Harvard Public Health: Spring 2008

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Harvard Public Health: Spring 2008

In this issue

HSPH faculty members suggest ways the next U.S. President can level the playing field for all Americans.

	Extend a safety net to deserving immigrant families		Put research on early childhood development into action
	Join the global fight against tobacco		Support a Health Rights movement
	Encourage long-term investments in health care		Champion social and economic equity
	Desegregate our health care system

Also in this issue

From the Dean
Letter to HSPH’s future leader

Guns and suicide: A fatal link
A study by the Harvard School of Public Health of all 50 U.S. states reveals a powerful link between rates of firearm ownership and suicides.

The oddsmaker
A math whiz takes on brain cancer, MS, and Alzheimer’s disease

Hope for a needle-free TB vaccine
“Dry-spray” technology passes muster in guinea pigs

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

Community health champion
Florida’s first surgeon general takes her message on the road

A low-tech way to combat HIV/AIDS
HSPH’s Daniel Halperin was among the first to spotlight signs that male circumcision could be a pivotal link in the AIDS pandemic.