We are proud to announce that Dr. Christian Happi, an adjunct faculty member in our department, has been named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025. This recognition highlights his significant contributions to infectious disease research and public health. Dr. Happi believes that African nations, which historically struggle with pathogen surveillance for future…
Home / News / The building blocks of scientific discovery Eureka moments in science are often the result of decades of work by dozens of individuals. According to scientist Sarah Fortune, lifesaving treatments for deadly diseases begin when scientists around the world put together their own pieces of a larger puzzle. She says it is…
Home / News / Breathing easier: The pursuit of clean air Presented jointly with C-CHANGE A staggering 99 percent of the world’s people live in places with dangerous levels of air pollution. Dirty air has been linked to dementia, heart disease, stroke, cancer, respiratory illnesses—and millions of premature deaths each year. And climate change is only…
Social media is rife with claims about experimental and expensive ways to hack your way to a longer life, from supplements to sleep coaching. But experts quoted in an April 10 New York Times article suggest that simple, science-backed strategies are still the best option. These include: getting regular aerobic exercise—at least 150 minutes per…
Research on health equity issues—such as identifying families in communities most affected by housing and food insecurity—is key to improving health, according to Logan Beyer, MD/PhD candidate at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School. In an April 15 opinion piece in STAT News, Beyer wrote that the National Institutes of…
Climate change is leading to extreme heat levels that may exceed the threshold at which the human body is capable of cooling itself, which can lead to heatstroke and other health concerns, according to experts. An April 8 Grist article highlighted several studies that have measured the highest wet-bulb temperature—which accounts for both temperature and…
The popular goal of getting 10,000 steps per day—either through walking, running, or simply moving about—is a good one for those who can manage it. For those who can’t, fewer steps can still produce meaningful, and in some cases equivalent, health benefits, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s I-Min Lee. In a…
The IT Department has completed April server and network maintenance. Please reboot your computer at your earliest convenience. This will refresh your network connection and apply updates. This applies to SPH-managed laptops and PCs that are both on and off campus. 2025 Monthly Maintenance Schedule 5/16/2025 (Friday) 6/12/2025 7/10/2025 8/15/2025 (Friday) 9/11/2025 10/16/2025 11/13/2025 12/11/2025 Please…
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Home / News / Solving America’s housing crisis: A Q&A with Marcia Fudge, Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Presented jointly with the Initiative on Health and Homelessness at Harvard Chan School; Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies; Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative; and the Government Performance Lab at HKS At least 40 million…
