We teach students how to effectively respond to key health challenges impacting populations around the world through outstanding teaching and research. Our expertise includes health systems and economics, global nutrition, maternal and child health, infectious and non-communicable diseases, and humanitarian studies and population ethics.
Michael VanRooyen has spent decades responding to emergencies, both in big-city U.S. hospitals and global disaster zones, and helped found the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.
Michael R. Reich, Taro Takemi Professor of International Health Policy, Emeritus, recently presented opening remarks and moderated the Latin American and Caribbean Dialogue on Global Health System Reform in Mexico…
Takemi Fellow Kaori Yamaguchi, PhD, OTR, recently attended the WHO Disability Health Equity Network Inaugural Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. She attended as a representative of the Japanese Society of International…
On Monday, November 10, the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) commenced in Belém, Brazil, kicking off two weeks of conversations about climate change. Among those attending the conference were…
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Alumni Chapter of London held its capstone event of the year on November 7, 2025. Set against the imposing art deco backdrop…
Researchers at Harvard University, especially those in the biomedical and health fields who rely heavily on federal grants, remain uncertain about the future amid the Trump administration’s ongoing attack on scientific research.
The Harvard Health Systems Innovation Lab shared new research from the Global Collaborative for Changing Diabetes in Children project at the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) Conference.
Last week, the Health Systems Innovation Lab traveled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to conduct a research development workshop. The workshop brought together 25 researchers from eight countries working on type…
Stillbirths occur at a higher rate in the U.S. than previously reported, and a substantial share of them had no clinical risk factor, according to a new study from Harvard Chan School and Mass General Brigham.
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