May 10, 2013 — Quan Lu, Mark and Catherine Winkler Assistant Professor of Lung Biology in the Departments of Environmental Health and Molecular Metabolism, … Continue reading “Quan Lu receives Tashjian award for excellence in endocrine research at annual ceremony and lecture”
May 10, 2013 — Yaendy Matos, a student at Fenway High School in Boston, says she is interested in a medical career but the … Continue reading “High schoolers get an introduction to field of public health”
May 9, 2013 — A new study has shed light on why a monkey malaria parasite that typically caused only mild infection in humans … Continue reading “Monkey malaria parasite poses increasing risks to humans”
Harvard School of Public Health’s student population is made up of more than 1,000 individuals from throughout the United States and 62 other countries … Continue reading “HSPH student profiles”
May 6, 2013 — Three years ago, Oregon native Ali Chisti, MPH ’13, Carson Scholar, was on course to become a private practice neurosurgeon, … Continue reading “HSPH student Ali Chisti aims to improve health—and health care access—in rural Oregon”
May 3, 2013 — Despite its flummoxing street layout and notoriously aggressive drivers, Boston has made strides in recent years to redeem itself from … Continue reading “HSPH students propose data-sharing system to improve bicycle safety in Boston”
May 1, 2013 — The influence of a minister of finance in shaping broad public policy, building sustainable health financing, and increasing efficiency in … Continue reading “African finance ministers convene at Harvard to discuss health financing”
April 24, 2013 — In 1962, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) launched the Department of Demography and Human Ecology, the first department devoted … Continue reading “GHP@50: Symposium explores progress, challenges in global health”
April 23, 2013 — A comprehensive global study of the educational and economic impact of stunted cognitive development due to childhood illnesses and other … Continue reading “Harvard-led research to quantify economic costs of stunted child cognitive development in resource-poor countries”
April 11, 2013 — In the largest-ever study of its kind, an international collaboration of hundreds of scientists has uncovered 74 new genetic markers … Continue reading “Researchers uncover 74 new genetic risk factors for breast, prostate and ovarian cancer”