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Twenty-two faculty cited as outstanding in their fields
Twenty-two Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health faculty members are included on Thomson Reuter’s 2015 list of the most highly cited researchers in science and social sciences. Approximately 3,000 researchers worldwide earned this distinction. Harvard Chan School…
Flexible leadership helped save Boston Marathon bombing victims
September 1, 2015 -- On the afternoon of April 13, 2013, after two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon, scores of severely injured people were rushed to hospitals across the city. Although three people died at the scene…
At ministerial health forum, a focus on effective leadership
June 16, 2015 -- How to bridge the legendary gap between government aspirations and actual accomplishments? Donna Shalala told more than 70 health ministers at the keynote session of a Harvard forum to have a clear sense of…
In celebration of public health leadership
May 20, 2015 — Twenty-one students were honored for completing the Public Health Leadership concentration at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health at a May 5, 2015 event in Kresge Cafeteria. The keynote speaker was Monica Bharel, MPH…
Michael Reich honored for advancing public health in Japan
For immediate release: April 29, 2015 Boston, MA — On April 29 in Japan, the Japanese Government announced its Spring Honors List. Harvard University Professor Michael Robin Reich is awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays…
Improving civilian-military humanitarian response when disasters strike
When a large-scale disaster like the current Ebola crisis in West Africa or a major storm like Hurricane Katrina hits, coordination often is lacking between the U.S. military and civilian-run nongovernmental organizations and intergovernmental organizations. To address this…
An equal exchange
[ Fall 2014 ] HSPH pairs with refugee public health students to create a healthier Burma The thatched bamboo huts sprawling up the side of a mountain near Thailand’s border with Burma could at first be mistaken for a…
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…
Assistant Secretary for Health for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Howard Koh to Rejoin HSPH Faculty
For immediate release: Thursday, July 10, 2014 Boston, MA -- Dr. Howard K. Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will be rejoining the faculty at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)…