{{Short description|Harvard University branch in Boston, Massachusetts, US}} {{Infobox university | name = Harvard T.H. Chan<br />School of Public Health | image = Harvard shield-Public Health.png | image_size = 150px | image_alt = | caption = Coat of arms | former_name = Harvard–MIT School for Health Officers (1913–1922)<br>Harvard School of Public Health (1922–2014) | established = {{start date and age|1913}} | closed = | type = Private | parent = Harvard University | affiliation = | city = Boston | state = Massachusetts | country = U.S. | coor = {{coord|42.335390|N|71.102793|W|type:edu|display=title}} | dean = Andrea Baccarelli | director = | website = {{ofurl}} }} [[File:Harvard School of Public Health (54954430773).jpg|thumb|HSPH courtyard entrance from Harvard Medical School]] The '''Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health''' is the public health school at Harvard University, located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. It was named after Hong Kong entrepreneur Chan Tseng-hsi in 2014 following a US$350 million donation, the largest in Harvard's history at the time.
The school grew out of the Harvard–MIT School for Health Officers, the country's first graduate training program in population health, which was founded in 1913 and became the Harvard School of Public Health in 1922.
==History== ===20th century=== Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health traces its origins to the '''Harvard–MIT School for Health Officers''', which was 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'''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 August 2013 |title=Harvard School of Public Health celebrates 100 years of global health leadership |url=http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/harvard-school-of-public-health-celebrates-100-years-of-global-health-leadership-in-fall-2013/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030171356/https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/harvard-school-of-public-health-celebrates-100-years-of-global-health-leadership-in-fall-2013/ |archive-date=30 October 2020 |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=harvard.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Centennial |url=http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/centennial/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028212410/https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/centennial/ |archive-date=28 October 2020 |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=Centennial}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History, from About HSPH, reprinted online from HCSPH Fast Facts booklet, accessed 1/19/2016 |url=http://hpac.harvard.edu/files/hpac/files/hsph_fastfacts.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023045454/https://hpac.harvard.edu/files/hpac/files/hsph_fastfacts.pdf |archive-date=23 October 2020 |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=harvard.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2015 |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/admissions/why-harvard-chan/mission/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115002233/https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/admissions/why-harvard-chan/mission/ |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |access-date=Feb 4, 2019 |website=Admissions}}</ref><ref>[Who We Are, from HCSPH Admissions website, accessed 1/19/2016]</ref>
The school was part of Harvard Medical School until 1946, when it became a fully autonomous institution with its own dedicated public health and medical faculty.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HSPH Catalog – Harvard School of Public Health |url=http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/register/intro.html |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=harvard.edu |archive-date=4 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060904234158/http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/register/intro.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===21st century=== In 2014, the Harvard School of Public Health was renamed the "Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health" in honor of a US$350 million donation, the largest in Harvard's history at the time, from the Morningside Foundation,<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 September 2014 |title=Boston Orange 波士頓菊子: 晨興基金捐三億五 哈佛公衛學院冠名陳曾熙 |url=http://bostonorange.blogspot.com/2014/09/blog-post_7.html |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=bostonorange.blogspot.com |archive-date=8 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108222303/https://bostonorange.blogspot.com/2014/09/blog-post_7.html |url-status=live }}</ref> run by Harvard School of Public Health alumnus Gerald Chan (Harvard SM '75, SD '79) and Ronnie Chan, both of whom were sons of Chan Tseng-hsi (T.H. Chan).