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Theresa Betancourt, Dyann Wirth honored at annual Alice Hamilton lecture
April 8, 2016 -- Theresa Betancourt discussed her research on the role of conflict, adversity, and resiliency in children at the Sixth Annual Alice Hamilton Award Lecture on April 5, 2016 in Kresge Cafeteria. Following her talk, Betancourt, associate…
Preventive measures key in planning for disasters
Earthquakes or floods can wipe out infrastructure—including health care facilities, when they’re needed more than ever. Given the risks to public health in the wake of a natural disaster, it’s important for health systems to plan ahead, according…
Cross-cultural course in Colombia boosts awareness of refugee issues
Sixteen students from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the University of Antioquia School of Medicine participated in a cross-cultural course, Health of Urban Displaced Populations in Post-Conflict Colombia, January 5-23, 2016 to study public health…
Health care providers can help communicate climate change consequences
Most people in the U.S. do not see climate change as a serious threat, according to polls. A new editorial by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Professor Howard Koh argues that clinicians can help the public…
Former Mass. Governor Deval Patrick on leadership during Boston Marathon bombing response
November 12, 2015 – In the hours following the detonation of two bombs during the 2013 Boston Marathon, scores of people mobilized to tend to the injured and bring the perpetrators to justice. The response required agencies over…
Physicians must play a greater role in social justice
Physicians need to step up their role in safeguarding human and civil rights because failure to do so can threaten the health and even the lives of individuals facing political persecution, social strife, racial discrimination, or other forms…
At HUBweek, experts focus on global health threats
October 8, 2015 — The roots of the current Syrian crisis may be found in the massive drought that afflicted the country between 2006 and 2009 and precipitated a migration of more than 1 million people from rural…
Harvard Chan School responds to earthquake in Nepal
[Fall 2015] On April 25, a massive earthquake in Nepal, and a major aftershock on May 12, killed more than 8,800 people and injured more than 23,000. It was the worst natural disaster to strike this rugged Himalayan…
Treating depression, anxiety in child soldiers pays off long-term
A study of former child soldiers and other youth impacted by the civil war in Sierra Leone shows that treating the youngsters’ depression and anxiety can have long-lasting payoffs. “We were surprised to see the large role that…
Students train for disaster relief work
More than a hundred students and humanitarian relief professionals spent April 24-26, 2015 learning how to rapidly respond to a refugee crisis while being faced with a host of stressful distractions from confrontational child soldiers to rogue journalists.…