Research Centers
The School has established several centers to advance research in areas of importance to public health. These efforts tend to be multidisciplinary in their approach, bringing together faculty members from several HSPH departments and in some cases from several faculties at Harvard University. Faculty affiliated with the centers offer courses in their field of interest through the School’s academic departments and often provide opportunities for student involvement in research.
University-wide Research Centers and Institutes
- François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
- Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
- Harvard Global Health Institute
- Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI)
School-wide Research Centers
- Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics
- Center for Health Communication
- Center for Health Decision Science
- Harvard Injury Control Research Center
- Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative
- Harvard School of Public Health Center for Work, Health, and Well-being
Department & Division Centers
- Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research (CBAR)
- Center for Global Tobacco Control
- Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
- Harvard Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health
- Harvard NIEHS Center for Environmental Health
- Harvard School of Public Health Prevention Research Center
- John B. Little Center for Radiation Sciences and Environmental Health
- Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center
- Superfund Research Program
Flagship Initiatives
In 2010, Dean Frenk established Flagship Initiatives around three multidisciplinary topic areas of particular strength at HSPH. These initiatives link centers, programs, departments and individual researchers to foster collaboration and coordination of research, education, and community engagement activities:
HSPH Researchers
View web sites for research appointees at HSPH.
International Research
HSPH researchers are involved in projects promoting global health on nearly every continent. From advancing scientific discovery to training international health leaders, HSPH has been at the forefront of efforts to benefit the health of populations worldwide.
See World Map @HSPH for more information.
Research Programs and Projects
- Center for Health Promotion
- China Initiative
- College Alcohol Study
- Environment And Reproductive Health (EARtH Study)
- EPA/Harvard Center on Ambient Particle Health Effects
- Harvard Opinion Research Program
- Harvard Malaria Initiative
- Health Professionals Follow-Up Study
- Health and Transportation Policy Forum
- Initiative on Global Health Quality
- International Health Systems Program
- Lung Cancer Disparities Center
- Lung Cancer Susceptibility and Outcomes Study
- Neuroepidemiology Research Group
- Nurses’ Health Study (w.Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and HMS)
- Nurses’ Health Study II
- Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology
- Program on the Global Demography of Aging
- Program in Health Care Financing
- Program on Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
- Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research
- Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology
- Program in Quantitative Genomics
- Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project Monograph
- The Nutrition Source