Philanthropic impact
Philanthropic Impact: Seeding Ideas to Help New Research Bloom
Research funded by the McLennan Family Challenge Grant Program Courtesy of Matthew McLennan At the height of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2015, Harvard Chan School researcher Phyllis Kanki made a key breakthrough in understanding the deadly infection. Funded by…
The Impact of Financial Aid: Transforming Health Through the Goldsmith Fellowship
In 2004, Richard and Ronay Menschel established the endowed Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship, which has helped several students every year since then pursue their education at the Harvard Chan School. Because of the ripple effect of financial aid, fellowships benefit not only…
A Footprint in India
India—a study in contrasts with a population of 1.3 billion people—is a compelling place to carry out public health interventions and research. While key health indicators such as life expectancy have improved, India is also home to one-third of the world’s poorest…
A Doctorate with Lofty Goals
Training in leadership, management, communications, and innovative thinking—and advanced education in public health—are the hallmarks of Harvard Chan School’s four-year-old doctor of public health (DrPH) degree. The lofty goal of the program, with 33 graduates to date, is to prepare students to…
Harnessing Big Data
Medicine and public health are constantly evolving as research and technology open the doors to new ways to treat or prevent diseases. Randomized trials are the best way to assess what works. But when that’s not possible, people like Miguel Hernán, Kolokotrones…