Events to Note
HSPH Commencement
Thursday, June 7
2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Kresge Courtyard
Reminder:
Andrew Spielman Memorial Symposium
Friday, May 25
12:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Snyder Auditorium
The HSPH Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and Office of the Dean are convening a symposium to honor the contributions of Professor Andrew Spielman, who passed away in December 2006.
RSVP to Andrea Sabaroff at asabarof@hsph.harvard.edu.
Appointments and Promotions
Julio Frenk has been appointed visiting professor of international health in the Department of Population and International Health. Frenk, former Minister of Health of Mexico, is also HSPH's Commencement speaker this year.
Joshua Salomon has been appointed associate professor of international health in the Department of Population and International Health.
Partners In Health Guide on HIV Now Online
Partners In Health has converted the 2006 edition of The Partners In Health Guide to Community-Based Treatment of HIV in Resource-Poor Settings into an interactive, online version. The new website allows visitors to share insights about the manual and experiences in the field, to ask questions of each other, to answer others' concerns, and to foster a community of care.
Alumnus Wins Award
HSPH alumnus Neil Powe, MPH 81, has been named the 2007 Distinguished Educator by the National Association of Clinical Research Training.
Powe is an expert in the treatment of chronic kidney disease and a professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He received a plaque in March at a ceremony held in conjunction with the Association's annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Among Powe's accomplishments are changes to practice guidelines for treating patients with end-stage renal disease, preventing the misuse of treatments, such as recombinant erythropoietin, and examining the effectiveness of various technologies, including hemodialysis.
Copyright, 2007, President and Fellows of Harvard College
