AIDS in 1982: Buried in the back pages
August, 1982. Robin Herman, who is currently assistant dean for research communications at HSPH, was then a metro reporter for The New York Times. She was assigned to cover a cluster of cases in New York City of a frightening…
Off the cuff: Walter Willett
[ Spring/Summer 2011 ] How would you improve the USDA 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans? "The guidelines took baby steps in the right direction. For example, they are very clear about what foods should be increased: whole grains, fruits, and…
Fierce advocate saw HIV/AIDS not just as an infection, but as an injustice
[ Spring/Summer 2011 ] Jonathan Mann, physician and advocate, pragmatist and visionary, transformed the way the world looked at AIDS. As the first head of the World Health Organization’s Global Programme on AIDS, he illuminated the intersection of…
HSPH's Connolly fighting tobacco use worldwide
Gregory N. Connolly, director of the Center for Global Tobacco Control and professor of the practice of public health at HSPH, was featured in the Harvard Gazette for his research into the health effects of tobacco and the…
Gawande New Yorker article on end-of-life care wins National Magazine Award
May 11, 2011 Atul Gawande, associate professor in HSPH’s Department of Health Policy and Management and a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, has won a National Magazine Award for his story "Letting Go," which appeared in the…
HSPH's Laurie Glimcher honored at day-long symposium
May 2, 2011 Researchers from across the globe joined HSPH faculty, students, staff and guests to honor Prof. Laurie Glimcher at a day-long symposium April 15, 2011, at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School (HMS). The…
HSPH prof. Nancy Krieger pens new book, Epidemiology and The People's Health: Theory and Context
March 28, 2011 Ask a typical student who is studying epidemiology what she or he is learning, and the overwhelming answer will refer to a set of methods useful for analyzing the distribution and determinants of population patterns…
Brendan Manning receives Armen Tashjian, Jr., award for excellence in endocrine research
March 22, 2011 -- Former colleagues, faculty, students, staff and family members of the late Armen H. Tashjian, Jr., professor of toxicology, emeritus, and former chair of what is now the School’s Department of Molecular Metabolism, gathered March 1, 2011…
Time Magazine's "Ten Ideas That Will Change the World" features HSPH faculty research
The concept of the “demographic dividend” pioneered by HSPH faculty member David Bloom and colleagues is featured in Time magazine’s “Ten Ideas That Will Change the World” published March 17, 2011. Bloom, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics…
HSPH's Connolly passionate about curbing smoking worldwide
Gregory N. Connolly, professor of the practice of public health at HSPH and director of HSPH’s Center for Global Tobacco Control, is spotlighted in the March-April 2011 issue of Harvard Magazine for his far-reaching anti-tobacco efforts. Before coming…