Black alumni profiled to celebrate Black History Month
During Black History Month, plasma screens throughout the School shared a special slideshow honoring 11 black alumni from recent decades.
During Black History Month, plasma screens throughout the School shared a special slideshow honoring 11 black alumni from recent decades.
Speakers at the Decolonizing Global Health conference questioned the ways that global health is taught and practiced, from the scholars studied in classes to the agendas set by mega-funders like Bill Gates.
Mary Bassett became director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights and François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights on September 1. She previously served as commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
February 5, 2019 —A new article by Lindsay Jaacks, assistant professor of global health at Harvard Chan School, and co-authors present for the first … Continue reading “The stages of an obesity epidemic”
January 23, 2019—The burden of colorectal cancer is staggering. In 2018, it was the third-most common diagnosed cancer among both men and women in … Continue reading “To stop colon cancer, new study looks to the microbiome”
The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems calls for global cooperation and commitment to shift diets toward healthy, largely plant-based patterns; make large reductions in food loss and waste; and implement significant sustainability improvements in food production practices.
January 10, 2019 – Millions of children could be getting too much lead in the water they drink at school, according to a new … Continue reading “Report: Lead levels too high in many U.S. schools”
Harvard Chan School’s Education and Research Center for Occupational Health and Safety carries on legacy of pioneer Alice Hamilton January 9, 2019—When Alice Hamilton … Continue reading “School continues decades-long legacy of protecting workers’ health”
December 21, 2018 – Crucial leadership skills for public health—from effective communication to team conflict to burnout—were the focus of a December 8, 2018 … Continue reading “Public health leadership skills the focus at student-run event”
Students taking the Introduction to the Workplace Environment course this fall updated or created Wikipedia pages as their final projects.