Research Centers

The School has established several centers to advance research in areas of importance to public health. These efforts tend to be multidisciplinary in their approach, bringing together faculty members from several HSPH departments and in some cases from several faculties at Harvard University. Faculty affiliated with the centers offer courses in their field of interest through the School's academic departments and often provide opportunities for student involvement in research. 

School Wide Research Centers

• Center for Health Communication
• François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
• Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
• Harvard Injury Control Research Center
• Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative

• Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research (CBAR)
• Center for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research
• Center for Quality of Care Research and Education (QCARE)
• Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
• Harvard Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health
• Harvard NIEHS Center for Environmental Health
• Harvard Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity
• Harvard School of Public Health Center for Public Health Preparedness
• John B. Little Center for Radiation Sciences and Environmental Health

HSPH Researchers

View web sites for research appointees at HSPH.

International Research

HSPH researchers are involved in projects promoting global health on nearly every continent. From advancing scientific discovery to training international health leaders, HSPH has been at the forefront of efforts to benefit the health of populations worldwide.

See World Map @HSPH for more information.

Research Programs and Projects

• Center for Health Promotion
• China Initiative
• College Alcohol Study
• Environment And Reproductive Health (EARtH Study)
• EPA/Harvard Center on Ambient Particle Health Effects
• Gene Environment Initiative (GENI)
• Harvard Malaria Initiative 
• Health Professionals Follow-Up Study
• International Health Systems Program
• Lung Cancer Susceptibility and Outcomes Study
• Nurses' Health Study (w.Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and HMS)
• Nurses' Health Study II
• Program on the Global Demography of Aging
• Program in Health Care Financing
• Program in Health Decision Science 
• Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research
• Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology
• Program in Quantitative Genomics
• Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project Monograph
• The Superfund Basic Research Program at Harvard University
• The Nutrition Source

Research Cores

• Bioinformatics Core
• Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
• High-Throughput Polymorphism Detection
• Rapid Case Identification

Research Administration and Support

• Federal Stimulus Funding
• Harvard University Office for Sponsored Programs
• Harvard University Office of Technology Development (OTD)
• HSPH Sponsored Programs Administration
• Office of Human Research Administration