<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 July 2016 |title=The story of T. H. Chan |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/the-story-of-t-h-chan/ |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=harvard.edu |archive-date=8 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108171430/https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/the-story-of-t-h-chan/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 September 2014 |title=Hang Lung's Gerald Chan to Give $350M to Harvard |url=https://www.mingtiandi.com/real-estate/agencies-people/hang-lungs-gerald-chan-to-give-350m-to-harvard/ |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=mingtiandi.com |archive-date=24 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224112925/https://www.mingtiandi.com/real-estate/agencies-people/hang-lungs-gerald-chan-to-give-350m-to-harvard/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Announced in May 2016, beginning in fall 2017, the School of Public Health, in partnership with the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, consolidated its five Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) research doctorate programs—Epidemiology, Environmental Health, Global Health and Population, Nutrition, and Social and Behavioral Sciences—into a single Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program in Population Health Sciences. Students already enrolled in Doctor of Science programs were not transitioned into the new program and constituted the final cohort to receive the research doctorate, concluding the degree's 144-year history at the Harvard University. Both the Doctor of Science and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees at Harvard University were first awarded in 1872, the year the university established what was then known as the Graduate Department.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HSPH Set to Replace Doctor of Science with Ph.D. Program {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/5/13/hsph-ends-doctor-science/ |access-date=2026-02-04 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref>
In 2023 and 2024, the school partnered with the National Healthcare Security Administration to train members of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghayrat |first=Shahrezad |date=2025-05-01 |title=Uyghur activists condemn Harvard over training for sanctioned China group |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/uyghur/2025/05/01/uyghur-harvard-xpcc-xinjiang/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Radio Free Asia |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Martina |first=Michael |date=May 24, 2025 |title=Long advantageous, Harvard's China ties become a political liability |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/long-advantageous-harvards-china-ties-become-political-liability-2025-05-24/ |access-date=May 24, 2025 |work=Reuters}}</ref> The partnership led to United States congressional scrutiny in May 2025, as XPCC is sanctioned for human rights abuses under the Magnitsky Act.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Jimmy |date=2025-05-20 |title=Lawmakers Open Probe into Harvard for 'Providing Services' to CCP Group Sanctioned over Uyghur Repression |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/lawmakers-open-probe-into-harvard-for-providing-services-to-ccp-group-sanctioned-over-uyghur-repression/ |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=National Review |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Areddy |first=James T. |date=June 7, 2025 |title=Harvard's China Ties Become New Front in Battle With Trump |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/china/harvards-china-ties-become-new-front-in-battle-with-trump-6eb24947 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250608030822/https://www.wsj.com/world/china/harvards-china-ties-become-new-front-in-battle-with-trump-6eb24947 |archive-date=June 8, 2025 |access-date=June 9, 2025 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref>
==Curriculum== The Master of Public Health program offers ten fields of study: * Clinical Effectiveness (CLE) * Epidemiology (EPI) * Generalist (GEN) * Global Health and Population (GHP) * Health and Social Behavior (HSB) * Health Management (HM) * Health Policy (HP)] * Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH) * Quantitative Methods (QM) * Nutrition (NUT)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Master of Public Health |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/admissions/degree-programs/master-of-public-health/ |access-date=26 January 2020 |website=Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health |date=26 May 2015 |publisher=Harvard University |archive-date=10 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510235223/https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/admissions/degree-programs/master-of-public-health/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Degree programs offered by specific departments: * Biostatistics: SM, PhD * Environmental Health (EH): SM, MPH, PhD, DrPH * Epidemiology (EPI): [https://hsph.harvard.edu/program/sm-epidemiology/ SM], DrPH * Molecular Metabolism: PhD * Health Policy: SM, MPH, PhD * Health Care Management: SM, MPH * Immunology and Infectious Diseases: PhD * Nutrition (NUT): MPH, DrPH, PhD * Global Health and Population (GHP): SM, MPH, PhD * Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS): SM, MPH, PhD, DrPH * Population Health Sciences (Interdisciplinary PhD within departments of EH, EPI, GHP, NUT, and SBS)
The school offers a variety of degrees with criteria designed to target unique curriculum needs and a wide range of student populations, including online and hybrid degrees. The Harvard Chan School's master's of public health (MPH) and master's in health care management (MHCM) are designed for those aiming to spend their career in professional practice, while master's of science (SM) degrees are geared for aspiring researchers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Degree Programs |date=4 October 2024 |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/admissions/degree-programs/}}</ref> The number of credit hours required for MPH and SM degrees depends on students’ prior academic training, such as whether they hold a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Master of Science 80-Credit |date=7 August 2024 |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/admissions/degree-programs/master-of-science-80-credit/}}</ref>
