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Harvard Chan School Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds across the world, the Harvard Chan School community has provided influential research, policy advice, and public education.
How Marc Lipsitch’s winding career path prepared him for the pandemic
Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, has emerged as a leading researcher and prominent communicator over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, but…
Op-ed: We should focus on airborne transmission of COVID-19
Mitigating airborne transmission of the coronavirus “should be at the front of our disease-control strategies for COVID-19,” according to Joseph Allen, assistant professor of exposure assessment science at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. That’s because evidence…
Biostats professor testifies before UK Parliament on COVID-19 response
Xihong Lin, professor of biostatistics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, testified before the UK Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee in April. Lin’s testimony focused on lessons learned so far in the fight against COVID-19. Following…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Leonard Marcus, 05/27/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Leonard Marcus, founding co-director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative, a joint program of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Paul Biddinger, 05/26/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Dr. Paul Biddinger, vice chair for emergency preparedness in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and medical director for…
Students focus on supporting older adults during practicums
Two Harvard Chan School MPH students helped improve conditions for older adults and their family caregivers in Massachusetts during their practicums.
Sharing a lifelong interest in science
Chidi Akusobi, MD-PhD ’22, wants to understand the biology of infectious diseases, and help build the science pipeline for students of color.
Should you get a haircut?
Barbershops and hair salons opened across Massachusetts after Memorial Day, under strict safety measures including the use of face masks and gloves, and cuts by appointment only. Even with these and other measures, the risk of COVID-19 transmission…
Op-ed: Why the federal government should take the lead on COVID-19
The federal government should play a strong role in guiding how states navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and reopen their economies, according to a May 22, 2020 STAT op-ed by Howard Koh, Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice…