Student report examines COVID-19 spread in Chelsea, Mass.
A report by Cristina Alonso, DrPH ’21, found two major reasons for the swift coronavirus spread in Chelsea, Mass.: the lag time between when people first noticed symptoms and when they got tested and the fact that about…
Student startups chosen for Harvard Innovation Labs support
Eleven teams affiliated with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health were selected for the Harvard Innovation Labs Fall 2020 i-lab Venture Program cohort.
Healthier housing, rooted in social justice
MỹDzung Chu, PhD '20, explores the health impacts of housing inequities and advocates for housing security in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.
Finding Purpose in the Pandemic
Nine newly minted public health professionals and a postdoctoral scholar describe their time on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis
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…
