Harvard Chan News

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HealthLab Accelerators helps students launch startups

The new program encourages students and researchers to solve public health problems with social impact ventures.

Winter 2023

Ankur Pandya speaks in front of a whiteboard. The whiteboard has black and white illustrations of objects — a chart, scales, a COVID virus, a microphone, a baseball, arrows, a video game holder, a flow chart, beaker — that frame his figure. He looks off-camera and his hands are mid-expression.

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Q&A: Ankur Pandya on health decision science

The Harvard Chan associate professor of health decision science discusses how his field can help with COVID-19 response decisions—and how teaching is like stand-up comedy.

Susan Chen, wearing a lab coat, stands in her office with three computer screens displaying charts and data behind her.

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Susan Cheng is exploring the mechanics of healthy aging

The cardiologist and epidemiologist wants to understand the barriers to sustaining health as we age.

Six people wearing formal wear stand infant of a white curtain and pose of a photo. Three are 2002 Harvard Chan Alumni Award winners (from left to right) Wafaie Fawzi, Julie Buring, and Stephen Hwang, with Lois B. Travis (2021 Award of Merit recipient), Kathleen Kahn (2020 Award of Merit recipient), and Dean Michelle A. Williams.

Alumni news

2022 Harvard Chan School Alumni Award winners

Six Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health graduates were recognized for their professional achievements during Alumni Weekend.

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Alumni news

Alumni News Winter 2023

Honors, career moves, and items of note, starting with the class of 1997

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School news

In Brief: Research, initiatives, and other highlights

Notable publications, findings, and initiatives from around the Harvard Chan School.

Michelle A. Williams, dean of faculty of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

From the Dean

Message from Dean Williams: Public health needs public trust

Public health leaders must broadcast clear and compelling ideas to help build a resilient, sustainable post-pandemic future..

Research

Faculty News Winter 2023

Awards, honors, and other recognitions.

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Philanthropic impact

“Nothing about us without us”

It took leaving Nigeria for Anuoluwa Ishola, DrPH ’21, to fully understand her country’s public health challenges and to dedicate herself to making a difference for its people.

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Philanthropic impact

Creating a spirit of sharing in public health

Antonella Lisanti-Park, MPH ’18, works to make the Massachusetts public health system more efficient, effective, and equitable.

Philanthropic impact

Ariadne Labs gets a gift from loyal friend Atul Gawande

Ariadne Labs founder Atul Gawande and his wife, Kathleen Hobson, increased their support for the organization.

On robot companions, making public health more precise, and reforming global aid work.

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Fall 2022

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Revisiting the ‘Unequal Treatment’ report, 20 years later

Two decades ago, a landmark report called out racism in health care, indelibly changing the public health landscape. There is much more work to be done.