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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Watch video: Swati Piramal (MPH ’92), Director of Piramal Healthcare
Swati Piramal (MPH ’92), director of Piramal Healthcare, a drug discovery company that aims to bring affordable medicines to reduce the burden of disease globally, spoke at HSPH on April 25 as part of the Decision-making: Voices from the Field series.
Beyond the Ivory Tower, Into the World
Harvard Gazette article profiles Division.
From the April 19, 2012, article:
When Harvard President Drew Faust interviewed former Mexican Minister of Health Julio Frenk about becoming the public health dean, Frenk asked her why she was interested in him for the post.
“Because I am deeply interested in the role that universities have in tackling the biggest problems facing humankind,” Faust responded.
Faust’s words were just what Frenk wanted to hear. He took the job in 2009 and has made it his mission to ensure that the work going on at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) doesn’t just sit in academic journal archives, but reaches government officials, policymakers, and health care professionals on the ground who can put it to use.
Read article in full.
1. Division's Sarah Bearse Named "Harvard Hero"
2. Center for Health Communication Talk with Law and Order: SVU Executive Producer
3. Watch May 3 video: K. Sujatha Rao, Former Secretary of Health and Family Welfare, India
