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Center for Communicable Disease dynamics to be established at HSPH to model factors involved in infectious disease spread and intervention

For immediate release: Thursday, September 3, 2009 Boston, MA — A new center that will focus on mathematical modeling of drug resistance, seasonal infectious … Continue reading “Center for Communicable Disease dynamics to be established at HSPH to model factors involved in infectious disease spread and intervention”

Harvard School of Public Health professor Barry R. Bloom named recipient of national award for contributions to understanding immune responses to infectious diseases

For immediate release: September 2, 2009 Boston, MA — Barry R. Bloom, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson … Continue reading “Harvard School of Public Health professor Barry R. Bloom named recipient of national award for contributions to understanding immune responses to infectious diseases”

Prominent bioinformatics expert to join Harvard School of Public Health faculty and become chair of Dana-Farber Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology

For immediate release: July 9, 2009 Boston, MA — Giovanni Parmigiani, PhD, a noted leader in applying bioinformatics tools to cancer studies and medical … Continue reading “Prominent bioinformatics expert to join Harvard School of Public Health faculty and become chair of Dana-Farber Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology”

Based on new study, tobacco control researchers call on FDA to require complete disclosure from tobacco companies of changes made to cigarettes

Study Finds That Tobacco Companies Changed Ingredients, Design of Cigarettes Without Alerting Smokers For immediate release: Friday, June 19, 2009 Boston, MA — As … Continue reading “Based on new study, tobacco control researchers call on FDA to require complete disclosure from tobacco companies of changes made to cigarettes”