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Alumni and Friends

Impact of Giving

At Harvard Chan School, every gift sets powerful change in motion. Our donors fuel an ecosystem where breakthrough ideas flourish—empowering students to become global health leaders and enabling faculty to transform scientific discoveries into real-world solutions. From campus laboratories to communities worldwide, our work advances understanding of disease, reduces health inequities, and protects vulnerable populations. Through this web of research, education, and action, each investment grows into lasting change—creating healthier communities today and building a stronger foundation for tomorrow. 

Students and Alumni

Antonella Lisanti-Park poses with her arm on the back of a cream couch.

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. 

Anuoluwa Ishola poses on the landing of a staircase

“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. 

Historic bequest will provide financial aid for Harvard Chan students

Gift from the late Stanley P. Bohrer, MD ’58, MPH ’75 will provide support in perpetuity.

Faculty and Research

Laura Kubzansky and Hayami Koga

Can optimism and kindness contribute to workers' health and well-being?

Hayami Koga, MPH ’16, PhD ’23, is exploring how a Japanese philosophy of hospitality and mindfulness can help workplaces become more psychologically healthy environments.  

The bisexual, gay, and transgender pride flags hang in an atrium in front of a staircase. Light streams through the windows behind the flags, silhouetting a person climbing the stairs.

Building a strong and healthy LGBTQ community

A gift from Mike Dillon MPH ’23 is helping to advance work on LGBTQ health equity at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health .

Kate Vogelheim scuba dives above a reef. She is holding camera gear while a schools of pink and orange fish swim around her.

Fostering a sustainable future together

Conservationist and philanthropist Katie Vogelheim is supporting Christopher Golden’s work in nutrition and planetary health.

Harvard University Alumni Gerald Chan is pictured in the Kresge Building at Harvard School of Public Health. Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer

A gift unsolicited, unrestricted, and unexpected

In 2014, the School was renamed in recognition of an extraordinary gift from The Morningside Foundation, established by the family of the late Mr. T.H. Chan. The largest gift in our history has helped us to recruit stellar faculty, advance bold research, and support our exceptional students.