In addition, the school offers two doctoral degrees: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Doctor of Public Health (DrPH). PhD programs are offered under the aegis of the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Previously, the school also offered the Doctor of Science (ScD) degree, which has since been replaced by the centralized PhD offered through the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
The DrPH was launched in 2014 as a multidisciplinary degree providing advanced education in public health along with mastery of skills in management, leadership, communications, and innovation thinking. The program is a cohort-based program emphasizing small-group learning and collaboration. The program is designed for three years – two years at Harvard, plus one year in a field-based doctoral project – although some students may take up to four years to complete the program.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Boston |first1=677 Huntington Avenue |last2=Ma 02115 +1432-1031 |date=2022-10-18 |title=Doctor of Public Health |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/admissions/degree-programs/doctor-of-public-health/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Admissions |language=en-us}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nurses' Health Study - |url=http://www.channing.harvard.edu/nhs/ |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=www.channing.harvard.edu |archive-date=22 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722031758/http://www.channing.harvard.edu/nhs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * The Health Professionals Follow-up 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Health Professionals Follow-Up Study |url=http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hpfs/ |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=Health Professionals Follow-Up Study |archive-date=13 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713161602/https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hpfs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * The International Health Systems Program, which has provided training or technical assistance to projects in 21 countries and conducts health policy research.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Health Systems Program at Harvard<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ihsp/ |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=harvard.edu |archive-date=6 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406171546/http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ihsp/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * The Program on the Global Demography of Aging, which studies policy issues related to economics of aging with a focus on the developing world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Program on the Global Demography of Aging at Harvard University |url=http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/pgda/ |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=Program on the Global Demography of Aging at Harvard University |archive-date=2 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402035321/https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/pgda/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * The Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness, to "help identify how positive aspects of living can lead to better health and a longer life"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Family of Chinese oyster sauce empire gives $21 million to Harvard, Apr 25, 2016, 6:13am EDT |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/health-care/2016/04/family-of-chinese-oyster-sauce-empire-gives-21.html |access-date=2019-02-04 |publisher=Bizjournals.com |archive-date=2018-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413052825/https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/health-care/2016/04/family-of-chinese-oyster-sauce-empire-gives-21.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and "coordinate research across many disciplines at Harvard University" and "understanding the complex interplay between positive psychological well-being and human health."<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 April 2016 |title=About the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness - Health and Happiness |url=http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/health-happiness/home/about-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429191336/http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/health-happiness/home/about-2/ |archive-date=2016-04-29 |access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=$21 Million Gift Launches Center for Health and Happiness - News - The Harvard Crimson |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/4/29/hsph-health-happiness-center/ |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=www.thecrimson.com |archive-date=13 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413052714/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/4/29/hsph-health-happiness-center/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hamblin |first=James |title=Harvard Just Launched a Center for Happiness |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/04/harvard-center-for-happiness/479784/ |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=theatlantic.com |date=26 April 2016 |archive-date=1 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401075123/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/04/harvard-center-for-happiness/479784/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=INTERVIEW: Harvard University explores happiness, health with gifted $21 million. Osler, C. Daily Free Press, Boston University. April 28, 2016 |url=http://dailyfreepress.com/tag/lee-kum-sheung-center-for-health-and-happiness/ |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=dailyfreepress.com |archive-date=10 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510060413/http://dailyfreepress.com/tag/lee-kum-sheung-center-for-health-and-happiness/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 April 2016 |title=A quest for happiness |url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/04/a-quest-for-happiness/ |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=harvard.edu |archive-date=1 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401144453/https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/04/a-quest-for-happiness/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 April 2016 |title=Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/social-and-behavioral-sciences/2016/04/25/lee-kum-sheung-center-for-health-and-happiness/ |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=harvard.edu |archive-date=1 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401144319/https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/social-and-behavioral-sciences/2016/04/25/lee-kum-sheung-center-for-health-and-happiness/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/health-systems-innovation-lab/ The Health Systems Innovation Lab], which specializes in comparative health systems research and transition to the high value health systems model through targeted innovation, policy and practice. Led by Prof. Rifat Atun, the Lab uses its research, education, innovation and translation activities to work with governments, private sector, multilateral entities, and civil society to promote policy and practice, and accelerate the diffusion of health system innovations for large-scale population level impact.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Health Systems Innovation Lab at Harvard University |date=29 June 2024 |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/health-systems-innovation-lab/}}</ref> * The Harvard Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) leads research projects that explore the impacts of climate change on human health and the design of climate actions to maximize health benefits, particularly for the most vulnerable populations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-04 |title=About Us |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/about-c-change/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=C-CHANGE {{!}} Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |language=en-us}}</ref> * The Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health pursues evidence-based approaches to utilize the principles of mindfulness to improve health and well-being.<ref name="hsph.harvard.edu">{{Cite web |last1=Avenue |first1=677 Huntington |last2=Boston |last3=Ma 02115 |date=2012-09-19 |title=Harvard Alcohol Project: Designated Driver |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/chc/harvard-alcohol-project/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Center for Health Communication |language=en-us}}</ref> * The Center for Health Communication leads the Harvard Chan School's work to effectively communicate public health information through the clutter of modern media landscapes. The center's collaboration with Hollywood studios to promote designated drivers was essential in changing the national conversation around drunk driving.<ref name="hsph.harvard.edu"/> The center has recently launched a program partnering with content creators on mental health research.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barry |first=Ellen |date=2023-10-16 |title=Harvard Cozies Up to #MentalHealth TikTok |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/16/health/mental-health-tiktok-harvard.html |access-date=2024-07-18 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * Harvard's Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence, which is one of just 13 such centers funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The center produces and disseminates information to improve the well-being of mothers and children, and trains future leaders in the field as part of the school's concentration in maternal and child health.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Avenue |first1=677 Huntington |last2=Boston |last3=Ma 02115 |title=Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/mch-center-excellence/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence |date=29 June 2024 |language=en-us}}</ref>
==People== ===List of deans=== The deans of the school are listed below.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-07 |title=School leadership – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/about/our-history/school-leadership/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209015923/https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/about/our-history/school-leadership/ |archive-date=2024-12-09 |access-date=2024-12-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ !No. !Name !Start !End |- |1 |David L. Edsall |1922 |1935 |- |''acting'' |Roger I. Lee |1922 |1923 |- |2 |Cecil K. Drinker |1935 |1942 |- |''acting'' |Edward G. Huber |1942 |1946 |- |3 |James S. Simmons |1946 |1954 |- |4 |John C. Snyder |1954 |1971 |- |''acting'' |Richard H. Daggy |1971 |1972 |- |5 |Howard H. Hiatt |1972 |1984 |- |6 |Harvey V. Fineberg |1984 |1997 |- |''acting'' |James H. Ware |1997 |1998 |- |7 |Barry R. Bloom |1999 |2008 |- |8 |Julio Frenk |2009 |2015 |- |''acting'' |David Hunter |2015 |2016 |- |9 |Michelle A. Williams |2016 |2023 |- |''interim'' |Jane J. Kim |2023 |2023 |- |10 |Andrea Baccarelli |2024 |''incumbent'' |}
