July 7, 2010 — President Obama appointed Donald M. Berwick, a professor at Harvard Medical School who has a secondary appointment in the HSPH … Continue reading “Obama appoints Donald Berwick head of Medicare and Medicaid”
July 2, 2010 — Sarah Fortune, assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases, has been selected to receive a Clinical Scientist Development Award from … Continue reading “Tuberculosis researcher Sarah Fortune receives clinical scientist development award”
June 29, 2010 — More than 150 HSPH members competed in this year’s “Take the Stairs” campaign, an effort organized by the green team … Continue reading “Participants recognized for “taking the stairs” in HSPH eco-campaign”
June 24, 2010 — HSPH celebrated summer with its annual ScoopFest celebration on June 24 in the Kresge cafeteria. Ice cream with all of … Continue reading “HSPH celebrates summer”
June 23, 2010 — Frank B. Hu, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, will receive the … Continue reading “Frank Hu receives award for diabetes epidemiology research”
June 18, 2010 — Raising the price on regular sodas may be the most effective way to encourage Americans to reach for less sugary … Continue reading “Price increase may be best motivator to swap sugary drinks for healthier ones”
June 15, 2010 — In 1953, scientists James Watson and Francis Crick published a now-famous paper describing the double-helix structure of DNA, but it … Continue reading “Former Nobel Prize committee member shares stories about world’s most famous scientific prize”
June 14, 2010 — Every spring, HSPH members are asked to complete performance reviews, and this year, they beat the existing record. Overall, the … Continue reading “Celebration for completing performance management reviews”
June 14, 2010 — For the next new infectious threat—or the next phase of the ongoing H1N1 influenza pandemic—public health decision makers need better … Continue reading “Infectious disease: lessons learned from H1N1 pandemic”
June 8, 2010 — They are an odd couple of co-authors. Max Essex, chair of the Harvard AIDS Initiative and a world-renowned research scientist, … Continue reading “HIV/AIDS: Stories from an epidemic”