In an interview with Communications’ Karen Feldscher, Dr. Mary T. Bassett, François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights and Director of the FXB Center for Health … Continue reading “Turning the words ‘racism is a public health crisis’ into action”
Keona Jeane Wynne, PhD PHS ’23, and others have recently authored an extended essay, “Dying individuals and suffering populations: applying a population-level bioethics lens to palliative care in humanitarian contexts: … Continue reading “Applying a population-level bioethics lens to palliative care before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic”
Drs. Mary T. Bassett, Nancy Krieger, and Jarvis T. Chen, faculty members of the Department Social and Behavioral Sciences, have recently authored a new working paper, “The unequal toll of … Continue reading “The unequal toll of COVID-19 mortality by age in the United States: Quantifying racial/ethnic disparities”
Dr. Karestan C. Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, recently spoke about COVID-19 in a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Topics discussed include empathy fatigue, … Continue reading “Harvard Chan COVID-19 Press Conference with Karestan Koenen”
Dr. Eric S. Kim, Research Scientist in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Research Affiliate at the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness, and others have recently … Continue reading “Volunteering and Subsequent Health and Well-Being in Older Adults”
Dr. David R. Williams, Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health and chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, was recently interviewed by MSNBC’s … Continue reading “How racism impacts the health of Black Americans”
Eight MPH 65 students in the Health & Social Behavior field of study were awarded Rose Service Learning Fellowships to fund their MPH practicum projects this summer. In addition, one … Continue reading “Nine SBS Students awarded Rose Service Learning Fellowships”
Dr. S V Subramanian, Professor of Population Health and Geography, and others have recently authored “Equal risk, unequal burden? Gender differentials in COVID-19 mortality in India” in the Journal of … Continue reading “S V Subramanian’s Co-Authored Publication in the Journal of Global Health Sciences”
Dr. Mary T. Bassett, François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights and Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, has recently been featured … Continue reading “Mary T. Bassett’s featured in The Harvard Gazette”
Justin Morgan, PhD PHS ’23, Hye Young Choi and Kyla Tucker, MPH-HSB ’21, found success in connecting with senior residents of an apartment at Roxbury Tenants of Harvard (RTH) despite … Continue reading “SBS Students connect with senior residents of Roxbury Tenants of Harvard”
