Secrets of sound health
[ Winter 2014 ] Growing up, Francesca Dominici lived about a mile from Ciampino Airport, the second busiest in Rome. As she remembers it, the greatest nuisance from the roar of aircraft over her home was that she…
Buckee named a top 100 global thinker by Foreign Policy
Caroline Buckee, assistant professor of epidemiology and associate director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), was named one of the top 100 global thinkers of 2013 by Foreign Policy (FP).…
Lisa Berkman testifies before Senate subcommittee on economic status and mortality
Lisa Berkman of Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) testified on November 20, 2013 at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing that called attention to life expectancy and health disparities based on socioeconomic status and where someone lives. The…
Harvard AIDS Initiative: The Movie
November 2013 -- What starts as a story of death and ignorance becomes a chronicle of discovery and success. To mark its 25th anniversary, the Harvard AIDS Initiative created a short video outlining major accomplishments and the work…
David Williams honored for distinguished contributions in public health
November 8, 2013 -- David R. Williams, Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), was awarded the 2013 Stephen Smith Award for Distinguished Contributions in Public Health from…
For Movember, a professor shaves his ’stache
A group of men in Harvard’s medical community are growing mustaches in November to raise awareness and money for men’s health, particularly prostate and testicular cancer, as part of an international effort called “Movember.” Harvard School of Public…
Laura Kubzansky recognized for contributions to field
October 30, 2013 — Laura Kubzansky, professor of social and behavioral sciences at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), recently was elected to the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research (ABMR). Kubzansky, also…
A simple solution that has saved millions
[Fall 2013 Centennial issue] A solution of table salt, sodium bicarbonate, glucose, and water. This simple elixir, known as oral rehydration solution (ORS), has saved tens of millions of people since the 1970s from death by cholera and other…
A selection of genetic discoveries at HSPH
[Fall 2013 Centennial issue] The late Armen Tashjian Jr., chair of the then-named Department of Molecular and Cellular Toxicology, made pioneering discoveries about how toxic environmental chemicals and therapeutic agents induce molecular changes; he also played a key…
Jha, Mello elected to Institute of Medicine
For immediate release: Monday, October 21, 2013 Boston, MA -- Two Harvard School of Public Health faculty members from the Department of Health Policy and Management—Ashish Jha and Michelle Mello—have been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM).…