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New China-Harvard-Africa Network enhances global health collaboration
June 23, 2016—Public health leaders from China and across Africa recently gathered in Boston, joining their counterparts from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for the inaugural meeting of the newly established China-Harvard-Africa Network. The vision…
Standing in solidarity with Orlando
In this week’s podcast: The Harvard Chan School community stands in solidarity with the victims of a horrific mass shooting in Orlando, FL.
Transgender health advocates say keep an eye on the big picture
May 23, 2016—The debate over a North Carolina law that prevents transgender people from using bathrooms corresponding to the gender with which they identify has pushed transgender health into the national headlines. On May 19, 2016, the Harvard…
Zeroing in on health inequality through a public health lens
April 28, 2016 — Growing up in Montana, Hank Rosen became aware at a young age of the small sliver of circumstance that can separate a healthy and an unhealthy life. He made countless visits to the legislative…
Health disparities between blacks and whites run deep
Being a person of color in America is bad for your health. That’s the theme of a new op-ed written by David Williams and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey.
A Matter of Conviction
[Winter 2016] As executive director of The Innocence Project, Madeline deLone works to free wrongfully convicted people from prison using DNA evidence. Since 2004, Madeline deLone, AB ’81, SM ’84, has been executive director of the Innocence Project,…
A Case of Human Trafficking
[Winter 2016] A disheartening encounter with a young patient convinced physician Kimberly Chang, MPH ’15, that medical professionals can play a key role in protecting victims of coerced sex and labor. Kimberly Chang was fresh out of medical…
Working with homeless women teaches student valuable lessons
December 16, 2015 — As an undergraduate at McGill University in Montreal, Anvita Kulkarni, SM ’16, had a passion for social justice and health equity. Two years ago, she stumbled across an online course, Health and Society, taught…
Off the Cuff: How Does an MPH Help an MD?
CARMON DAVIS, MPH ’94 PEDIATRICIAN, BOSTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Q: How has your MPH degree influenced your daily work as a doctor? And did studying the large social, political, and economic forces behind individual health make you more or…
Eliminating ‘food deserts’ not best strategy for reducing diet quality disparities
Efforts to improve diet quality in the U.S. and decrease disparities should not be focused on eliminating “food deserts”— areas with mostly low-income residents that lack access to a supermarket or large grocery store — according to researchers…