Reforming investigations of police killings in the U.S.

It’s important to examine the work of the medical examiners and coroners who investigate killings involving police, in order to uncover possible police misconduct, says a Harvard Chan School expert.

Black people more than three times as likely as white people to be killed during a police encounter

Black Americans are 3.23 times more likely than whites to be killed by police.

Engaging with gun rights advocates on suicide prevention

Morissa Sobelson Henn, DrPH ’19, works with gun rights advocates on suicide prevention in Utah.

Black men left out of late-stage clinical trials for prostate cancer

Patients recruited for Phase III and Phase IV clinical trials of prevention, screening, and treatment methods for prostate cancer are overwhelmingly white, according to new research from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study, published in…

Screening for adverse childhood experiences to reduce toxic stress

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)—including abuse, parental divorce, or having substance abuse in the household—which can induce a toxic stress response linked to a lifetime of health problems.