The Harvard School of Public Health (colloquially, HSPH) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Longwood Area of the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Mission Hill, next to Harvard Medical School and Cambridge, Massachusetts, HSPH is considered one of the most prestigious schools focusing on health in the United States. It is the country's second-oldest school of public health. Founded in 1922, the Harvard School of Public Health grew out of the Harvard-MIT School for Health Officers, the nation's first graduate training program in population health. Julio Frenk, the Minister of Health of Mexico from 2000 to 2006 and a former executive director of the World Health Organization (WHO), became the new dean of HSPH in January 2009.[1] Admission to HSPH is selective: For the class beginning in 2006-2007, 4.5% of nearly 10000 applicants were admitted, and 60% of those admitted enrolled. The middle 50% of the class that entered in 2006 had an incoming GPA between 3.50 and 3.75 (out of 4.0). Overall, HSPH is ranked second along with University of North Carolina School of Public Health in the 2008,U.S. News & World Report.[2] The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health was ranked first in the same report. The School's objectives are to provide the highest level of education to health scientists, practitioners, and leaders, to foster new discoveries leading to improved health for the people of this country and all nations, and to strengthen health capacities and services for communities.[3] [edit] History The School's predecessor was the Harvard-MIT School for Health Officers, founded in 1913; Harvard calls it "the nation's first graduate training program in public health." In 1922, the School for Health Officers became the Harvard School of Public Health, and in 1946 it was split off from the medical school and became a separate faculty of Harvard University.[4] [edit] Curriculum The Master's in Public Health Program - MPH offers seven degree concentrations: - Clinical Effectiveness (CLE)
- Family and Community Health (FCH)
- Health Care Management and Policy (CMP)
- International Health (IH)
- Law and Public Health (LPH)
- Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH)
- Quantitative Methods (QM) [5]
Degree programs offered by specific departments: - Biostatistics: ScM, PhD
- Environmental Health: ScM, PhD, ScD, MOH, DPH
- Epidemiology: ScM, ScD, DPH
- Genetics and Complex Diseases: PhD
- Health Policy and Management: ScM, ScD, PhD
- Immunology and Infectious Diseases: ScD, PhD
- Nutrition: ScD, DPH, PhD
- Global Health:
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- Health Economics (ScD)
- Health Systems (ScD)
- Population and Reproductive Health (ScD)
- Society, Human Development, and Health: ScM, ScD, DPH
PhD programs are offered under the aegis of the Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences [edit] Research Projects - The Nurses Health Study and Nurses Health Study II, which have followed the health of over 100,000 nurses from 1976 to the present; its results have been used in hundreds of published papers.[6]
- The Health Professionals Followup Study, a similar study of over fifty thousand male health professionals seeking to connect diet, exercise, smoking, and medications taken to frequency of cancer and cardiovascular disease.[7]
- The International Health Systems Program, which has provided training or technical assistance to projects in 21 countries, and conducts health policy research[8]
- The Program in Health Care Financing, which studies the economics of national health care programs; evaluates the health care programs of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other countries; studies the effects of bringing HMO-like hospital reimbursement practices to developing countries; and applies hedonimetrics to health care.[9]
- The Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, which studies public health and humanitarian law and policy in the context of conflict-torn regions like the Gaza Strip and transnational issues like terrorism.[10]
- The Lung Cancer S.O.S. study, examining the risk factors for and prognosis of lung cancer in terms of genetics and environment.[11]
- The College Alcohol Study, which examines the causes of college binge drinking and approaches to prevention and harm reduction.[12]
- The Program on the Global Demography of Aging, which studies policy issues related to economics of aging with a focus on the developing world.[13]
- The Superfund Basic Research Program (see Superfund), studying toxic waste management.[14]
[edit] Notable faculty (and past faculty) - David Bloom, health economist
- David Canning, health economist
- Atul Gawande, general and endocrine surgeon
- William Hsiao, economist
- Alexander H. Leighton, psychiatric epidemiologist
- Brian MacMahon, cancer epidemiologist
- Amartya Sen, development economist
- Andrew Spielman, public health entomologist
- Robert Blendon, political strategy of health and public opinion expert
- James Whittenberger, Department of Physiology
- Adetokumbo Lucas, former director of Tropical Diseases Research at the World Health Organization (WHO)
- Walter Willett, physician and nutrition researcher
- Max Essex, HIV reseacher
[edit] Notable alumni - James B. Aguayo-Martel, surgeon, scientist
- Humayun Chaudhry, physician, medical educator
- William Foege, MPH 1965, physician, former director of the Centers for Disease Control[15]
- Atul Gawande, surgeon, author
- Timothy Johnson, TV medical presenter
- Karl Lauterbach, German Politician (SPD)
[edit] References - ^ Julio Frenk Named Next Dean of Harvard School of Public Health
- ^ Ranking of Best schools of Public Health in US by U.S. News & World Report.
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- ^ HSPH Catalog - Harvard School of Public Health
- ^ MPH Program - Harvard School of Public Health
- ^ NHS :: The Nurses’ Health Study » Front
- ^ HPFS - About Us
- ^ International Health Systems Program at Harvard
- ^ Program in Health Care Financing - Harvard School of Public Health
- ^ HPCR International
- ^ http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/lungcancer/
- ^ College Alcohol Study
- ^ Global Demography of Aging
- ^ The Superfund Basis Research Program at Harvard University
- ^ Bloom, Barry R. (Winter 2007). "Dean's message: Leaders worth following". Harvard Public Health Review. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/review/winter07/dean1.html. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
[edit] External links [edit] Centers and Institutes
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