Harvard Chan students selected as Cheng Fellows
Four students from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health were selected as 2020 Cheng Fellows of the New World Social Innovation Fellowship program at the Social Innovation and Change Initiative (SICI) at Harvard Kennedy School.
Closing, reopening labs was a complex experiment
The spreading COVID-19 pandemic forced labs around the University to close down in mid-March with just two weeks’ notice.
At Orientation week, students kick off a school year like no other
Fall orientation at Harvard Chan School took place virtually this year.
More men than women are dying from COVID-19. Why?
Researchers at Harvard’s GenderSci Lab—including several Harvard Chan School students—are trying to understand the COVID-19 gender gap.
Fairly delivering palliative care during humanitarian crises
Palliative care—which focuses on supporting people with serious or terminal illness or those nearing death—has an important role to play during humanitarian crises such as the coronavirus pandemic. But health professionals need more guidance in how to fairly…
Reflecting on patient care and health disparities during COVID-19
Anesthesiologist and critical care physician Sharma Joseph, MPH ’22, spoke about her journey in medicine, racial disparities in health care—including the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on minority communities—and how minority patients can advocate for themselves, especially during the…
Students perform at annual International Night—virtually
June 23, 2020 – Unnati Mehta twirled and leapt gracefully during two Indian dances—in front of an invisible audience. Mehta, a doctoral student at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, was among the many performers at the…
Student articles focus on housing insecurity, urban farming, and environmental justice
Two doctoral students in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health recently wrote articles focused on environmental justice that were featured in Environmental Health News’ Agents of Change series. In an April…
Amid pandemic, Harvard Chan students connect with isolated local seniors
June 3, 2020 – The coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed so many people physically apart, brought together two unlikely friends, Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa and Sofiya Deych. Now the two look forward to the day when they can meet in…
Harvard Chan–affiliated teams compete in finals of President’s Innovation Challenge
June 2, 2020 – Three teams with ties to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health—Vincere Health, Concerto Biosciences, and SanaRx—were among the finalists in the 2020 President’s Innovation Challenge presented by the Harvard Innovation Labs, and two…
