The state of AIDS
December 1, 2014 — The first World AIDS Day was December 1, 1988. That same year, the Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative (HAI) was established to help end the epidemic. Max Essex, the Mary...
View ArticleBoosting comprehensive women’s health care in Sub-Saharan Africa
December 1, 2014 — To stem the spread of HIV among women in Sub-Saharan Africa and to boost their overall health and the health of their families, it’s crucial to improve not just HIV care but also...
View ArticleIn memoriam: Dimitrios Trichopoulos, ‘giant’ in cancer epidemiology
December 2, 2014 Dear Members of the HSPH Community: It is with much sadness that I write to inform you of the death of Dimitrios Trichopoulos, who was Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention...
View ArticleProbing genes for disease risk
December 5, 2014 — New research by Alkes Price, associate professor of statistical genetics at Harvard School of Public Health, and colleagues focuses on new approaches to characterizing and...
View ArticleSimple preventive measures may help stem Ebola
December 5, 2014 – The rush to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in the last few months has generated years’ worth of new information about the previously little understood infectious disease,...
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On the Ground: Alumnus Battles the Nightmare in Liberia
As the deadly infection rages through West Africa, Harvard Chan faculty, students, and alumni are waging a counterattack: on the ground, in the lab, on the humanitarian front, and in the political...
View ArticleGetting to universal health coverage
December 11, 2014 — Julio Frenk is Dean of the Faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health and T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development, a joint appointment...
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A cross-disciplinary approach to eradicating malaria
December 17, 2014 –There is an arsenal of cost-effective tools available to combat malaria but getting people to adhere to treatment regimens can be challenging, said Jessica Cohen, assistant professor...
View ArticleRacism and public health: Statement from Dean Julio Frenk
December 17, 2014 Dear Members of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Community: The tragic deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Tamir Rice have mobilized large and diverse groups to...
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Sharing ideas on public health education
December 19, 2014 — The Harvard School of Public Health Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases welcomed a delegation of 16 academic leaders from Nigeria and Ghana on December 10–11, 2014....
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