Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

On May 21st, the Department of Environmental Health (EH) gathered to honor the hard work and dedication from all members of our department through the 2025-2026 academic year, including staff, faculty, and students.  ...

Harvard Chan School's Yonatan Grad provides a primer on Ebola and offers insights on the latest outbreak in Central Africa.

Progress on the health targets in the United Nations’ 2015 Sustainable Development Goals has been too slow—and in some cases is backsliding.

Weight gain is common in the years surrounding menopause, but certain healthy dietary patterns may help women manage their weight.

  We recently chatted with Barry Levy,  MPH ’70, former adjunct faculty member, and editor of the fourth edition of the book,  Social Injustice and Public Health, where he reflected on his career, the evolution of...

By 2050, nearly a third of people who develop one of 17 types of cancer will die undiagnosed, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.

Experts at the 10th annual Cutter Symposium discussed the effectiveness of screening for colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, and pandemic diseases.

Use of GLP-1 medications has increased by 140.4%, while use of metabolic bariatric surgery has decreased by 34.1%, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.

As Nebraska rolls out Medicaid work requirements, health policy experts worry that many will lose coverage due to cumbersome paperwork or confusing rules.

Name: Karolina Edlund Area of Research: Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology (RPE) Degree: Masters of Science (SM2) Current Role: PhD Student in Population Health Sciences, Harvard Chan School Please respond to...

Derek Chang, SM2 ’26, is the recipient of the Kennedy, Knox and Sheldon Traveling Fellowship from Harvard University. Read the following Q&A to learn more about his experience at the...

A new Harvard Chan School study aids in interpreting complex HIV trial results, instructs the design of such studies in the future, and informs public health policy decisions about effective HIV prevention strategies.

Speakers at the first Women’s Health Student Summit at the School discussed the need for a new approach to women's health.

Junita Henry is a Rose Service Learning Fellow and a PhD candidate in the Department of Global Health and Population. As researchers, we like to believe we approach our work...

Please join us in congratulating Yuning Liu on successfully defending her PhD dissertation, “Understanding Digital Well-Being in Social Media Use: App-Specific Use, Goal Pursuit, and Platform Designs”! Before heading off...

Experts worry that data lost last year could worsen outcomes for mothers and babies in Mississippi.

The Harvard-Oxford Program in Epidemiology (HOPE) was established in 2017 to promote collaboration between the Harvard Chan School’s Department of Epidemiology and the Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH) at...