schoolHarvard School of Public Health
The Harvard School of Public Health is dedicated to advancing the public's health through learning, discovery and communication. The School's research and training programs emphasize five critical areas (1) AIDS, Cancer, and Heart Disease; (2) Behavior, Nutrition, and Lifestyle; (3) The Environment; (4) Health Care; and (5) World Health.
Affiliation: Harvard School of Public HealthWeb site: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/
Recent articles about Harvard School of Public Health
D. Mark Hegsted, national force in science of human nutrition, dies (June 20, 2009)‘Water guy’ John Briscoe stays in motion (June 15, 2009)
How growing cells move together (June 3, 2009)
Chemical leaches from plastic drinking bottles into people (May 21, 2009)
Survey: Many Americans protecting themselves against H1N1 (May 8, 2009)
Scholars discuss ‘medicalization’ of formerly normal characteristics (May 6, 2009)
Survey: Nearly half of Americans concerned they or their family may get sick from swine flu (May 1, 2009)
Outwitting mutating flu during a pandemic (May 1, 2009)
Harvard dean praises Mexican response to swine flu (The Boston Globe, April 28, 2009)
Majority of new cases of diabetes in older U.S. adults could be prevented (April 27, 2009)
Smoking, high blood pressure and being overweight top three preventable causes of death in the U.S. (April 27, 2009)
Harvard nutritionists take aim at sugary drinks (April 21, 2009)
Genes Show Limited Value in Predicting Diseases (The New York Times, April 16, 2009)
Breast cancer danger rising in developing world (April 15, 2009)
Reservoir system proposed to meet needs (April 13, 2009)
Countway marks development of ‘the pill’ (April 2, 2009)
Narayanamurti named director of Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at Belfer Center (April 1, 2009)
Infant weight gain linked to childhood obesity (March 30, 2009)
Newly identified genetic variants found to increase breast cancer risk (March 29, 2009)
U.S. hospitals slow to adopt electronic health records, citing cost (March 25, 2009)