===Notable past and present faculty===<!-- Please respect alphabetical order --> {{div col}} *Joseph G. Allen, public health expert, director of the Healthy Buildings program *Andrea Baccarelli, epigeneticist, clinical endocrinologist, and dean of school of public health *Katherine Baicker, economist, a former member of the Council of Economic Advisers *Robert Blendon, political strategy of health and public opinion expert *Barry Bloom, immunologist and former dean *David Bloom, economist *Joseph Brain, physiologist and environmental health researcher *David Canning, economist *Richard A. Cash, American global health researcher, developed oral rehydration therapy (ORT) *Marcia Caldas de Castro, demographer *Lauren M. Childs, mathematician, Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize recipient *Douglas Dockery, epidemiologist *Francesca Dominici, senior associate dean for research, professor of biostatistics, data scientist, and air pollution expert *Arnold Epstein, department chair for health policy and management *Max Essex, HIV researcher *Sarah Fortune, immunologist *Julio Frenk, former dean of school of public health and former Secretary of Health of Mexico *Atul Gawande, general and endocrine surgeon *Sue Goldie, physician and decision scientist, MacArthur fellowship recipient *John Graham, policy and decision scientist, former director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs *Laurie Glimcher, immunologist *Alice Hamilton, occupational health and toxicology; first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard University<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-10-14 |title=Changing the Face of Medicine | AliceHamilton |url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_137.html |access-date=2019-02-04 |publisher=Nlm.nih.gov |archive-date=2015-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018130822/https://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_137.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> *David Hemenway, economist and injury prevention expert *Albert Hofman, epidemiologist *William Hsiao, economist *Frank Hu, epidemiologist and nutrition researcher *David Hunter, epidemiologist, Acting Dean of the Faculty and former Dean for Academic Affairs at School of Public Health *Curtis Huttenhower, computational biologist *Ashish Jha (MPH'04 and former faculty) served as Dean for Global Strategy 2018–2020<ref>{{cite web |title=About Dean Jha |url=https://www.brown.edu/academics/public-health/about/people/dean/about-jha |website=Dean Ashish Jha |publisher=Brown University School of Public Health |access-date=13 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428210733/https://www.brown.edu/academics/public-health/about/people/dean/about-jha |archive-date=28 April 2021}}</ref> *Ichiro Kawachi, social epidemiologist *Howard Koh, public health researcher, the 14th Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. *Margaret Elizabeth Kruk, public health expert, physician, and health systems researcher *Nan Laird, biostatistician, former head of department *Alexander H. Leighton, psychiatric epidemiologist *Richard Levins, ecologist and mathematical biologist *Xihong Lin, biostatistician and mathematician, 2006 COPSS Presidents' Award recipient *Jun S. Liu, biostatistician and mathematician, 2002 COPSS Presidents' Award recipient *Bernard Lown, co-founded the Nobel Peace Prize-winning group Physicians for Social Responsibility; founder of the Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation *Adetokunbo Lucas, former director of Tropical Diseases Research at the World Health Organization (WHO) *Brian MacMahon, cancer epidemiologist *Sezan Mahmud, Writer and university professor *Christopher Murray, physician and health economist *Kari Nadeau, immunologist *Joseph Newhouse, economist and director of the RAND Health Insurance Experiment *Shuji Ogino, pioneer in molecular pathological epidemiology *John Quackenbush, computational biologist and genome scientist *Eric Rubin, editor-in-chief of New England Journal of Medicine *James Robins, epidemiologist and biostatistician *Pardis Sabeti, computational biologist, medical geneticist and evolutionary geneticist *Benjamin P. Sachs, Harold H. Rosenfield Professor at Harvard Medical School *Amartya Sen, economist, Nobel laureate in Economics *Gita Sen, feminist scholar and specialist in international population policy * Frank E. Speizer, physician and epidemiologist *Andrew Spielman, public health entomologist *Frederick J. Stare, controversial chair of Nutrition Institute *James H. Ware, biostatistician *Thomas Huckle Weller, Nobel laureate in Physiology and Medicine *George C. Whipple, cofounder of School in 1922<ref>"George Chandler Whipple." (1925). ''Jour. American Water Works Association.'' 13:1, 93-4.</ref> *Dan Wikler, public health and medical ethicist, philosopher *Walter Willett, physician and nutrition researcher *David R. Williams, sociologist and epidemiologist *Michelle Ann Williams, epidemiologist and former dean of school of public health {{div col end}}
