Learn more about the Rose Service Learning Fellowship application process! Please review the recorded webinar for key information and join the Q&A session on September 15 at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. See you there!
Announcing the spring 2021 cohort of community engaged learning fellows
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Spring 2021 Community Engaged Learning (CEL) Fellowships. Of the nineteen fellows in the cohort, fourteen were awarded the Rose Service Learning Fellowship and five are Harvard-Mississippi Delta Fellows in Public Health. Community Engaged Learning Fellows are students from various degree programs, departments and fields of study across Harvard Chan. They come together in a cohort-based learning community that cultivates peer…
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Commencement 2021: Public Health Practice Awards
The Office of Field Education and Practice is pleased to announce recipients of the Gareth M. Green Award and James H. Ware Award for 2021, which are presented during the week of Commencement ceremonies. Please visit each awardee’s link to learn more about their outstanding work in the field. Gareth M. Green Award Fortunate Chifamba, MPH ’21 Penny Sun, MPH ’21 James H. Ware Award Allison Hempenstall, MPH ’21 Wilfredo…
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James H. Ware Award 2021: Wilfredo Matias
Awardee: Wilfredo Matias Program: MPH in Clinical Effectiveness Project Title: COVID-19 Research and Response in Holyoke, Massachusetts Organization: Holyoke Board of Health (Holyoke, Massachusetts) More about Dr. Matias In May 2020, the Mayor’s office of Holyoke, Massachusetts invited our team based out of the MGH Center for Global Health to come to Holyoke and leverage our experiences in global health, epidemic response, and public health research to support the Holyoke…
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James H. Ware Award 2021: Allison Hempenstall
Awardee: Allison Hempenstall Program: MPH in Global Health Project Title: A qualitative assessment of stakeholder public health priorities in the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service Organization: Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service (Torres Strait, Australia) More about Dr. Hempenstall The Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Services (TCHHS) mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of people in the Torres Strait, Northern Peninsula Area and Cape…
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Gareth M. Green Award 2021: Fortunate Chifamba
Awardee: Fortunate Chifamba Program: MPH in Global Health Project Title: Developing a Blueprint for Children’s Health and Well-being in Mississippi Organization: Children’s Foundation of Mississippi (Jackson, Mississippi) More about Ms. Chifamba The Children’s Foundation of Mississippi (CFM) is a new, independent operating foundation focused upon improving the policies and systems that affect the well-being of children in Mississippi. The CFM is serving as a convener, facilitator, advocate and catalyst for…
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Gareth M. Green Award 2021: Penny Sun
Awardee: Penny Sun Program: MPH in Global Health Project Title: Developing a Blueprint for Children’s Health and Well-being in Mississippi Organization: Children’s Foundation of Mississippi (Jackson, Mississippi) More about Ms. Sun The Children’s Foundation of Mississippi (CFM) is a new, independent operating foundation focused upon improving the policies and systems that affect the well-being of children in Mississippi. The CFM is serving as a convener, facilitator, advocate and catalyst for…
Health & Social Behavior Spotlight: Magali Flores on her Practicum at Casa del Migrante
Magali Flores, MPH-65, completed her 2018 summer practicum working with Casa del Migrante focusing on on mental healthcare access for recently deported Latino men living in Mexico. Read her interview with Whitney Waddell here.
Students offer perspective to European leaders on migrant crisis
The FXB Field Education program* is a Harvard university-wide program and provides an opportunity for Harvard students to expand their knowledge and field experience in community development, health, and human rights for impoverished and marginalized populations, and to contribute to agency’s program capacity building, advocacy, and public policy. The field experience consists of qualitative and participatory action research. This summer students from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard…
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Practice Award Winners Kia Byrd and Dan Myran
The 2018 Commencement awards for practice – the James A. Ware and the Gareth M. Green Awards – were presented to Kia Byrd and Daniel Myran at a ceremony on May 22. Read more about these students’ work below: Kia Byrd 2018 James A. Ware Award Winner View Kia’s practice poster here Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, greatly appreciated Kia’s work to advance Project Focus: Girls Of Color (GOC). Kia…
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