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.
This January, the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health was delighted to continue its three annual field trip courses. These courses…
Christopher Golden has a singular mission: to explore the interconnectedness of human and ecosystem health, and to use the results of his research to inform policies that help both flourish.
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…
Richard Cash’s friends and colleagues gathered to remember his life and achievements.
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