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Cecilia Vu, PhD ’22, uses her quantitative skills to explore the health of African Americans who left the South during the 20th century.

Claude Bruderlein, adjunct lecturer on global health at Harvard Chan School and senior researcher at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, describes the challenges of humanitarian negotiations in regions affected by conflict.

Stephen Kissler, research fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, spoke on March 23rd.

Armed with degrees in systems engineering, business, and epidemiology, Brandon Alexander Anthony, MPH ’22, hopes to launch a company that helps health systems design better services for patients of color, LGBTQ patients, and other marginalized groups.

To mark World TB Day, March 24, Harvard Chan School’s Sarah Fortune, a TB expert, discusses the state of the disease worldwide, obstacles to fighting it, and the latest research.

At the Yerby Diversity Lecture in Public Health, Morehouse College of Medicine’s Valerie Montgomery Rice talked about her school’s efforts to address the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on poorer people and racial minorities—and what more can be done about it.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted a massive humanitarian crisis, with mounting military and civilian casualties and more than two million people on the move to escape the violence. In this Big 3 Q&A, Michael VanRooyen, director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, talks about the biggest threats people are facing and how humanitarian organizations are helping.

WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus, in conversation with Harvard Chan School Dean Michelle Williams, outlined steps to combat the “confusion and incoherence” that has characterized the COVID-19 pandemic response.

What will the future of SARS-CoV-2 look like, and what should we as a community consider in our response to changing conditions? Harvard Chan School’s Yonatan Grad offers thoughts in this Q&A.

The Jane Jie Sun Harvard LEAD Fellowship aims to equip and empower women from low- and middle-income countries for global health leadership roles. Women from Malawi, Namibia, India, and Uganda are part of the 2021 cohort.