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Better data, better health

CAUSALab investigates how to use data to support better decisions in medicine, public health, and policy.

The power of data in a crisis

CrisisReady program is building a platform of data, analytics, and tools to guide decision-making during public health emergencies.

Drug overdose deaths hit record high

More than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses between May 2020 and April 2021—the most ever recorded in a single year.

Josiemer Mattei, Karestan Koenen, Margaret Kruk honored at Alice Hamilton Award lecture

Josiemer Mattei, Donald and Sue Pritzker Associate Professor of Nutrition at Harvard Chan School, is the recipient of this year’s Alice Hamilton Award. She delivered the award lecture virtually on November 15.

Infectious diseases modeler Rebecca Kahn named STAT Wunderkind

Rebecca Kahn, visiting scientist and former postdoctoral research fellow in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, was named a 2021 STAT Wunderkind in mid-November.

How to gather safely this Thanksgiving

The top three ways to stay safe from COVID-19 if you’re gathering indoors with family and friends this Thanksgiving are to be vaccinated, to make sure the space is ventilated, and to take a rapid test the morning…

Financing global health systems critical in an age of pandemics

At nursing leadership event, speakers cite need for strategic investment in global public health systems and empowering nurses.

Using quantitative genomics to track and understand COVID-19

Tracking variants of SARS-CoV-2, understanding which mutations make the virus more dangerous, and figuring out where the virus originally came from were some of the topics highlighted at the 15th annual Program in Quantitative Genomics conference.