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Not just hunger-free, but healthy
Alumna Cindy Leung chose HSPH for her nutrition studies so that she could help vulnerable people eat healthier food—and have healthier lives. January 24, 2013. (4:22) Please click the icon above to play this podcast in your browser. Alternatively, you may download…
Getting people the care they deserve
When alumna Bethany Holmes worked in a clinic for deaf patients, she was shocked by how few people could afford the care they need. She set out to change that. January 24, 2013. (4:40) Please click the play icon above to play…
A survivor's empathy
[ Fall 2014 ] HSPH alumna's immigrant journey inspires career transforming teens' health. Angela Diaz, MPH '02, knows what it's like to overcome nearly impossible odds—and to pay forward the hard lessons she learned along the way. She spent her childhood in extreme…
Combating Ebola by gaining trust
Mosoka Fallah, MPH ’12, who grew up in Monrovia, Liberia, has returned to the capital city to help contain the spreading Ebola epidemic. An epidemiologist and immunologist, Fallah has been systematically leading teams of volunteers through the city’s slums to identify victims,…
Harvard University Receives Transformational Gift for the School of Public Health
School will be renamed in honor of the late T.H. Chan For immediate release: Monday, September 8, 2014 Boston, MA – Harvard University announced today that The Morningside Foundation, established by the family of the late Mr. T. H. Chan, has pledged $350M to support…
Public health politician
August 19, 2014 — When she was running for a seat in Japan’s house of representatives, Mayuko Toyota, SM ’02, one day found herself standing in the rain on crutches, giving a speech at a common venue for politicking in that country:…
Zip code better predictor of health than genetic code
August 4, 2014 — In St. Louis, Missouri, Delmar Boulevard marks a sharp dividing line between the poor, predominately African American neighborhood to the north and a more affluent, largely white neighborhood to the south. Education and health also follow the “Delmar…
Commencement 2014: Alumni Association President Anthony Dias address
May 29, 2014 Thank you Dean Frenk! Graduates of the class of 2014, proud parents and families, honored guests, friends, esteemed faculty and staff, honorable Dean Dr. Julio Frenk, and distinguished commencement speaker Dr. Tom Frieden: As President of the Alumni Association…
Life on the 'Dark Side': HSPH alum describes role of private sector in public health
May 10, 2011 -- A public health professional who works in private industry can play as important a role in improving the human condition as those who work in academia, medicine, and similar fields, alumnus Gerald L. Chan, SM '75, ScD '79,…
Making the leap
[Fall 2013 Centennial issue] Veterinarians and public health Mark Schembri, MPH ’11, never met James Steele, MPH ’42. But in his passion for understanding animalborne epidemics, Schembri is carrying on Steele’s powerful legacy. Steele—the lone veterinarian in a class of physicians at…