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Alumni and Friends

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.

Atul Gawande

Ariadne Labs gets a gift from loyal friend Atul Gawande

Atul Gawande, founder of Ariadne Labs, and his wife, Kathleen Hobson, recently increased their support of the center with a $500,000 gift.

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Advocating for the right to a safe and healthy childhood

G. Barrie Landry endows program to help protect the world’s most vulnerable children from harm.

Ellen Feldberg Gordon

Putting disordered eating at the Center of public health discourse

 Ellen Feldberg Gordon’s gift accelerates research on a little-understood affliction.

John Quelch

Investing in the intersection of public health and business

John Quelch, DBA ’77, SM ’78, and Joyce Huntley Quelch create the Huntley Quelch Professorship in Health Care Management .

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Harvard Chan School helped Alan Colowick make better decisions

A class at the Center for Health Decision Science inspired Alan Colowick’s career. His gift will help the Center innovate in multiple ways.

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Following a Mindful Path for Personal and Planetary Health

Created with an anonymous gift, the Thich Nhat Hanh Center at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is exploring evidence-based approaches to enhance well-being through the practice of mindful