Gokhan Hotamisligil, internationally recognized metabolic disease expert and HSPH professor, to receive award for outstanding contributions to obesity field
For immediate release: Friday, May 7, 2010 Boston, MA -- Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, the J.S. Simmons Professor of Genetics and Metabolism and chair of the Department of Molecular Metabolism at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), will…
Nathan Keyfitz, pioneer in applying math to the study of populations, dies
For immediate release: April 15, 2010 Boston, MA -- Nathan Keyfitz, an innovative statistician and professor emeritus who broke new ground in applying math to human populations, passed away on April 6, 2010, at a health care facility…
Can cost-effective health care = better health care?
[Winter 2010] Cost-effectiveness research pinpoints best values for limited health care dollars—and the results may surprise you An interview with Harvard School of Public Health’s Milton Weinstein offers some revealing insights into how the U.S. health care system could save…
Stephen Lagakos, international leader in biostatistics and AIDS research, dies
For immediate release: October 13, 2009 Boston, MA -- Stephen Lagakos, an international leader in biostatistics and AIDS research and professor of biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), died in an auto collision on Monday,…
Two HSPH professors honored with election to Institute of Medicine for their scientific contributions
Boston, MA -- Two members of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) faculty have been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), a national resource for independent, scientifically informed analysis and recommendations on human health issues. Election…
John Briscoe offers bold, unorthodox ideas for managing scarce water
[Fall 2009] What do people in developing nations understand about water that people in wealthy nations do not? "They understand the absence of it," says John Briscoe, newly appointed Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health at HSPH. If it doesn't…
Combatting the health consequences of poverty and stress
[Fall 2009] Couple's combined expertise forges new directions for treatment On their way to school one morning, two middle-school boys skirted a crime scene where a high-schooler lay dead, shot just a few minutes earlier while waiting at…
Harvard School of Public Health professor Barry R. Bloom named recipient of national award for contributions to understanding immune responses to infectious diseases
For immediate release: September 2, 2009 Boston, MA -- Barry R. Bloom, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Professor of Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), will receive…
Environmental health biostatistician whose work has impacted air pollution regulation joins Harvard School of Public Health
For immediate release: July 9, 2009 Boston, MA -- Francesca Dominici, PhD, a biostatistican whose work has affected air pollution regulation, has joined the faculty of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) as professor of biostatistics. Dominici…
Prominent bioinformatics expert to join Harvard School of Public Health faculty and become chair of Dana-Farber Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
For immediate release: July 9, 2009 Boston, MA -- Giovanni Parmigiani, PhD, a noted leader in applying bioinformatics tools to cancer studies and medical decision-making, has been appointed professor of biostatistics at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)…