December 20, 2017 – People with colorectal cancer (CRC) who drank at least four cups of coffee per day after their diagnosis had a … Continue reading “Drinking coffee may lower risk of early death from colorectal cancer”
Students from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and across the University came together at the Harvard iLab over the fall semester for an innovative new course—Design of Social Innovation.
December 18, 2017 – In an era when science is being questioned more than ever, Jeffrey Drazen, editor of the New England Journal of … Continue reading “Clinical trial data sharing critical for public trust”
December 8, 2017 – A research team at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has identified a key metabolic vulnerability in some types … Continue reading “Targeting tumor metabolic vulnerabilities”
The School’s new Shared Instrumentation Network is a website listing equipment that is available for community members to use.
Harvard Chan alum Michael Grant spent 25 days in Puerto Rico helping to assess the state of the island’s medical infrastructure in the wake of the storm.
As a visiting professor in the Chan School’s Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases (IID), Hilary Ranson immersed herself in the fundamental research unfolding within IID’s laboratories — studies of the malaria parasite and its abilities to outwit drugs, as well as basic studies of mosquitoes and their biology.
December 5, 2017 – It took Hurricane Katrina to convince Karen DeSalvo that health care in New Orleans had to be completely revamped. DeSalvo, … Continue reading “Lessons after Katrina: ‘There’s more to health than health care’”
The first World AIDS Day was December 1, 1988. That same year, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health AIDS Initiative (HAI) was established to help end the epidemic. Max Essex, Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences and Chair of HAI, looks at the progress of UNAIDS’ 90-90-90 goals.
November 30, 2017 – Ten local public health practitioners—all graduates of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Leaders in Health program—discussed their efforts … Continue reading “Boston community health workers get public health training in Harvard Chan program”
