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September 23, 2019 – William Haseltine wants to figure out how bring the benefits of modern medicine to people everywhere. That’s why he founded … Continue reading “Lessons from a health system’s transformation”

Sandro Galea, dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at Boston University School of Public Health, outlined for a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health audience what he sees as the current state of the epidemiology field, and challenged students in the audience to contribute to building an “epidemiology that matters.”

Psychiatrist and researcher Atalay Alem spoke about his efforts to boost mental health services and research in Ethiopia, and received an award.

Using a rat model, researchers found that newborn lungs may have enhanced susceptibility to inhaled nanoparticles.

Amid an outbreak of lung injuries and deaths related to the use of e-cigarettes and other vaping products, David Christiani, Elkan Blout Professor of Environmental Genetics at Harvard Chan School, discusses his research on the dangers of vaping and his recent NEJM editorial on the topic.

After decades of research, a new study links optimism and prolonged life.

August 26, 2019—The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health community welcomed new students on August 26, kicking off a week of Orientation activities. … Continue reading “Orientation 2019: Harvard Chan School welcomes new students”

August 20, 2019 – With misinformation and mistrust about vaccines on the rise, the World Health Organization named vaccine hesitancy as one of 10 … Continue reading “Overcoming misinformation about vaccines”

The NeuroGAP-Psychosis study, launched last fall by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and partner institutions in Africa, is the first large-scale psychiatric genetics study of African populations.