HPH NOW, February 17, 2006, Around the School

Dean's Distinguished Lecture

"Rethinking Health and Human Rights in the Age of Universal Access to HIV Treatment, Care, and Prevention"

Thursday, March 2
4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Snyder Auditorium

Speaker: Jim Yong Kim, Chief, Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, BWH, and Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Anthropology, HMS

Faculty Promotions

Sue Goldie has been promoted to Professor of Health Decision Science in the Department of Health Policy and Management. She is an internationally recognized expert in decision analytic methods, mathematical modeling, cost-effectiveness analysis, and technology evaluation. Her work involves the development and confirmation of computer-based models that use the known biology and epidemiology of a disease and show how outcomes play out in human populations. Her focus in recent years has been on HIV, hepatitis, and human papilloma virus. Goldie recently received a MacArthur grant for genius and creativity.

Majid Ezzati has been promoted to Associate Professor of International Health in the Department of Population and International Health. His research focuses on two main areas: the relationship between energy, air pollution, and health in developing countries, and the role of major risk factors in current and future disease burden globally and in specific countries and regions.

Daffodil Fundraiser for Cancer

As Boston digs out from a February snowstorm, HSPH members are invited to brighten their day with daffodils, while raising money for cancer efforts. Bouquets of 10 daffodils may be purchased at a cost of $7, or a teddy bear may be delivered with the flowers for $25. Checks may be made payable to the American Cancer Society. Contact department administrators for information on how to place an order. The deadline for ordering daffodils is Tuesday, February 28. The daffodils will be delivered on Monday, March 20. For more information, contact Julie Russell at 617-495-4955 or at julie_russell@harvard.edu.

Event to Highlight Collection on Jewish Medical Texts

The Countway Library of Medicine will host internationally renowned scholars in medieval history and Jewish studies on March 1 in the Minot Room from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. They will discuss the "Role of Jews in the History of Medicine." The symposium will highlight the rare Hyams collection, a collection on Jewish medical texts that includes one of the first printings of the works of Maimonides. For more information, see http://www.countway.harvard.edu