Doctors’ affiliations with large health systems may drive up costs
When primary care physicians work for or are affiliated with large health systems, their steering of patients toward specialists or other providers within those systems may be driving up health care costs, according to a new study led…
Michael Dillon’s mission: the ‘incredibly urgent’ issue of LGBTQ health
Michael Dillon, MPH ’23, spent more than three decades managing mergers and acquisitions at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He combined his previous work experience with his Harvard Chan School education to launch a “second act”—advancing health equity for the LGBTQ community.
What would health care reform mean for Massachusetts hospitals?
Nearly every hospital in Massachusetts would be affected by the different health care reform policies currently being debated by Democratic presidential candidates because Medicare almost always pays hospitals less than private health insurance companies, according to a February…
Exploring solutions to the opioid epidemic
Nearly 100 researchers, health professionals, policymakers and community members gathered in Ypsilanti, Michigan on Friday, May 10, 2019 for a daylong summit, cosponsored by Harvard University and the University of Michigan, aimed at finding scalable solutions to the…
Rise in medical marketing could lead to health harms
Companies spent nearly $10 billion to market prescription drugs and medical services in 2016—five times more than they spent 20 years ago, according to a new study. The large increase in “medical marketing” includes ads directed at consumers…
Meredith Rosenthal to lead Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative
Meredith Rosenthal, C. Boyden Gray Professor of Health Economics and Policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been tapped to be the next director of the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) beginning in 2019. ALI…
Celebrating unity at annual reception
February 12, 2018 - The Office of Diversity and Inclusion hosted the annual Unity Reception in the FXB Atrium on February 7. Remarks were given by Dean Michelle Williams and students Corrina Wainwright, Jasmine Hall, Jonathan Hill-Rorie, and…
Supporting women’s success in academic research careers
September 21, 2017—Researchers, students, and academic leaders from the U.S. and Japan recently gathered to share experiences and brainstorm ideas for supporting and promoting women in academic research careers. The Advancing Women in Public Health & Medicine Symposium…
‘Ghost Portraits’ honor African American and Native American public health notables
July 31, 2017—What might Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health look like if slavery and the oppression of Blacks and Native Americans had not occurred?
VA inpatient psychiatric hospitals fall short on quality measures
November 1, 2016—For veterans and others entering inpatient psychiatric care, an admissions screening can be key to identifying the most appropriate treatment. But a new study by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that…
