Alumni, student recognized as minority health leaders
Honorees were recognized for their work improving patient outcomes and building sustainable healthy communities.
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…
Getting to know … Onisha Etkins, PhD ’21
Onisha Etkins uses social epidemiology—and dance—to share nuanced stories about Black and Brown people’s lives that center their joys and desires.
Getting to know … Gabriela Borin Castillo, MPH ’21
A physical therapist specializing in chronic pain, Gabriela Borin Castillo has done volunteer work with Paralympic athletes and helped build a rehabilitation clinic in Guatemala. The native Brazilian is now living in Chile and working toward her MPH…
Clear vision
Ajay Kolli, MPH ’21, hopes to boost overall health by improving eyesight.
A ‘Dreamer’ fights for health equity
DACA recipient Monica Lazaro, MPH ’21, is advocating for health policies that will help immigrants and others left behind.
Offering inspiration during pandemic through storytelling
Tariana Little, DrPH ’20, has been recognized as a “student who rocked public health” in 2020 for producing a series of inspiring videos during the pandemic.
Getting to know … Alma Fredriksson, SM ’21
As a master’s student in biostatistics at Harvard Chan School, Alma Fredriksson has helped build prediction models for maternal health, analyzed the relationship between air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease, and co-chaired the department’s Master’s Student Committee.
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.
