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Under pressure: Latin American women face forced sterilization
July 23, 2014 -- Tamil Kendall, a Canadian Institutes of Health Research postdoctoral researcher with the Women and Health Initiative and a Takemi Fellow in HSPH’s Department of Global Health and Population, is an expert in gender and HIV…
HSPH mourns members of HIV/AIDS community killed on flight MH17
July 18, 2014 — Harvard School of Public Health joins the entire AIDS research community in mourning the loss of dozens of HIV/AIDS researchers and advocates who were on Flight MH17 when it was downed over Ukraine yesterday. Members…
Widely used HIV drug linked to higher suicide risk
People infected with HIV whose treatment includes the widely used antiretroviral drug efavirenz appear to have double the risk of suicidal thoughts, attempts, and completion compared to HIV patients not taking the medication, according to a study by Harvard…
What does a biostatistician do?
June 17, 2014 — Victor De Gruttola, chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Henry Pickering Walcott Professor of Biostatistics at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), recently answered three questions about the role of biostatistics in public…
HIV in Africa: Young rural women not at greater risk from older partners
June 12, 2014 -- Many HIV prevention campaigns in sub-Saharan Africa discourage young women from having sexual relations with older men, because older men are more likely to be infected with HIV than their younger counterparts. But surprisingly,…
HIV by the numbers
June 6, 2014 -- With a bachelor’s degree in mathematical biology, Nadia Abuelezam once considered herself a mathematician who used her skills to tackle public health problems. But after five years as a doctoral student at Harvard School…
HIV drug resistance test earns top honors at Deans’ Challenge
May 28, 2014 — HIV is now considered a chronic but manageable infection with the proper medication, but 10% of patients every year develop resistance to the drugs they are prescribed. Now, an affordable and quick test for…
Namibian prime minister: Inclusivity necessary for peace, development
March 13, 2014—Like its neighbor Botswana, the Republic of Namibia is considered one of Africa’s success stories. Twenty-four years after gaining independence from South Africa, the sparsely populated nation is experiencing political stability, economic growth, and a dramatic…
Youth born with HIV appear at increased risk for heart disease
About 50% of adolescents born HIV-positive may be at increased risk for heart disease, including stroke and heart attack, later in life, according to a National Institutes of Health study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)…
TB, HIV targeted by student researchers
February 18, 2014 — When people who have been cured of tuberculosis (TB) re-develop the disease, are they relapsing or fighting a new strain? How often should HIV/AIDS patients be tested to see if antiretroviral treatment is working?…
