Mapping Boston's soundscape
Erica Walker, SD ’17, biked around Boston to take the measure of a city's noise and its effects on residents. Hot coffee dripping. Steamed milk hissing. Muzak droning. Keyboards clacking. Patrons murmuring: Erica Walker’s soft voice was almost drowned out by…
Students, researchers share findings at annual poster day
April 11, 2016 — Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Postdoctoral Association and Student Government, with the support of the Office of Faculty Affairs and Acting Dean David Hunter, presented a school-wide poster day on April 8,…
Inaugural State of the Students highlights successes, goals
March 31, 2016 — On March 23, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Student Government held the first-ever State of the Students. This event filled the cafeteria with students, staff, faculty, and deans to hear the latest SG…
What surprised our students?
March 2016 -- We asked four Harvard Chan students in three different degree programs what they found most surprising about their experience here at the school. This is what they said.
Students collect donated feminine hygiene products for women's shelter
In recognition of International Women’s Day on March 8, the Women, Gender and Health Interdisciplinary Concentration, Women In Leadership, and Women and Health Initiative are running a month-long drive collecting feminine hygiene products.
Students in joint School-CDC course ‘bring fresh eyes’ to public health programs
February 18, 2016 -- A unique winter session practicum at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, offered in conjunction with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is giving students valuable experience in how to evaluate…
Mass. health secretary encourages students to consider public service
February 16, 2016 -- Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders encouraged an audience of students at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to consider public service at some point in their careers. A veteran…
‘Blended’ online, on-campus master’s program in epidemiology offers maximum flexibility
January 12, 2016 -- Between shifts in a California hospital, on lunch break in Singapore, or on an airplane soaring over Canada, students from all over the globe are now studying epidemiology in a new Harvard T.H. Chan…
Blue Sky Scenario
[Winter 2016] Jeremiah Zhe Liu, SM ’15, PhD ’20, is creating new biostatistical methods that may help reverse the devastating effects of air pollution in his native China. On calm days, an acrid fog descends over Taiyuan, China,…
Working with homeless women teaches student valuable lessons
December 16, 2015 — As an undergraduate at McGill University in Montreal, Anvita Kulkarni, SM ’16, had a passion for social justice and health equity. Two years ago, she stumbled across an online course, Health and Society, taught…
