Why Public Health? Nayana Vootakuru
April 2011 — In our new series “Why Public Health?” we ask Harvard School of Public Health students to talk about why they chose…
2011 Multimedia Archives
Commencement 2011
May 2011 — On a sunny spring day, 478 HSPH students received degrees at the 2011 Commencement. The ceremony was held before an overflowing…
Commencement Eve Celebration 2011
May 2011 — The Class of 2011 celebrates with friends and families at a Commencement Eve Celebration. Dean Julio Frenk Commencement remarks transcript Commencement Student…
Improving Americans’ health literacy
January 2011 — Why do hospitals have signs for the “nephrology department” when patients with kidney disease who need that department’s services are unlikely…
AIDS in 1982: Buried in the back pages
August, 1982. Robin Herman, who is currently assistant dean for research communications at HSPH, was then a metro reporter for The New York Times. She was…
Endoplasmic reticulum stress
Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, J.S. Simmons Professor of Genetics and Metabolism and Chair, Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, discusses a new Nature study on endoplasmic reticulum…
The Triangle Factory fire and workplace safety regulations
On the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City, Elkan Blout Professor of Environmental Genetics David Christiani talks about how the…
Genes and prostate cancer in men
Lorelei Mucci, associate professor of epidemiology, was a co-author of a Nature study that identified genes that may help determine which men are likely to…
Why Public Health? Nicanor Obaldia Rodriguez
April 2011 — In our new series “Why Public Health?” we ask Harvard School of Public Health students to talk about why they chose…
Why Public Health? Zinzi Bailey
April 2011 — In our new series “Why Public Health?” we ask Harvard School of Public Health students to talk about why they chose…