HPH NOWAround the School, July 17 2009
Professor Barry Bloom Honored with Distinguished Service Award
Barry R. Bloom, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Professor of Public Health, received a Distinguished Service Award from the USA-India Chamber of Commerce at the U.S. India BioPharma & Healthcare Summit 2009 on Thursday, May 14, in Cambridge, MA. He was honored for his contributions to public health in India.
Bloom first visited India in 1969 and has worked towards improving public health in the country for 40 years. In recent years, he was instrumental in the establishment of the Public Health Foundation of India, which is creating several schools of public health, and serves as co-chair of its Academic Advisory Committee.
Swap Excess HSPH Supplies, Office Equipment, and Furniture
Got extra office equipment? Excess furniture? Unused lab supplies? Trade them on the newly launched "Ken's List," a web site used to post these kinds of items for trade within HSPH. The site was suggested by employees Christina Thompson, Ken Wenger, and Alice Smythe as part of an ongoing effort to make the School more efficient.
Instructions on how to post items, as well as how to receive emails when new items are added, are available there. "Ken's List" is not intended for personal items; use HarVIE for those kinds of swaps.
The HSPH Efficiency Committee continues to accept ideas.
HSPH Alumnus Named White House Fellow
Anish Mahajan, who earned a MPH degree from HSPH in 2003, has been selected as one of 15 new White House Fellows. The fellows participate in an education program and in service projects in the Washington, DC, area. Former fellows include former Secretary of State Colin Powell, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta, and writer Doris Kearns Goodwin.
