HSPH student Ali Chisti aims to improve health—and health care access—in rural Oregon
May 6, 2013 -- Three years ago, Oregon native Ali Chisti, MPH ’13, Carson Scholar, was on course to become a private practice neurosurgeon, studying medicine at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. During the summers he…
HSPH students propose data-sharing system to improve bicycle safety in Boston
May 3, 2013 — Despite its flummoxing street layout and notoriously aggressive drivers, Boston has made strides in recent years to redeem itself from a reputation as one of the worst cities for bicyclists in the country —…
HSPH students study electronic health records in China
April 2013 — In January 2013, 12 HSPH students travelled to the Minhang District in Shanghai, China to study how electronic health records were implemented. The Winter Session trip was sponsored by the HSPH China Initiative.
A Healthier World: The Impact of Financial Aid
Students and alumni talk about the impact that receiving financial aid has had on their lives. For Raphael Arku, SD ’15, it means the chance to study environmental health so that he can improve the lives of people back…
HSPH team documents public health concerns at world’s largest gathering
Whenever large groups of people gather, sanitation — and the potential health problems caused by poor sanitation — are an issue. So when Harvard School of Public Health’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights organized a team…
Surgical safety checklist, paired with training, lowers complications after high-risk operations
February 7, 2013 -- Research has shown that using a checklist in operating rooms makes surgery safer and more successful. Now, a new study co-authored by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) student and surgeon Scott Ellner found…
Predicting where disease will strike
Student Eleanor Murray wants to know: What if we could warn people about impending disease outbreaks, just like we can now predict the weather? January 24, 2013 (5:48) Please click the play icon above to play this podcast…
In pursuit of clinical research career, surgeon follows in parents' footsteps
November 13, 2012 -- When Meera Kotagal, MD ’09, MPH ’14, a surgical resident and research fellow at the University of Washington, entered the classroom to begin the Summer Program in Clinical Effectiveness(PCE) at Harvard School of Public Health this…
Painting the big picture on a Navajo reservation
November 1, 2012 -- Once upon a time, Anne Newland wanted to go to film school. But because life unfolds with its own logic, she instead became a doctor with the federal Indian Health Service (IHS). And shaped…
Arku's journey
[ Fall 2012 ] Raphael Arku should have been on top of the world. There he was, in his early 20s, a geologist for a gold mining company, a job with prestige and money—neither of which he’d ever…
