Exploring pregnancy’s impacts on careers, finances
The July 10, 2018 episode of the WNPR’s “Where We Live,” which focused on pregnancy in America, featured Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Jocelyn Finlay, senior research scientist in the Department of Global Health and Population.…
High blood pressure during pregnancy linked with heart disease risk
Women who develop high blood pressure during pregnancy may face increased risk of developing chronic high blood pressure later in life, as well as increased risk for type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol—all risk factors for cardiovascular disease,…
Higher vitamin D levels may lower colorectal cancer risk
Higher blood concentrations of vitamin D are linked to a lower risk of colorectal cancer, especially in women, according to a large new study from researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the National Cancer Institute,…
"I have to take this journey on."
Suraya Dalil, MPH ’05, Afghanistan’s former minister of public health, hopes to bring health and gender equality to her war-ravaged homeland.
Reframing gender violence as a preventable disease
Alice Han, MPH ’18, sees violence against women and girls as a pandemic. She advocates fighting it like you’d fight a virus—but with education, not a syringe May 24, 2018 – Sometimes when obstetrician and gynecologist Alice Han…
Wide angle
Sohini Mukherjee, SM ’18, came to Harvard Chan School to better understand global health problems from a diverse systems-level perspective May 7, 2018 – During a college research project in the Sundarbans, a poor rural area of India,…
Bullying, childhood maltreatment linked to higher teen pregnancy rates in young lesbian, bisexual women
Childhood maltreatment and bullying —possibly related to sexual orientation-related discrimination —appear to contribute to a teen pregnancy rate among young lesbian and bisexual women that is nearly double that of their heterosexual peers, according to a new study…
Op-ed: Domestic violence cost to society vast, poorly understood
Society has underestimated the scale and effects of domestic violence.
Podcast: Better Birth program aims to improve maternal health
Ways to improve maternal and newborn health around the globe were discussed by surgeon Atul Gawande, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and executive director of Ariadne…
Poll finds younger women and college-educated women more likely to say they’ve experienced slurs, offensive comments, and harassment
American women most frequently report being discriminated against in the workplace For immediate release: December 11, 2017 Boston, MA ─ This report is part of a series titled “Discrimination in America.” The series is based on a survey…
