Saving lives in the heat of battle
[ Fall 2011 ] Christian Benjamin, MD, MPH ’96 and Michael McCarten, DO, MPH ’99 are delivering evidence-based military medicine in Afghanistan Medics roll … Continue reading “Saving lives in the heat of battle”
[ Fall 2011 ] Christian Benjamin, MD, MPH ’96 and Michael McCarten, DO, MPH ’99 are delivering evidence-based military medicine in Afghanistan Medics roll … Continue reading “Saving lives in the heat of battle”
[ Fall 2011 ] The National Preparedness Leadership Initiative teaches seasoned professionals how to handle unprecedented disasters. At the World Trade Center on 9/11, … Continue reading “Teaching leadership to leaders”
[ Fall 2011 ] When Roy Wade was a medical resident at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, one patient in the pediatric clinic he … Continue reading “A launchpad for leaders”
[ Fall 2011 ] Reframing a Public Health Acronym In September 2011, the United Nations General Assembly is holding a High-Level Meeting on the … Continue reading “Strengthening health systems to address New Challenge Diseases (NCDs)”
[ Fall 2011 ] This fall, nearly 500 new students enter HSPH. They come from 44 different countries and 40 U.S. states. Many of them arrive … Continue reading “A challenge we face together”
[ Fall 2011 ] Of the estimated 130 million births each year around the world, 4 million babies die in the first 28 days of life. … Continue reading “Safety test: Gates Foundation supports clinical trial for childbirth checklist”
[ Fall 2011 ] Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School of Government (HKS) will launch a unique ministerial health leadership development program next … Continue reading “CIFF grant supports new health leadership development program”
[ Fall 2011 ] Plans are underway to create a new Humanitarian Academy at Harvard School of Public Health, the first global center dedicated to training … Continue reading “A humanitarian academy at HSPH”
[ Fall 2011 ] The year-old Center for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology at HSPH (dubbed the Nano-Center) draws on the School’s long history of studying air particles … Continue reading “Nanoscience and health: Tiny technology raises big questions”
In this issue AIDS at 30: Hard lessons and hope Thirty years after the first official reports about HIV/AIDS, we look back on the … Continue reading “Harvard Public Health: Spring/Summer 2011”