HSPH student helps Mass. Department of Public Health analyze consequences of raw milk distribution
November 4, 2011 With the continuing trend toward ever-more “natural” diets, the raw milk debate has gathered steam, including here in Massachusetts where lawmakers have been considering legislation to loosen restrictions on selling raw milk for the nearly…
A neurosurgeon returns to Louisiana focused on public health
October 12, 2011 -- Anil Nanda did not really need to seek a master’s degree in public health. He’s quite accomplished in his field already; Nanda is chief of neurosurgery at Shreveport’s Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, an…
Student team documents health conditions on isolated Idjwi island
A team of seven Harvard graduate students, including four recent HSPH alumni, have released the findings of an innovative health assessment they conducted on Africa’s isolated Idjwi Island last summer. Invited by a Congolese doctor with roots on…
HSPH researchers honored at National Epidemiology Conference
July 26, 2011 -- HSPH Prof. Marc Lipsitch, postdoctoral research fellow Tuula Oksanen, and doctoral student [[Pamela Rist]] were honored by their colleagues at the North American Congress of Epidemiology 2011, held in Montreal in June. Lipsitch is lead author…
HSPH, HBS students team to develop health-care model for women's development organization in Mexico
July 12, 2011 -- “Poverty and poor health perpetuate each other,” said Callae Snively, a student and SM ’12 candidate at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), on May 2, in Hawes 202 at the Harvard Business…
HSPH Commencement 2011
May 27, 2011 -- HSPH Graduates Urged To Become Leaders, Transform Public Health Dean Julio Frenk opened the 2011 Commencement Ceremonies on a sunny spring day May 26 with the following message to the assembled graduates: “You came to Harvard School…
Equine specialist will use public health master’s to aid animals, humans
Coverage in the Harvard Gazette, May 26, 2011 featuring HSPH grad Mark Schembri, MPH '11
Can neighborhoods hurt our health?
[ Spring/Summer 2011 ] A single mother living in public housing may want to feed her children healthy food, but if the nearest affordable grocery store is a crowded bus ride or expensive taxi trip away, that goal…
HSPH students, researchers display their findings at 25th annual poster and exhibit day
May 10, 2011 -- A study measuring potential changes in the behavior of Chinese health care consumers as their household income grows took top honors among the student projects in HSPH’s 25th annual Poster & Exhibit Day, which…
Five HSPH students named Schweitzer Fellows
April 28, 2011 -- Five HSPH students have been named to the 2011-12 class of Schweitzer Fellows by The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. Raymond Deng, Ted Henson, and Mariah Rich have been named Boston Schweitzer Fellows. Sarah Dilley and Sangeeta Sakaria have been…
