Financial well-being and health
October 6, 2014 — A new study by HSPH’s Reginald Tucker-Seeley and colleagues found that the depletion of a family’s financial resources was a … Continue reading “Financial well-being and health”
October 6, 2014 — A new study by HSPH’s Reginald Tucker-Seeley and colleagues found that the depletion of a family’s financial resources was a … Continue reading “Financial well-being and health”
September 25, 2014 — For scientists who study rare diseases, hospitals’ vast data banks hold tantalizing potential. Access to anonymized electronic medical records allows … Continue reading “Digging for research gold in electronic medical records”
A sampling of coverage The Boston Globe: Gift to Harvard Public Health school boosts all of Mass. The New York Times: Hong Kong Group … Continue reading “Media coverage of the Chan family’s gift”
September 5, 2014 — Flashed on screen at a recent Harvard symposium was an illustration from the year 1308 showing students in a lecture-style … Continue reading “Rethinking public health education”
September 4, 2014 — The Harvard School of Public Health community welcomed new students during orientation activities held August 25-29, 2014. Students from across … Continue reading “Orientation 2014: HSPH welcomes new students”
August 25, 2014 — In only two months as an intern in a lab at Harvard School of Public Health, Erika Espinosa believes she … Continue reading “Undergraduates get taste of public health in summer programs”
August 19, 2014 — When she was running for a seat in Japan’s house of representatives, Mayuko Toyota, SM ’02, one day found herself … Continue reading “Public health politician”
August 11, 2014 — The U.S. spends more than $2.8 trillion on health care each year, and some estimate that 30% of that price … Continue reading “Reducing wasteful health care spending begs the question, what is waste?”
August 7, 2014 — Today more people than ever have health insurance. In the U.S., millions have signed up for coverage since the 2008 … Continue reading “Quality missing from global health agenda”
August 4, 2014 — In St. Louis, Missouri, Delmar Boulevard marks a sharp dividing line between the poor, predominately African American neighborhood to the … Continue reading “Zip code better predictor of health than genetic code”