October 9, 2012 — Researchers offer policy recommendations to better address dual challenges of food insecurity and obesity in low-income Americans More than 44.7 million … Continue reading “Diets of low-income adults in federal food program SNAP need improvement”
October 4, 2012 — View a slideshow of more photos from the weekend. Cold, rainy weather did not dampen the enthusiasm of the roughly 200 Harvard … Continue reading “Alumni weekend 2012”
October 3, 2012 — Quantitative Methods Course Teaches Building Blocks of Public Health Research It’s time for biostatistics and epidemiology class. The professor is discussing … Continue reading “New HSPH online edX course will reach worldwide audience”
October 2, 2012 — A young Rwandan girl named Claudine is one of the lucky ones. In 2005, after months of seeking a diagnosis … Continue reading “Closing the cancer divide”
September 27, 2012 — With jazz in the background and pizza and empanadas set out on the table, it was an inviting scene at … Continue reading “HSPH’s Office of Diversity hosts open house”
September 27, 2012 — Raffles, kudos, and awards were on the agenda at the Harvard School of Public Health’s Postdoc Appreciation Day celebration to … Continue reading “Postdocs take center stage at annual appreciation day”
September 24, 2012 — Can an academic discipline have an exact birthday? Alfredo Morabia thinks so, and he believes that epidemiology’s 350th birthday is 2012—because 1662 … Continue reading “Speaker says epidemiology got its start centuries ago”
September 17, 2012 — One in three U.S. children are overweight or obese, and growing evidence points to the empty calories they consume from … Continue reading “Replacing juice with water, fruits, and vegetables in afterschool programs cuts calories”
September 13, 2012 — Over the past 40 years, many have come to view mammography screening as the “gold standard” for early breast cancer … Continue reading “Does mammography screening save lives?”
September 12, 2012 — According to new research from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), there’s a strong association between work-family conflict and the … Continue reading “Home stress, work stress linked with increased smoking”