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Puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones are rarely prescribed to U.S. transgender and gender diverse adolescents, according to a new study from researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, and FOLX Health.
On January 1, 2025, the Department of Epidemiology welcomed Alejandro Szmulewicz as Assistant Professor of Epidemiology! Learn more about Szmulewicz in the following Q&A. What led you to epidemiology? What…
More than 30 faculty members or researchers affiliated with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health were named to Clarivate Analytic’s 2024 list of Highly Cited Researchers.
Having post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can affect people in the workplace, but there are coping strategies that can help, according to Harvard Chan School’s Karestan Koenen.
Determining causes and effects involving complicated epidemiological questions was the focus of a virtual talk by computer scientist Judea Pearl, an expert in artificial intelligence and causal inference in epidemiology, at the 176th Cutter Lecture on Preventive Medicine.
Social connection, prosociality, spirituality, optimism, and work—growing evidence suggests these five factors can play an important role in improving the well-being of people and communities.
Teasing out the best ways to address widespread mental health problems depends on pinpointing their causes as accurately as possible. But that can be a big challenge for researchers, according to experts who spoke at a Nov. 15 Harvard Chan School symposium.
