Tag: Michelle Williams
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‘Happiness is not a destination … Happiness is the way’
Harvard Chan School of Public Health celebrates opening of $25 million Thich Nhat Hanh Center for research, approaches to mindfulness.
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Long COVID sufferers face physical pain, physician skepticism
Long COVID’s laundry list of ills include skepticism and doubt often conveyed in the doctors’ office.
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Applying public health solutions to acute migration dilemma at border
Harvard Chan School Dean Michelle Williams, who is on the leadership council of Vice President Harris’ Partnership for Central America, said stemming the flow, while difficult, is possible.
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‘We are going to soldier on’
After a lifetime of struggle against racism and years pushing for the Juneteenth holiday, Opal Lee’s wishes came true this week.
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‘Very strong degree of normality’ likely by year’s end
Though the so-far-successful U.S. vaccination drive is likely to deliver an approximation of normal life by year’s end, Anthony Fauci and a panel of heath care experts cautioned that the global battle against COVID-19 is far from won.
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Harvard Chan School launches public health program for business leaders
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health launches public health program for business leaders.
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Pandemic pushes mental health to the breaking point
The coronavirus has had an unexpected mental health impact, striking hardest where its physical impacts are lowest: among youths and young adults.
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Fauci says herd immunity possible by fall, ‘normality’ by end of 2021
Fauci predicted herd immunity by next fall and “normality” by 2021’s end, as long as enough people get vaccinated to bring the pandemic to an end.
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How pandemic set back efforts to fight other deadly global health problems
COVID-19 has not only sickened and killed millions around the globe, it has wreaked havoc on existing programs to fight health ills that affect millions more. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dean Michelle Williams discusses with the Gazette an “action agenda” on global health for the incoming Biden administration.
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Five simple steps would tame COVID-19
Anthony Fauci, one of the government’s top authorities on the coronavirus pandemic, said that simple measures including wearing masks, avoiding bars, and spending time outdoors can tame the pandemic, but only if widely adopted.
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The risks of ‘not trying enough’ against COVID-19
Harvard economist and former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said we’re in greater danger of doing too little to fight COVID-19 than too much.
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A reading list on issues of race
Harvard faculty offer recommendations of books on race everyone should read.
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Harvard to help track the virus
Soon hundreds of students from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will begin assisting with phone calls and emails, and taking part in efforts to identify and reach out to anyone who may have come into contact with someone infected with the novel coronavirus.
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Will inequality worsen the toll of the pandemic in the U.S.?
America’s ragged social safety net and large inequity between rich and poor may set it up for a rough road ahead as it deals with the coronavirus epidemic, a Harvard Chan School professor said Tuesday.
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A century of making society better
A panel on the power of education kicked off the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s centennial festivities.
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Stigma of opioids a hurdle to solving crisis
“Can you think of all the tax dollars it’s cost for you to go to detox?” the doctor asked Raina McMahan when she arrived at the clinic in Revere seeking…
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Four deans, and their journeys
Four Harvard deans discuss their role models and their work as top administrators.
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A gathering to battle cancer
Amid projections that global cancer rates will skyrocket, researchers from around the country gathered at Harvard Monday to share their latest findings and to launch a center whose aim is to boost cancer early detection and prevention.
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Leadership lessons from Harvard’s president
Harvard President Larry Bacow talks about his leadership journey and the lessons along the way.
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Harvard, U. of Michigan to tackle social ills
Harvard and the University of Michigan have formed two partnerships designed to encourage economic opportunity in struggling Detroit and to fight the national scourge of opioid addiction.
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Harvard program hears from Sirleaf on putting education first
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf shared her experiences as president of Liberia in a session of the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program.
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Fired-up McCarthy takes leadership role at Harvard Chan School
The Harvard Chan School relaunched its center for health and environment with a new name, a new director, and a new collaboration with Google.
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Reducing a global killer: Traffic accidents
The Harvard Global Health Institute, the Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute, and the Safe Life Foundation sponsored a half-day symposium to examine the causes of traffic accidents worldwide, and ways to reduce their number.
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Praise, optimism in reaction to Bacow choice
Members of the Harvard community weighed in with their thoughts Monday on the selection of former Tufts University president Lawrence S. Bacow as Harvard’s next leader.
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‘Best diet in America,’ but who knew?
The Harvard Chan School welcomed Lawrence Appel of Johns Hopkins to discuss his work testing the DASH diet.
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Going forward, a look back
The University in 2015-16 saw milestones related to diversity, scientific advances, and the renaming of the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.