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A MOOC spreads the word on global health quality
For Ashish Jha, teaching a massive open online course (MOOC) through the digital platform HarvardX was an opportunity to try a new model for learning. Rather than attempt to replicate the classroom experience, Jha, K.T. Li Professor of…
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.…
David Hunter named acting Harvard Chan School Dean
Dear Members of the Harvard Chan School Community, May 19, 2015 -- As you know, Julio Frenk recently announced his plans to step down as Dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health this August [2015]…
Thailand seeks to address shortage of rural health care providers
Now in its 14th year, Thailand’s universal health care system provides coverage to 99.9% of the population, but as it grows the system is facing challenges caused by a shortage of doctors and nurses, especially in rural areas.
High school students get taste of public health
April 16, 2015 — Ameina Mosley, a student at the Community Academy of Science and Health (CASH) in Boston, has wanted to become a doctor ever since a family member died of diabetes at a young age. And…
Teaching nutrition in an era of obesity and diabetes
Teaching more nutrition education and self-care skills like mindfulness and behavioral change to medical students and other health professionals will better prepare them to teach patients to lead healthier lives and help stem the public health “tsunami” of…
Q&A with Dr. David Eisenberg: On self-care skills, teaching kitchens & thinking outside of the box
In his recently published article, “Nutrition education in an era of global obesity and diabetes: Thinking outside of the box,” Dr. David Eisenberg asserts that self-care skills are key in battling lifestyle-related diseases such as obesity and diabetes.…
Harvard University Receives Transformational Gift for the School of Public Health
School will be renamed in honor of the late T.H. Chan For immediate release: Monday, September 8, 2014 Boston, MA – Harvard University announced today that The Morningside Foundation, established by the family of the late Mr. T. H. Chan, has…
Rethinking public health education
September 5, 2014 -- Flashed on screen at a recent Harvard symposium was an illustration from the year 1308 showing students in a lecture-style class. Some are fooling around. Some look bored. One is even sleeping. Next on…
Time for thinking big
[ Spring 2014 ] Fellowship program spurs midcareer pros to solve big problems. On many Mondays during the 1980s, Uche Amazigo took time off from teaching at the University of Nigeria to travel into her country’s rural villages and talk…
