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Fierce advocate saw HIV/AIDS not just as an infection, but as an injustice
[ Spring/Summer 2011 ] Jonathan Mann, physician and advocate, pragmatist and visionary, transformed the way the world looked at AIDS. As the first head of the World Health Organization’s Global Programme on AIDS, he illuminated the intersection of…
HSPH prof. Nancy Krieger pens new book, Epidemiology and The People's Health: Theory and Context
March 28, 2011 Ask a typical student who is studying epidemiology what she or he is learning, and the overwhelming answer will refer to a set of methods useful for analyzing the distribution and determinants of population patterns…
Alumni award winners: What we know now
[ Winter 2011] We asked this year’s winners James Dalen, Fernando Guerra, Lynn Rosenberg, and David Schottenfeld: What do you know now about improving the public’s health that you didn’t when you started out in your career? James Dalen, SM '72 “The people are…
2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza: Perspectives on severity and response
December 2010 -- Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology, gives a presentation earlier this year about the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, discussing the challenges faced by public health professionals and the lessons learned to more effectively handle a similar outbreak…
Where DNA meets daily life
[Fall 2010] The intersection of genes and the environment is the new target of public health research. Red hair is a genetically determined trait. And when redheads with Celtic roots move to sun-drenched countries near the equator, their…
Frank Hu receives award for diabetes epidemiology research
June 23, 2010 -- Frank B. Hu, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, will receive the American Diabetes Association’s prestigious Kelly West Award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology. The award,…
Higher risk of heart disease, diabetes from eating processed meats
Renata Micha, research fellow in the department of epidemiology, discusses a new study that finds eating processed meats (such as bacon, sausage or processed deli meats), but not unprocessed red meats, may raise risk of heart disease and…
Plastics: Danger where we least expect it
[Winter 2010] They hold your water, line your canned goods, and even help save sick babies. But are the potential health risks of certain plastics so great they outweigh the benefits? In the United States, local and state…
New research reveals the ancestral populations of India and their relationships to modern groups
International effort is the first genome-scale analysis of diverse Indian groups For immediate release: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Hyderabad, India; Cambridge and Boston, USA--In a study published in the September 24th issue of Nature, an international team describes…
Cancer is on the rise in developing countries
[Fall 2009] by Julio Frenk, MD, MPH, PhD Dean, Harvard School of Public Health While it's well known that cancer is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, what is less recognized and understood is the significant growth of…