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HSPH’s Joseph Brain ends 40-year stretch teaching Harvard undergrad public health course
Joseph Brain, Cecil K. and Philip Drinker Professor of Environmental Physiology at Harvard School of Public Health, launched the Harvard undergraduate course “The Human Organism” in 1971 and has taught it for all but one year since. He…
In Memoriam: Vilma Hunt, former HSPH scientist, radiation expert, feminist
January 22, 2013 -- Vilma Hunt, a pioneering researcher who studied radioactivity in cigarette smoke and workplace environmental hazards for women, died on December 29, 2012. A former research associate and visiting scientist at Harvard School of Public…
New findings on mercury contamination and seafood
Mercury released into the air and then deposited into oceans is increasingly contaminating seafood commonly eaten by people in the United States and globally, report scientists from Dartmouth College, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), and colleagues from…
Flame retardants associated with neurobehavioral problems in children
November 30, 2012 -- Flame retardants found in furniture, cars, carpet padding, and baby products are supposed to make these products safer. But according to neuropsychologist and epidemiologist Brenda Eskenazi, they may do more harm than good—particularly in…
Malcolm X Boulevard could be home of Boston's next cycle track
Coverage on Boston.com, November 26, 2012, featuring HSPH's Anne Lusk
Symposium explores cancer stem cells and tumor metabolism
November 16, 2012 -- An emerging area of science is looking at not just how low-dose radiation harms cells, but also how cells respond to deal with this stress—and how science might harness those same mechanisms to benefit human…
Arthur Kill oil spill: Diesel cleanup continues, 'luckily' it's not crude
Coverage in the Huffington Post, November 1, 2012, featuring HSPH's Jim Shine
4 tips for preventing neck strain when using a tablet computer
Interview in the Harvard Health Letter, October 15, 2012, with HSPH's Jack Dennerlein
Mothers’ mercury levels linked to later ADHD behaviors in kids
Article on Boston.com featuring an HSPH study and study co-author, HSPH’s Susan Korrick, October 9, 2012
Messages of Silent Spring still relevant 50 years later
The environmental lessons of Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring have applications today, 50 years after publication of the seminal book. Despite the book’s impact over five decades, some of its lessons appear to need reteaching, according to John…