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
,
United States

42°20′07″N71°06′10″W / 42.335390°N 71.102793°W / 42.335390; -71.102793
Website 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.

In 1946, it was split off from Harvard Medical School and developed 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]

Leadership

From 2009 until 2015, the dean of the Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health was Julio Frenk, the former Mexican government's Secretary of Health from 2002 until 2006 and current president of the University of Miami.

In 2016, following Frenk's departure, Michelle Ann Williams was appointed the School's new dean. [12]

In January 2020, The Harvard Crimson reported on an internal discussion by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health faculty on whether to hold a "no confidence" vote on Williams' leadership. The newspaper reported that allegations included that "Williams has punished faculty and staff in the past for expressing dissent, creating what multiple affiliates termed a 'culture of retaliation'." [13]

In November 2022, Williams announced she would step down as dean at the end of the 2022-23 academic year. [14]

As of June 2023, the interim dean of Harvard Chan School is Jane Kim, who also serves as Dean for Academic Affairs and K.T. Li Professor of Health Economics in the school's Department of Health Policy and Management. [15]

Curriculum

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

Degree programs offered by specific departments:

The Harvard Doctor of Public Health (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. Academic training in the DrPH covers the biological, social, and economic foundations of public health, as well as essential statistical, quantitative, and methodological skills in the first year, an individualized course of study in your second year, and a field-based, capstone project called the DELTA (Doctoral Engagement in Leadership and Translation for Action) in the final year(s) of the program. [17]

PhD programs are offered under the aegis of the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Research projects

Maternal Health Task Force

Launched in 2008 with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) is a global project focused on improving maternal health through better coordination, communication, and facilitation between existing maternal health organizations, as well as with experts in related fields. The MHTF is managed by EngenderHealth, an international nonprofit organization.

Notable faculty (and past faculty)

Notable alumni

There are over 13,484 alumni. [39]

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