Milestones at HSPH from Past Decade

• HSPH Department of Biostatistics began offering PhD degree.
• Office for Educational Programs established. Nancy Turnbull and Nancy Kane are appointed associate deans to head the program.
• HSPH received $25 million from Gates Foundation to prevent spread of AIDS in Nigeria.
• Master of Science Program in Health Care Management launched.
• "The Future of Public Health: A Millennial Symposium" held.
• The Harvard AIDS Institute, now the HSPH AIDS Initiative, opened HIV/AIDS lab in Gaborone, Botswana.
• HSPH surveyed staff with the "Great Place to Work" survey. This effort was followed in 2006 with the "What's Your Harvard Like?" survey.
• Core initiative in bioinformatics launched.
• HSPH researchers developed healthy eating guidelines and an alternative to the US food pyramid.
• Department of Society, Human Development, and Health created from a merger of the Departments of Maternal and Child Health and Health and Social Behavior.
• Stephen Lagakos named chair of Department of Biostatistics. In 2006, he stepped down, and Louise Ryan became chair.
• Harvard Law School and HSPH established joint degree program.
• Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases created. Gökhan Hotamisligil named chair.
• Genes and Environment Initiative launched.
• State of the School Address Series began.
• David Bloom named chair of Department of Population and International Health.
• Government of Cyprus established environmental health initiative in association with HSPH.
• Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series kicked off.
• Douglas Dockery named chair of Department of Environmental Health.
• HSPH received PEPFAR grant for HIV/AIDS efforts.
• The School convened a three-part international symposia on Health Disparities & The Body Politic. Nancy Krieger was lead organizer.
• Sue Goldie and Atul Gawande received MacArthur "Genius" grants.
• Inaugural WinterSession.
• Tulane Students made HSPH a temporary home after Hurricane Katrina.
• School created recognition award program for staff.
• China Initiative launched.
• Meir Stampfer named chair of Department of Epidemiology. In 2007, he stepped down, and Hans-Olov Adami became chair.
• Health Communication Concentration launched.
• Jim Yong Kim named director of FXB Center for Health and Human Rights.
• HSPH-affiliated Harvard Center on the Developing Child created.
• Laurie Glimcher named head of Division of Biological Sciences. Michael Grusby became the new director of the PhD Program in Biological Sciences in Public Health.
• Dyann Wirth announced as chair of Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases.
• Public Health Foundation of India launched.
• Office of Diversity established with Deborah Prothrow-Stith as first head.
• Lisa Berkman named head of Population and Development Studies Center. Ichiro Kawachi named as her successor as chair of SHDH.
• Howard Koh named head of Division of Public Health Practice.