Class of 2025
Learn more about the students who graduated this year.
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Slowing aging to help people live healthier lives
Hannah Smith, PhD ’25, approaches life with a constant sense of curiosity—from working to uncover the molecular mechanisms of aging, to adventuring outdoors and traveling.
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Nick Falkenberg, SM ’25, brings data-driven curiosity to environmental and public health
For Nick Falkenberg, SM ’25, public health is a meaningful way to blend his analytical background with his desire to advance population health. “I studied statistics and economics in undergrad,”…
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Using artificial intelligence to improve health
Nikhil Vytla, SM ’25, builds AI software with an emphasis on trustworthy results.
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A mid-career pivot from corporate life to public health entrepreneurship
Zeenith Ebrahim, DrPH ’25, launched Jamii Life in South Africa to increase access to affordable home care and create jobs.
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‘Speak loudly, courageously, purposefully,’ Harvard Chan graduates told
At Harvard Chan School’s Convocation, speakers acknowledged the headwinds facing public health—and called on graduating students to meet the challenge.
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Graduation 2025: Award winners
Each year, awards are presented to graduating students, faculty, and staff.
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New approach to preventing malaria transmission holds promise
Alexandra Probst, PhD ’25, has been part of a team using an innovative approach to develop compounds that can prevent malaria transmission by targeting the parasite inside the mosquitoes responsible for passing the disease to people.
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Students help bolster mental health, epilepsy care at Ugandan clinic
Teguo Djoyum, Erin McGuinness, and Olabiyi Olaniran earned the Gareth M. Green Award for Excellence in Public Health Practice for their work.
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Yunge Xiao, SM ’25, gained confidence as a researcher at Harvard Chan School
As an SM student in epidemiology, Yunge Xiao has collaborated with faculty on nutrition and health policy research.
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Caring for the caregivers
Heather Soucy, MPH ’25, is using her new expertise in health policy to fill gaps in the U.S. health care system she witnessed as an emergency department nurse.
