Office of Field Education and Practice
Field education and hands-on practice are fundamental components of public health education, providing students with real-world experience and the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge in practical settings.
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This River Will Carry You Home: Lessons from Rwanda’s Healing Circles
Zakaria Mohammed is a Rose Service Learning Fellow and a Master of Public Health candidate in Health Management. Arriving in Kigali The first thing that surprised me about Rwanda was…
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Leaving Things Better: Reflections on Power, Ethics, and Community Partnerships
“What would our projects look like if we planned for the ending from the very beginning?” This deceptively simple question was where we landed through Leaving Things Better, a Community…
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Beyond Survival: What Community Taught Me About Care for Young People Living with HIV
Leni Agnes Siagian is a Rose Service Learning Fellow and a Master of Public Health candidate in Health Management. They are medically stable. That is what the clinical chart would…
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Learning by serving: Rose fellows reflect on lessons from the field
The Rose Service Learning Fellowship funds community-engaged field projects around the globe.
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What Rural Kenya Taught Me About Designing Interventions That Go Beyond the Pilot
Sonali Verma is a Rose Service Learning Fellow and a Master of Public Health candidate in the Department of Global Health and Population. As a health systems researcher hoping to…
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Together We are Mighty: Water Filter Distribution in Rural Rwanda
Cora Cunningham is a Rose Service Learning Fellow and a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Global Health and Population. A chorus of song erupted in the courtyard…
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What Global Mental Health Taught Me Outside the Classroom
Hervet Randriamady is a Rose Service Learning Fellow and a PhD candidate in Population Health Sciences. I am thankful to have received the Rose Learning Service Fellowship. This summer, I…
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Stories from the Field
On a chilly December afternoon, Harvard Chan students, staff and faculty gathered to listen to Stories from the Field, a Community Engaged Learning@Chan event hosted by the Office of Field Education and Practice. Through two sessions of lightning talks,…
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Rio’s Schools Say No to Ultra-processed Foods
Luiza Lima Vieira is a Rose Service Learning Fellow and a Master of Public Health candidate in Nutrition Starting the Journey When I landed in Rio de Janeiro this summer,…
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Braiding Knowledge: The Ahtna on Climate Resilience in Alaska
Kenzo S. Kimura is a Rose Service Learning Fellow and a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Global Health & Population Growing up in sunny South Florida, I’ve…