===Notable alumni=== There are over 13,484 alumni.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumni |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/about/key-facts/alumni/ |access-date=26 January 2020 |website=About |publisher=Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health |archive-date=26 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126013337/https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/about/key-facts/alumni/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{div col}} *Anthony Irvine Adams, 2001 Alumni Award of Merit for a distinguished service in public health practice *James B. Aguayo-Martel, pioneer in ophthalmology *Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway, former Director-General of the World Health Organization *Eli Capilouto, 12th president of the University of Kentucky *Mandy Cohen, MPH 2004, physician, current Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention *Raquel Eidelman Cohen, MPH 1945, child psychiatrist and international authority on psychological and social consequences of disasters *Humayun Chaudhry, President and CEO of the Federation of State Medical Boards * Mary Cushman, Professor of Medicine and Pathology in the Robert Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://contentmanager.med.uvm.edu/medicine/hemonc/bio?BioID=22609 |title= Mary Cushman, M.D., M.Sc. |publisher=Larner College of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology |location=Burlington, VT |access-date=November 27, 2022}}</ref> *Winston Dang, head of Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration (2004–08)<ref name="WashingtonInternational">{{Cite news |last=Galford |first=Hugh S. |date=August 2007 |title=The Over-Educated Garbage Man: Minister Winston Dang of Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration |work=Washington International |url=http://www.washingtoninternational.com/cf/news.cfm?showpage=439 |url-status=dead |access-date=2013-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302190506/http://www.washingtoninternational.com/cf/news.cfm?showpage=439 |archive-date=2014-03-02}}</ref> *Jonathan Fielding, Director Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, editor in chief of the Annual Review of Public Health *William Foege, MPH 1965, physician, former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention *Janina R. Galler, PI and Director of 45+-year Barbados Nutrition Study in the Lesser Antilles, in the Americas, showing the intergenerational legacy of poverty and disadvantage from childhood malnutrition. *Steven K. Galson, former Acting Surgeon General of the United States *Atul Gawande, surgical safety pioneer, MacArthur Fellow, Rhodes Scholar *Sue Goldie, MacArthur Fellow and decision scientist *Nadine Burke Harris, pediatrician and first Surgeon General of California *Tara O. Henderson, Arthur and Marian Edelstein Professor of Pediatrics, Pritzker School of Medicine *Stephen W. Hwang, physician, medical academic, and population health epidemiologist *Timothy Johnson, chief medical correspondent for ABC News *Karl Lauterbach, German politician (SPD), served as Federal Minister of Health since 8 December 2021 *Alberto P. León, MD, MPH, former Secretary of Health, Mexico *Jonathan Mann, former head of the World Health Organization global HIV/AIDS program *John S. Marr, MD, MPH, epidemiologist and author. *Hilary D. Marston, MD, MPH, former Chief Medical Officer of the US Food and Drug Administration *James O. Mason, former Acting Surgeon General of the United States, former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention *Shuji Ogino, pioneer in molecular pathological epidemiology *Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, former Minister of Health of Indonesia *David J. Sencer, longest-serving Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<ref>{{Cite web |date=Winter 2007 |title=Magazine Archives |url=http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/review/winter07/dean1.html |access-date=30 September 2009 |website=Harvard Public Health Review |archive-date=9 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109091725/http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/review/winter07/dean1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *Carl G. Streed, physician, researcher, and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community *Lai Ching-te, physician, incumbent President of the Republic of China, former Vice President of the Republic of China *Rochelle Walensky, MPH 2001, former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Dr. Rochelle Walensky – Mass General Brigham Infectious Diseases Fellowship|url=https://mghbwhid.hms.harvard.edu/faculty/walensky/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015013223/https://mghbwhid.hms.harvard.edu/faculty/walensky/|archive-date=October 15, 2020|access-date=December 7, 2020|website=Harvard Medical School}}</ref> *Ananda S. Bandyopadhyay, Deputy Director - Polio at the Gates Foundation.
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==External links== {{Commons category|Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health}} * {{official website|https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/}} * [http://www.vega.org.uk/video/programme/87 Professor Andrew Speilman, Professor Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health] Freeview Issues programme on Malaria by the Vega Science Trust.
===Centers and Institutes=== * [https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/ Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE)] * Jay Winsten [https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/chc/ Center for Health Communication] * [https://fxb.harvard.edu/ François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights] * [https://sites.sph.harvard.edu/cancer-prevention/ Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cpds Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies] * [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/ Harvard Injury Control Research Center] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190926183533/https://aids.harvard.edu/ Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative] (HSPH HAI) * [https://worldwide.harvard.edu/cyprus-international-institute-environment-and-public-health Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health] * [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/jbl-center/ John B. Little Center for Radiation Sciences]
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