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Stronger regulations lowering levels of fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) would benefit the health of all Americans, but Black Americans and low-income Americans would likely reap the most benefits, including a lower risk of premature death, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School.
Check out this cool. new online children’s book: Super Women: Statisticians and Data Scientists which features Biostats’ own Francesca Dominici and alumna Scarlet Bellamy! The team that created the book…
Biostatistic alum Nicholas J. Horton, currently the Beitzel Professor in Technology and Society (Statistics and Data Science) at Amherst College, has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Mosteller…
HDSI Community Spring EventApril 3rd | Science and Engineering Complex (150 Western Ave, Allston)This event is open to all individuals affiliated with Harvard who are interested in getting to know…
Please feel free to share your ideas for this series or contact Dr. Erin Lake. Note: All members of the department may connect with the Department of Biostatistics/Alumnae section of…
The Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will be celebrate the 60th anniversary of its founding and relaunch Global Health Week…
Yerby Diversity Lecture in Public HealthThursday, March 23 | 1:00-2:00 pm ET via Zoom“Toppling Statues in Academic Public Health” Linda A. Alexander, EdDChief Academic Officer, Association of Schools and Programs…
Wednesday, March 22 | 1-1:50 pm ET | Kresge 502Stephanie NolenAMA | New York Times global-health reporterYou’ve got questions about how journalism works. Stephanie Nolen, a Global Health journalist at…
Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Symposium: Data Science and Health DisparitiesFriday, March 24, 20239:00 am – 3:00 pmRegistration Deadline: March 21, 2023Register NowThis year’s annual symposium will focus on recent efforts by…
Nearly half of all employees in state and local public health agencies in the U.S. left their jobs between 2017 and 2021, and if such workforce contractions continue, more than 100,000 public health staff could leave their jobs by 2025, according to a new study from Harvard Chan School.
