Nancy Krieger gave an interview on the Health Action Show with WBAI, a radio station in New York City, on the recent issues around police violence in the US. To listen … Continue reading “Police killings as a public health threat”
Cassandra Okechukwu, SD ‘08 has been promoted to Associate Professor. She joined the Department in 2010 after completing the Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar program. Dr. Okechukwu seeks … Continue reading “Congratulations to Cassandra Okechukwu”
Congratulations to the following SBS students and faculty who were presented with awards at the Commencement Eve Celebration on May 25, 2016: Nicole Kau’i Baumhofer – Dr. Fang-Ching Sun Memorial Award … Continue reading “SBS Commencement Award winners”
Erica Tukiainen, MPH ’16 was featured in a Harvard Gazette profile showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates. Erica has been working in an obesity-prevention program designed for disadvantaged children in the Boston … Continue reading “The joys (and benefits) of movement”
On May 11, David Hunter, Acting Dean of the Harvard Chan School, the Lee Kum Kee family and the Harvard Chan community celebrated the official opening of the Center for Health … Continue reading “Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness opening celebrated”
This semester, Amiya Bhatia a doctoral student in the SBS department shared morning prayers on how engaging with data is engaging with people, on studying mortality, and on the power … Continue reading “Morning Prayers at Memorial Church”
Vaughan Rees, Lecturer on Social and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Center for Global Tobacco Control discusses the new FDA regulations on e-cigarettes and other newer tobacco products in the … Continue reading “New FDA regulations on e-cigarettes a “mixed bag””
On a recent segment of Harvard Chan’s podcast, This Week in Health, Laura Kubzansky, co-director of the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness talks about positive health beyond … Continue reading “Segment on Happiness on This Week in Health”
The new Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness will support the identification of psychological, social, and emotional strengths and assets that may protect against some diseases and enable people to … Continue reading “Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness”
Jill Roncarati, SD ’16, was recently featured for her work with Boston “rough sleepers” – those who sleep outside for months at a time. Her research is focused on mortality rates … Continue reading “Improving health among homeless people”