Landmark Shuttle Service

A new shuttle service will transport HSPH and HMS members between the Longwood Campus and Landmark Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, starting on January 3. The shuttle will run a continual loop and make stops at the Landmark Center, Vanderbilt Hall, and 651 Huntington Avenue (FXB Building). Landmark passengers will board the shuttle near the AMC Fenway Movie Theater. Each loop will take about 20 minutes.

The rides are free of charge, but passengers must present a valid HSPH or HMS ID card. The vans will be marked Longwood Campus/Landmark Shuttle.

The service resulted from efforts by the Landmark Representative Group, Operations Office, and Office of the Dean.

Willett Receives Two Awards

	Walter Willett (r) received the ACS award from Volunteer President Stephen Sener

Walter Willett, chair of the Department of Nutrition, received the American Cancer Society's highest award-the Medal of Honor-on November 18 at a ceremony at the society's Annual National Assembly Meeting in Los Angeles. He was specifically honored for his work in clinical research, which includes the identification of dietary and lifestyle factors that increase cancer risk, efforts in the development of nutritional epidemiology, contributions in furthering the understanding of how obesity, physical inactivity, and specific components of diet affect the risk of breast, colon, and prostate cancers, and work in evaluating the relationship between oral contraceptives and increased breast cancer risk.

Willett also was named the winner of the 25th annual Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson Freedom to Discover Award for Distinguished Achievement in Nutrition Research in a ceremony in New York in October. He was recognized for his work in the field of nutritional epidemiology, including the development of large-scale cohort studies and methods to assess dietary intake in large populations. The award also recognizes his work to uncover significant relationships between nutrition and chronic diseases.

Huguenin Named Executive Director of HCRA

Michael Huguenin, an entrepreneur and manager who built highly-regarded consulting organizations, has joined the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA) as executive director. He will work with the Center's director, James Hammitt, to develop new initiatives in research and education and will have a leadership role in management of HCRA.

Huguenin co-founded Industrial Economics, Incorporated, an internationally-known economics and environmental consulting firm.

Throughout his 30-year career Huguenin has conducted analyses of energy, environmental, and natural resource policies and regulations, including evaluating the benefits and costs of major U.S. environmental statutes, and estimating the value of natural resource damages caused by oil spills and chemical releases. He led the economic damage assessment of the Exxon Valdez spill for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Department of Justice.

Over the last five years, Huguenin served the UN Compensation Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, by directing fact-finding for claims by Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey alleging environmental and public-health damage resulting from the 1991 Gulf War.

George Gray, the previous HCRA executive director, left HSPH in October to lead the EPA's Office of Research and Development.

Gawande Recognized for Science Writing

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named HMS Assistant Professor of Surgery and HSPH Assistant Professor Atul Gawande a winner of a 2005 Science Journalism Award for his article "The Bell Curve," which appeared in The New Yorker on December 6, 2004. A staff writer for the magazine and a surgeon, Gawande focused his article on why a doctor's technical skills alone cannot ensure good outcomes in the treatment of cystic fibrosis.

Nieman Fellowships Created

Nieman Fellowships in global health reporting have been established at Harvard University as a joint initiative of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism and HSPH, supported by a three-year, $1.19 million grant to Harvard from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Three Nieman Global Health Fellows-one from the United States, one from Europe, and one from the developing world-will be chosen annually, starting with the 2006-2007 academic year. The fellowships will include four months of field work in a developing country at the end of the Nieman year at Harvard.