Around the School, November 9, 2007, Harvard Public Health NOW

Coverage of the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition of the American Public Health Association

The HSPH Office of Communications has created a web site with articles about the annual APHA meeting, which took place from November 3 to 7, 2007.

HSPH Community Forum

The Harvard Staff Survey: One Year Later - HSPH's Response and Future Directions

Thursday, November 15, 2007
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Kresge G2

Speakers: Christine Ciotti, HSPH Associate Dean of Human Resources, and Mary Ann O'Brien, Director of Communications, University Office of Human Resources

Sponsor: Office of the Dean

Lunch will be provided. RSVP to deansoff@hsph.harvard.edu.

Glimcher Delivered Mellon Lecture in Pittsburgh

Laurie Glimcher, Irene Heinz Given Professor of Immunology, delivered the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's 86th Mellon Lecture on October 12.

She spoke on, "Lineage Commitment in the Immune System."

The Mellon Lecture was established in 1915. The lectureship is an opportunity for eminent investigators and scholars to lecture at the University of Pittsburgh on the science of medicine.

Community Gifts Campaign

The University's annual drive for charities, called Community Gifts through Harvard, is being conducted throughout November. For more information, visit www.community.harvard.edu/communitygifts, where a pledge can be made online to help the charity of your choice.

Manson Received Award for Research into Estrogen

JoAnn Manson, Elizabeth Fay Brigham Professor of Women's Health at HMS and professor in the Department of Epidemiology at HSPH, was the recipient of the North American Menopause Society's (NAMS) Postmenopausal Cardiovascular Health Research Award in 2007.

Manson was honored for her research elucidating the relationship between estrogen and coronary disease. She received the award at the NAMS annual scientific sessions in October in Dallas.