Integrating health care providers with communities
May 23, 2014 — Zachary Gerson-Nieder spends a lot of time thinking about the role hospitals can play in communities. Of course they provide…
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A passion for science—and fighting malaria
May 22, 2014 — Before Perrine Marcenac even enrolled at Harvard School of Public Health, the institution changed her life. During an interview for…
Prevention in public health: What works?
May 21, 2014 — No other industry of the size and complexity of the U.S. health care system operates with so little understanding of…
Startups with social impact
Students challenged to generate entrepreneurial solutions to social challenges May 21, 2014 — Ashley Elsensohn, MPH ’14, never expected to graduate from Harvard School…
HSPH, Burmese students team up to improve health at refugee camp
May 20, 2014 — The Umpiem Mai refugee camp in western Thailand was erected three decades ago to provide temporary housing for Burmese refugees…
High school students gain insight into public health careers
May 13, 2014 — Don’t take your toilet and clean drinking water for granted. In many parts of the world, good sanitation systems don’t…
Improving health for people with disabilities
May 9, 2014 —The phone call from Ghana clinched Asare Christian’s career path. His grandmother was exhibiting sudden, puzzling symptoms including loss of balance,…
Cure for ‘silent killer’ remains elusive
April 30, 2014 — Barbara Burleigh, associate professor of immunology and infectious diseases, studies Chagas disease, a leading cause of infectious heart failure. The…
Gökhan S. Hotamisligil receives 9th Danone International Prize for Nutrition
For immediate release: April 29, 2014 SAN DIEGO – Danone Institute International announced today that prominent scientist Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, MD, PhD, is the…
Students simulate international aid negotiation
April 29, 2014 — A group of students recently got a crash course on a key skill for any future global health practitioner: negotiation.…