Frontlines
Quick updates about public health news from the Spring/Summer 2012 issue of Harvard Public Health.

The promise of big data
Raw information could provide clues for everything from preventing TB to shrinking health care costs.

Can doing good be done better?
Three humanitarian aid professionals at HSPH discuss the field.

Finding her true path
In the middle of a high-flying business career, Kate Powis reversed course and chose a life in public health.

Accentuating the positive
HSPH student Rob Buelow wants to accentuate the benefits of healthy living to promote public health.

Dean’s message: Singular vision
Even with public health’s deep-rooted interest in the common good, it often takes visionary individuals to pave the way to scientific breakthroughs and policy reform.

Philanthropic impact
New gifts to HSPH support humanitarian assistance training, more.