News & Announcements from 2013

Harvard Public Health Magazine - Spring 2013

May 20, 2013

Microbes in and on our bodies outnumber human cells 10 to 1—and may determine how we get sick and stay... Read full story »

Discovery of new hormone opens doors to new type 2 diabetes treatments

May 10, 2013

Boston, MA — Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers have discovered that a particular type of... Read full story »

Forum Event: Tackling the deadly illnesses of malaria, West Nile virus

May 3, 2013

Dyann Wirth serves as expert panelist at this Forum event on May 1, 2013 While many mosquitoes are little... Read full story »

Hallmarks of Healthy Eating

April 9, 2013

Cooking expert and BPH Professor Frank Sacks extol benefits of Mediterranean dietor a couple of hours last... Read full story »

Khanichi Charles - The Evolution of a Biologist

April 3, 2013

BPH Student Khanichi Charles was featured in the April 2013 issue of the Harvard GSAS Bulletin. Click here ... Read full story »

Progress, puzzles in battling malaria

April 2, 2013

Hidden parasites pose challenge to eradication, speakers sayThe prevalence of malaria in the population on... Read full story »

Human Microbiome Project: Analyzing microbes that play a role in health and disease

February 22, 2013

Curtis Huttenhower, assistant professor of computational biology and bioinformatics, talks about the Human... Read full story »

HSPH efforts in Africa helped lead to decade of success against AIDS

February 14, 2013

Government-funded program known as PEPFAR allowed School to scale up efforts February 11, 2013—The largest... Read full story »

Joseph Brain ends 40-year stretch teaching Harvard undergrad public health course

February 11, 2013

Joseph Brain, Cecil K. and Philip Drinker Professor of Environmental Physiology at Harvard School of Public... Read full story »