Tag: James Hammitt

  • Health

    New page in pandemic playbook

    Risk assessment experts offer tips for balancing pandemic risks, as government restrictions ease.

    5–7 minutes
    Pedestrians in Boston chat as they cross street with masks lowered.
  • Campus & Community

    Sailing alone, under the stars, and fast

    Harvard Chan School risk analysis expert sailed to Bermuda solo in June, managing more than 635 miles over roughly five days.

    10–15 minutes
    Man in sailboat.
  • Science & Tech

    New busing controversy flares up

    James Hammitt, professor at the School of Public Health, and his colleagues have spent the past three years doing risk analyses of buses with conventional diesel engines and emission-controlled diesel engines versus buses that run on natural gas. To compare, the researchers used a conventional measurement known as the quality-adjusted life-year (QALY). It says essentially…

    1–2 minutes
  • Health

    Study shows strong public interest in genetic testing for Alzheimer’s disease

    A genetic test to determine a person’s chance of getting Alzheimer’s disease is still hypothetical. But scientists are getting closer and closer to being able to determine who is likely to get the disease. A study by Harvard researchers and their colleagues found that, once such a genetic test is developed, approximately 80 percent of…

    1–2 minutes