Marc Lipsitch, Pardis Sabeti elected to National Academy of Medicine
Two Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health faculty members, Marc Lipsitch and Pardis Sabeti, have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
A Better Insect Repellent
Abraar Karan, MPH ’17, wants to launch a long-lasting repellent in countries suffering from malaria and other vector-borne diseases.
A tech-centric approach to reducing mosquito-borne diseases
Hyegi Chung, MPH ’18, and former Harvard Chan postdoc Evdoxia Kakani met with students to talk about their work at Verily—a subsidiary of Alphabet, the parent company of Google—on using a tech-centric approach to reduce mosquito-borne diseases.
Is publishing unvetted clinical research a good idea?
A new website has been launched that enables clinicians to share their research results before peer review, with the goal of speeding up scientific discovery. According to a June 6, 2019 article in Nature, some experts are concerned…
Q&A: Pandemic Unpreparedness
The world must better prepare for the next inevitable microbial threat, whether expanding drug resistance, a new strain of influenza, or another infection like AIDS, Ebola, Zika, or SARS.
Harvard Chan student and alum help develop global vaccine access strategy
A DrPH student at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a recent graduate of the program are helping pharmaceutical company Takeda develop strategies for bringing vaccines for infectious diseases like dengue, polio, and Zika to the…
Zika epidemic response flawed, reports find
During Latin America’s recent epidemic of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which peaked in early 2016, women’s sexual and reproductive rights were often ignored by governments throughout the region.
Three-day mosquito repellent takes top prize at biz school competition
A nontoxic mosquito repellent that lasts for three days took a top award at Harvard Business School’s New Venture Competition on April 18, 2018. The pitch for “Hour 72+” came from Abraar Karan, MPH ’17, and Andrew Rothaus,…
Zika epidemic forcing scientists to rethink assumptions about human biology
April 15, 2016 — On April 13, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) joined the World Health Organization (WHO) in confirming a link between Zika and the severe birth defect microcephaly. While officials at WHO also…
Zika virus in Brazil may be mutated strain
January 27, 2016 —The mosquito-borne Zika virus has been linked to a surge in cases of birth defects in Brazil, and is spreading in other countries in the southern hemisphere. Flaminia Catteruccia, associate professor of immunology and infectious…
