Atul Gawande nominated for senior USAID post
Public health expert, surgeon, and writer Atul Gawande has been nominated by President Joe Biden to lead global health development at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Harvard Public Health article on COVID-19 researchers wins top award
A fall 2020 Harvard Public Health magazine article titled “Bearing Witness” has won a Gold Award for Feature Writing from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
The contributions of Alice Hamilton, ‘shoe leather epidemiologist’
Alice Hamilton, a leading authority on workplace health and Harvard University’s first female faculty member, was the subject of a recent WBEZ Chicago article.
Graduation 2021: Awards Presentation
Each year, awards are presented to graduating students, faculty, and staff at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Winners were announced at a virtual celebration May 26, 2021.
In Memoriam
Bernard Lown, a beloved emeritus faculty member and mentor, died on February 16, 2021 at his home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He was 99. Jane Murphy, former professor in the Department of Epidemiology and a renowned psychiatric epidemiologist,…
Expert in women’s environmental health discusses her path, research
Tamarra James-Todd discusses her path to public health and her research on women's environmental health.
To address remote learning challenges, hybrid program brings international students back to campus
A new hybrid program is helping first-year international students, who were facing challenges with taking remote classes from thousands of miles away. The program brought a group of students to Boston, where they take both online and once-a-week…
Faculty News
Faculty awards and honors, appointments and promotions, and books.
In memoriam: Bernard Lown, innovative cardiologist, antiwar activist
Bernard Lown, a beloved emeritus faculty member and mentor at Harvard Chan School, died on February 16, 2021.
In memoriam: Jane Murphy, renowned psychiatric epidemiologist
Dr. Jane Murphy, former professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a renowned psychiatric epidemiologist, passed away on February 9, 2021, at the age of 91.
