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Joined May 2009

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  1. Aug 6

    Brazil has the second-highest number of cases in the world, trailing only the U.S. Harvard Chan School professor says this could have been prevented.

    Lack of federal leadership hinders Brazil’s COVID-19 response
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  2. Aug 5

    How will we know when vaccines are safe? - asks , who says that Phase 3 trials are going to include a wide variety of individuals with different risk factors.

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  3. Aug 5

    "The goal is to have a test where you could get a result in 10 minutes, that is sensitive and specific." - Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaking with on the future of testing.

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  4. Aug 5

    Harvard Chan's asks about and airborne transmission. Fauci says that he and the team at the task force are looking closely at aerosol transmission, and reminds people to keep windows open when possible.

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  5. Aug 5

    "Did we let the American people down?" asks . "I think we can handle this . . ." says . "We can do better . . . there's someplace in the middle where we can open the economy and not see the surges we've been seeing."

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  6. Jul 31

    From vaccine trials to effective mask-wearing, here are six reasons to be optimistic during the pandemic from .

    Six reasons for optimism during the COVID-19 pandemic
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  7. Jul 29

    TODAY at 1pm ET: What's next for ? of talks with , , , , & about efforts to support the mental health of frontline workers.

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  8. Jul 28

    Free public forum on 7/31: COVID-19 Dynamics & Evolution brings together scientists and journalists to discuss the latest science, featuring

    COVID-19 Dynamics & Evolution. Virtual public forum - Friday July 31, 2020, 9am LA (UTC-7), 12pm NYC, 18h Paris. COVID-19: What does the science say? Short accessible talks by leading COVID-19 scientists. Knowledge gaps and challenges in communicating science during COVID-19. Moderated panel between scientists and science journalists. Register online cpd.ucsd.edu/covid19 #COVIDdynamics
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  9. Jul 28

    TOMORROW: of talks with , , , and more about what's next for as it continues to support the mental health of frontline workers. LIVE at 1pm ET.

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  10. Jul 25

    New research from Harvard Chan School shows that life expectancy varies at the census-tract level.

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  11. Jul 24

    "If a comes out at an unprecedented speed, people will need to trust that it has enough safety and efficacy." - Julia Wu, research scientist studying confidence.

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  12. Jul 23

    Today at noon: join for a conversation with former MA governor moderated by - part of the ongoing Voices In Leadership During Crises series.

    Voices In Leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Voices in Leadership During Crises: Governor Deval Patrick. Thursday, July 23, 2020. 12:00-12:30 pm EST. Watch the conversation live: hsph.me/deval. Deval Patrick, 71st Governor of Massachusetts. Moderated by Sara Bleich, Professor of Public Health Policy, Harvard Chan School. Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
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  13. Jul 22

    Tomorrow, join for a conversation with former MA governor moderated by - part of the ongoing Voices In Leadership During Crises series.

    Voices In Leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Voices in Leadership During Crises: Governor Deval Patrick. Thursday, July 23, 2020. 12:00-12:30 pm EST. Watch the conversation live: hsph.me/deval. Deval Patrick, 71st Governor of Massachusetts. Moderated by Sara Bleich, Professor of Public Health Policy, Harvard Chan School. Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
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  14. Jul 19

    On 7/23, join for a conversation with former MA governor moderated by - part of the ongoing Voices In Leadership During Crises series.

    Voices In Leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Voices in Leadership During Crises: Governor Deval Patrick. Thursday, July 23, 2020. 12:00-12:30 pm EST. Watch the conversation live: hsph.me/deval. Deval Patrick, 71st Governor of Massachusetts. Moderated by Sara Bleich, Professor of Public Health Policy, Harvard Chan School. Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
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  15. Jul 16

    rule discourages low-income families from accessing health insurance, medical care, public housing, and food assistance, according to new research from Harvard Chan School's Benjamin Sommers.

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  16. Jul 16

    On 7/23, join for a conversation with former MA governor moderated by - part of the ongoing Voices In Leadership During Crises series.

    Voices In Leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Voices in Leadership During Crises: Governor Deval Patrick. Thursday, July 23, 2020. 12:00-12:30 pm EST. Watch the conversation live: hsph.me/deval. Deval Patrick, 71st Governor of Massachusetts. Moderated by Sara Bleich, Professor of Public Health Policy, Harvard Chan School. Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
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  17. Jul 9

    Harvard Chan School also plans to launch new curricula this fall to help business executives understand the fundamentals of public health and how to apply them to the business sector. How is your business building knowledge and capacity to address issues?

    “We start to think about essential workers as primary drivers for our economic and societal engines, and this is going to mean a sharper focus on health and wellness of workers at a level of population health.” - Dean Michelle Williams Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
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  18. Jul 9

    How can companies respond to public health crises? In a new interview with this week, imagined a world where CEOs employ chief public health officers to help grasp the “primacy of public health.”

    “I think the chief public health officer brings a lens of assessing the social determinants of health. They bring modeling and appreciation and understanding of health and social justice to the table where these can inform practices like wage determination.” Dean Michelle Williams, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
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  19. Jul 8

    Today in , Michelle Williams and public health colleagues from , , , , , and others criticized President Trump's decision to withdraw from .

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  20. Jul 6

    Harvard Chan School faculty are among the experts raising the alarm about the potential for airborne infection in indoor spaces.

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