Chair, Department of Global Health and Population
Global Health and Population
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Fontoura PS, Silva MF, da Costa AS, Ribeiro FS, Ferreira MS, Ladeia-Andrade S, Tonini J, Rodrigues PT, Castro MC, Ferreira MU.
Parasit Vectors. 2021 Sep 03. 14(1):445. PMID: 34479606
Iyer HS, Wolf NG, Flanigan JS, Castro MC, Schroeder LF, Fleming K, Vuhahula E, Massambu C.
Health Policy Plan. 2021 Aug 12. 36(7):1116-1128. PMID: 34212191
Pincelli A, Cardoso MA, Malta MB, Johansen IC, Corder RM, Nicolete VC, Soares IS, Castro MC, Ferreira MU.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 07. 15(7):e0009568. PMID: 34264946
Özçelik EA, Massuda A, Castro MC, Baris E.
Health Syst Reform. 2021 07 01. 7(2):e1939931. PMID: 34402403
Castro MC, Gurzenda S, Turra CM, Kim S, Andrasfay T, Goldman N.
Nat Med. 2021 09. 27(9):1629-1635. PMID: 34188224
Andrade MV, Coelho AQ, Neto MX, de Carvalho LR, Atun R, Castro MC.
Health Policy Plan. 2021 Jun 25. 36(6):997. PMID: 34169962
Machado MMT, Rocha HAL, Castro MC, Sampaio EGM, Oliveira FA, Silva JPFD, Aquino CM, Sousa LAR, Carvalho FHC, Altafim ERP, Correia LL.
Rev Saude Publica. 2021. 55:37. PMID: 34105605
Gurzenda S, Castro MC.
EClinicalMedicine. 2021 Jun. 36:100917. PMID: 34124636
Rice BL, Golden CD, Randriamady HJ, Rakotomalala AANA, Vonona MA, Anjaranirina EJG, Hazen J, Castro MC, Metcalf CJE, Hartl DL.
BMC Public Health. 2021 05 29. 21(1):1018. PMID: 34051786
Andrade MV, Coelho AQ, Neto MX, Carvalho LR, Atun R, Castro MC.
PLoS One. 2021. 16(5):e0251764. PMID: 33974650
Harvard T.H. Chan School researchers have helped address the unique COVID-19 burdens faced by countries around the world.
Early efforts to vaccinate elderly people in Brazil against COVID-19 appear to be preventing deaths, according to new research. The study, co-authored by Marcia Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography and chair of the Department of Global Health and…
Life expectancy in Brazil declined by approximately 1.3 years in 2020 as a result of COVID-19, reversing decades of progress in the country, according to a new study led by Marcia Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography and chair…
COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out, but variants continue to spread and public health systems around the world remain strained. Experts from across the Harvard Chan School reflect on the pandemic and what it means for the future of…
For immediate release: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Boston, MA – An overall failure in Brazil to implement prompt, coordinated, and equitable responses fueled COVID-19’s spread in a context of stark local socioeconomic and health care inequalities, according to…
