Big changes need a big-picture view
June 3, 2015 — It’s not every day that a lecture changes a life. But that’s what happened with Benjamin Picillo, MPH ’15, as an undergraduate at Tufts University. “I had always wanted to help people, and I…
Loan relief awards help students address public health disparities
In the spring of 2015, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health provided Loan Relief Awards to seven graduating students. The awards totaling $200,000 will help alleviate the federal and private loan debt burden on students, allowing them…
Harvard Chan graduates urged to stay alert to unexpected opportunities
May 28, 2015 — “You are not just creating a resume. You are creating a biography,” Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dean Julio Frenk told graduates today at the School’s 2015 Commencement Ceremony. He urged graduates…
Commencement 2015: Award winners
May 28, 2015 — Each year, several awards are presented to graduating students, faculty, and staff at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 2015 Student Awards: Albert Schweitzer Award Avik Chatterjee Dr. Fang-Ching Sun Memorial Award…
Tackling malaria using the art of deception
May 27, 2015 — Francisco Cai could have parlayed his Stanford computer science degrees into opportunities developing a smartphone app or increasing a website’s ad revenues. Instead, he sought out a way to use his formidable coding skills…
Pregnant women with epilepsy at greater risk of death during childbirth
A new study by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers found that women with epilepsy have a more than 10-fold higher risk of dying during their delivery hospitalization, and are at increased risk for preeclampsia and…
A bench scientist with a passion for the environment
May 21, 2015 – On a Friday afternoon in May, Peter Wagner was about to give his dissertation defense. Quan Lu, associate professor of environmental genetics and pathophysiology—introducing Peter before a group of about 50 of his fellow…
Anvita Kulkarni, SM ’16, named Schweitzer Fellow
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health student Anvita Kulkarni, SM ’16, is one of 16 graduate students named to this year’s class of Boston Schweitzer Fellows, the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship announced May 12, 2015. Fellows develop and…
In celebration of public health leadership
May 20, 2015 — Twenty-one students were honored for completing the Public Health Leadership concentration at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health at a May 5, 2015 event in Kresge Cafeteria. The keynote speaker was Monica Bharel, MPH…
A transatlantic view of health policy
May 14, 2015 -- It’s not every day that young doctors with ideas about how to change national health policies get a face-to-face meeting with a high-level government official. But that’s what happened for Nawaz Ahmad and Aslı…
