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Greater focus needed on cancer prevention
While it’s important to develop new therapies to treat cancer, it’s just as important to make progress in cancer prevention and early detection, according to David Hunter, Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention and Dean for Academic…
Nancy Krieger receives prestigious American Cancer Society award
Nancy Krieger, professor of social epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, was named recipient of an American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor Award on April 2, 2015. It is one of the most prestigious awards offered by the…
Eating vegetarian, adding fish may lower risk of colon cancers
A new study of dietary habits of more than 70,000 people by California researchers found that those who followed a vegetarian diet had a 22% lower risk of colon cancer than non-vegetarians. When fish was added to a…
Childhood trauma’s devastating impact on health
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Franziska Michor wins 2015 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise
Franziska Michor, associate professor of computational biology, has won a 2015 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. Michor was chosen for her research that fuses evolutionary biology, mathematics, and clinical research toward a better understanding of…
Most cancers not just ‘bad luck’
January 26, 2015 -- Although a recent article in the journal Science and a subsequent press release about the article led to a spate of headlines implying that most cancer is due to “bad luck,” David Hunter, Vincent…
Obesity linked to aggressive prostate cancer
A new report that analyzed the health histories of 9.8 million men finds strong evidence that excess body fat may increase advanced prostate cancer risk. The report, Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Prostate Cancer, was released by the…
In memoriam: Dimitrios Trichopoulos, 'giant' in cancer epidemiology
December 2, 2014 Dear Members of the HSPH Community: It is with much sadness that I write to inform you of the death of Dimitrios Trichopoulos, who was Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention and Professor of…
