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Colonoscopy screening every ten years could prevent 40% of colorectal cancers
Study supports ten-year screening interval, with more frequent intervals if personal history of adenoma or family history of colorectal cancer For immediate release: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 Boston, MA— According to a large, long-term study from Harvard School…
Buckee named an ‘Innovator Under 35’
August 21, 2013 — Caroline Buckee, assistant professor of epidemiology and associate director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard School of Public Health, has been named by MIT Technology Review as one of this year’s Innovators…
Living near foreclosed homes may raise risk of being overweight
August 12, 2013 — People who live near foreclosed homes may be at greater risk of being overweight than those who don’t have such homes in their immediate neighborhoods, according to a new study by Harvard School of…
Three generations of HSPH researchers explore health benefits of exercise
July 11, 2013 — In the 1960s, the late epidemiologist Ralph Paffenbarger, Jr. launched a study of men matriculating as undergraduates at Harvard University that would be among the first to link physical activity to a longer, healthier…
Why Public Health? John Jackson
May 2013 -- In our video series “Why Public Health?” we ask Harvard School of Public Health students and alumni to talk about what drew them to the field. John Jackson, SD ’13, Horace W. Goldsmith Fellow (generously…
Why epidemiologists should get involved with policy
May 13, 2013 -- In 1854, in the midst of a cholera epidemic in Soho, London, English doctor John Snow drew up a map that showed a cluster of cholera cases surrounding a water pump on Broad Street.…
A man with a plan
[ Spring 2013 ] “Do I look like a man with a plan?” The slender young man with the radiant smile is mimicking a line from the villainous Joker in the second Batman movie. At first glance, the answer to…
Millennium gift will redefine ranks of pharmacoepidemiologists
[ Spring 2013 ] |Phar • ma • co •|epi • demi • ologist: 1: A public health specialist who determines the effectiveness and safety of drugs, vaccines or medical devices by studying their effects in populations. 2: A practitioner in this fast-growing public…
Cell phone data mining dubbed “breakthrough technology”
Caroline Buckee’s research on mining cell phone data to track how people’s movements correlate with the spread of disease has been named one of the top 10 “breakthrough technologies” for 2013 by MIT’s Technology Review magazine. Research published…
Researchers uncover 74 new genetic risk factors for breast, prostate and ovarian cancer
April 11, 2013 -- In the largest-ever study of its kind, an international collaboration of hundreds of scientists has uncovered 74 new genetic markers linked to three common hormonal cancers—breast, prostate, and ovarian—thus setting the stage for new…
