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Helping vulnerable children thrive
Aisha Yousafzai, associate professor of global health, is the principal investigator of two large randomized controlled trials focused on early childhood development in Pakistan—Pakistan Early Child Development Scale-Up (PEDS) and Youth Leaders for Early Childhood Assuring Children are…
Climate in the clinic
Climate change—and how it affects health—should be front and center for doctors, health care workers, and hospitals, said speakers at a symposium.
Mother’s diabetes in pregnancy may increase child’s risk of heart disease in adulthood
Adults with mothers who had diabetes during pregnancy may have a greater risk of cardiovascular disease compared to those who did not, according to a new study.
Symposium tackles the effects of genes and environment in childhood
Dozens of experts gathered at Harvard Chan School for the 22nd annual John B. Little Symposium, “Early Life Impacts of Genes and Environment."
Improving maternal environments to boost health everywhere
Researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health are part of a new collaborative effort aimed at improving maternal health around the world by reducing toxic environments such as air pollution, stress, under-employment, lack of support and…
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health partners with the National Institutes of Health and Apple for Women’s Health Study
Apple Women’s Health Study will advance understanding of menstrual and gynecological health.
Renewal of NIEHS grant paves way for new research on how complex environmental exposures affect health
August 8, 2019 – With the renewal of a major federal grant, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s NIEHS Center for Environmental Health will focus on a broad new objective—the exploration of how a wide variety of…
U.S. pregnancy-related deaths rising
Pregnancy-related deaths are on the rise in the U.S., and those facing the greatest risk are black women, Native Americans, and Alaska natives, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Roughly 700…
Why black women face a high risk of pregnancy complications
Black women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—and a big reason for the disparity may be racism, say experts. “It’s…
Chan School-led research tops journal’s list of most-cited articles
A study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School researchers on disrespectful and abusive treatment of women during labor and delivery in Tanzania was the most cited paper published by Health Policy and Planning in 2018. The findings were…