Transforming public health education
[Fall 2013 Centennial issue] Education unbound How has public health education evolved in the last 100 years? Where is it headed in the future? Six Harvard School of Public Health faculty deeply involved in the revolution now taking…
Spreading his wings: Air Force flight surgeon wants to promote healthy strategies for patients
May 13, 2013 -- As a flight surgeon for the U.S. Air Force, Russell Tontz doesn’t perform surgery—the name “flight surgeon” is historical, dating to WWI—but he is a doctor specially trained to care for pilots. Most recently…
Tufts, Vanguard to launch new health insurance program
Coverage on WBUR featuring HSPH's Nancy Turnbull, August 31, 2012
Massachusetts aims to cut growth of its health costs
Coverage in the New York Times, August 1, 2012, featuring HSPH's Nancy Turnbull
Health cost bill may not attack key problem
Coverage in the Boston Globe, July 15, 2012, featuring HSPH's Nancy Turnbull
Can Massachusetts reign in health care costs?
While many health care reform experts are confident that the Massachusetts State Legislature by end of summer will pass a law intended to cut health care costs by $150 billion in 15 years, HSPH’s [[John McDonough]] and [[Nancy…
New leadership offerings give HSPH students hands-on practice
January 4, 2012 -- It’s one thing to understand the public health implications of scientific evidence. It’s quite another to use that information to successfully implement real public health improvements. The challenge of leaping from theory to practice…
Many uninsured in Massachusetts likely eligible for public health insurance programs
HSPH Prof. Nancy Turnbull recently wrote a post on WBUR’s CommonHealth blog about why many low-income Massachusetts residents remain uninsured. Citing data from a new report by the state’s Health Connector and the Department of Revenue, Turnbull wrote…
Inequalities in consumer health spending essential in controlling Mass. health care costs
As the Massachusetts legislature considers ways to control health care costs in the state, inequalities in consumer medical spending need to be part of the debate, says HSPH Associate Dean Nancy Turnbull. Writing for WBUR’s CommonHealth blog, Turnbull…
Massachusetts health policy news: Patrick administration introduces payment reform legislation
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick released his new payment reform proposal, an expansion on the health care reform overhaul of 2006, on February 17, 2011. Nancy Turnbull, senior lecturer on health policy and associate dean for educational programs at…