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One in ten children face elevated risk of abuse, future PTSD, due to gender nonconformity
For immediate release: Monday, February 20, 2012 Boston, MA — Children in the U.S. whose activity choices, interests, and pretend play before age 11 fall outside those typically expressed by their biological sex face increased risk of being…
Alumna hopes video will help stem the cholera tide
February 9, 2012 -- A new animated video about cholera—how people get infected, how it spreads, and how to treat it—is drawing attention from health workers around the globe. The video’s producer, Deborah Van Dyke, is a nurse practitioner…
Searching for answers to causes of childhood depression
February 1, 2012 Over the past decade, scientists have produced a flurry of studies exploring the role of genetic (nature) and environmental factors (nurture) in youth depression, but there has been little consensus on how depression is jointly impacted by…
PFCs, chemicals widespread in environment, linked to lowered immune response to childhood vaccinations
For immediate release: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Boston, MA — A new study finds that perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), widely used in manufactured products such as non-stick cookware, waterproof clothing, and fast-food packaging, were associated with lowered immune response…
New epidemiology chair at HSPH hopes to continue department's legacy of discovery and training scientists to change the world
January 20, 2012 -- Michelle Williams, SM ’88, ScD ’91, began as Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health in August 2011. Previously a professor…
Mary Ellen Avery, pioneer in medicine and public health, dies at 84
December 8, 2011 -- Mary Ellen Avery, a major figure in Boston medicine and public health whose work while a research fellow at HSPH in the 1950s led to one of the most important strategies to improve care for…
Food fight: Pizza and spuds win, school kids lose
Blog post on the Huffington Post by HSPH's Walter Willett, November 23, 2011
The mediatrician: Alum frames kids' media diet as public health issue
The average American youth takes in eight to ten hours of media every day, up more than two hours from just five years ago. This electronic environment is the “air kids breathe,” says HSPH Assoc. Prof. Michael Rich,…
Exposure to BPA, chemical used to make plastics, before birth linked to behavioral, emotional difficulties in young girls
Boston, MA – Exposure in the womb to bisphenol A (BPA) – a chemical used to make plastic containers and other consumer goods – is associated with behavior and emotional problems in young girls, according to a study…
Mother's trans fat consumption linked to baby's size
A new study by Harvard School of Public Health researchers and colleagues found that women who ate more food containing trans fats, such as fried foods and baked goods, gave birth to larger babies. The study will appear…