Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Harvard T.H. Chan
School of Public Health
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Former name
Harvard School of Public Health
Type Private
Established1913;111 years ago (1913)
Parent institution
 Harvard University
Dean Andrea Baccarelli
Academic staff
465 [1]
Students984 [1]
422 [2]
Location
Boston
,
Massachusetts
,
U.S.

42°20′07″N71°06′10″W / 42.335390°N 71.102793°W / 42.335390; -71.102793
Website www.hsph.harvard.edu
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HSPH Courtyard Entrance from Harvard Medical School

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is the public health school of Harvard University, located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. The school grew out of the Harvard-MIT School for Health Officers, [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] the nation's first graduate training program in population health, which was founded in 1913 and then became the Harvard School of Public Health in 1922.

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History

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.

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. [8] It was renamed the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2014 in honor of a $350 million donation, the largest in Harvard's history at the time, from the Morningside Foundation, [9] run by Harvard School of Public Health alumnus Gerald Chan, SM '75, SD '79, and Ronnie Chan, both of whom were sons of T.H. Chan. [10] [11]

List of deans

The deans of the school are listed below. [12]

No.NameStartEnd
1David L. Edsall19221935
actingRoger I. Lee19221923
2Cecil K. Drinker19351942
actingEdward G. Huber19421946
3James S. Simmons19461954
4John C. Snyder19541971
actingRichard H. Daggy19711972
5 Howard H. Hiatt 19721984
6 Harvey V. Fineberg 19841997
acting James H. Ware 19971998
7 Barry R. Bloom 19992008
8 Julio Frenk 20092015
acting David Hunter 20152016
9Michelle A. Williams20162023
interimJane J. Kim20232023
10 Andrea Baccarelli 2024incumbent

Curriculum

The Master of Public Health program offers ten fields of study:

Degree programs offered by specific departments:

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. [14] Students pursuing MPHs or SMs can elect to target their degrees for a number of different credit hours to better match their educational goals. [15]

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.

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. [16]

Research projects

Notable faculty (and past faculty)

Notable alumni

There are over 13,484 alumni. [37]

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