September 16, 2009 -
The Harvard School of Public Health Center for Public Health Preparedness (HSPH-CPHP) has presented the first HSPH-CPHP 2009-2010 Speaker Series. Dean Julio Frenk shared his expertise with the Harvard community and discussed the recent public health response to the H1N1 outbreak. An audience of over 400 members of the HSPH community attended.
• View the webcast: The H1N1 Pandemic and Global Health Security
• Harvard Gazette, September 21, 2009: HSPH Dean Evaluates H1N1, Global Response
• Download the pdf version: HSPH Dean Evaluates H1N1, Global Response
RECENT NEWS:
August 11, 2009 -
Dr. Jim O'Connell was named the J.H. Kanter Prize
Laureate for exceptional health care delivery and for for his
exceptional work to enhance health care delivery for hundreds of low
income and homeless people in Boston. Dr. O'Connell joined the Division
in 2009 and is a founder, President, and street physician at Boston
Health Care for the Homeless Program. He has created a model of health care for the homeless,
bringing care to them where they reside: on the street. He established
integrated relationships with Boston area hospitals so patients
typically arrive with medical charts and have received enhanced
outpatient strategies prior to acute hospitalization. Dr. O'Connell
designed and implemented a medical records system for the care of
homeless patients and authored books on care of the homeless.
• Boston Herald, August 11, 2009: Doc's charitable work earns him $100,000 health care award
• PR Newswire, New York, August 11, 2009: Dr. James O'Connell named J.H. Kanter Prize Laureate (pdf)
RECENT NEWS:
June 22, 2009 -
On June 22, President Barrack Obama signed an historic bill giving the FDA oversight of the tobacco industry. Dr. Gregory Connolly, Interim Director of the Division of Public Health Practice and Director of the Tobacco Control Research Program and Geoffrey Ferris Wayne recently authored a paper in the "Online First" section of the Journal of Tobacco Control which shows that tobacco
manufacturers changed the ingredients and the design of their cigarettes
over time. The result, say the researchers, is that consumers who buy the same
brand of product are not made aware of how that product has been altered and what
effect those alterations might have on their levels of addiction or harm.The new legislation will allow the FDA to determine that
no tobacco product changes changes be allowed until they have been scientifically shown to reduce
addiction or harm. Dr. Connolly and Dr. Howard Koh are pictured above at the bill signing at the White House Rose Garden on June 22, 2009.
• Read the full HSPH Press Release: Based on New Study, Tobacco Control Researchers Call on FDA to Require Complete Disclosure from Tobacco Companies of Changes Made to Cigarettes
• Read the abstract of the paper: "Regulatory
Assessment of Brand Changes in the Commercial Tobacco Product Market," Geoffrey
Ferris Wayne, Greg Connolly, Journal of
Tobacco Control, online June 14, 2009.
• USA Today, June 9, 2009: Senate Vote Nears on Tougher Tobacco Laws
• New York Times, June 11, 2009: Senate Approves Tight Regulation Over Cigarettes
• TIME Magazine, June 12, 2009: Smoke Signals: Why a Tobacco Giant Backs a Tough New Antismoking Bill
• US News and World Report, June 13, 2009: Tough Anti-Smoking Law Puts Consumers' Health First
RECENT NEWS:
June 19, 2009 -
Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Secretary, announced June 19 that the U.S. Senate had unanimously
confirmed HSPH Professor and former Director of the Division of Public Health Practice, Dr. Howard Koh
as the next Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services. Dr. Koh previously served as an Associate
Dean for
Public Health Practice and as Director of the Division of Public Health Practice
at HSPH.
As well, Dr. Koh has led as the Principal
Investigator of multiple research grants related to community-based
participatory research, cancer prevention, health disparities, tobacco control,
and emergency preparedness, and as the former Director of the Harvard Center
for Public Health Preparedness.
• Read the full HHS News Release:
HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Senate Confirmation of Assistant Secretary for Health
Dr. Howard Koh
Division of Public Health Practice Press Releases:
April 28, 2009 -
Former Surgeon General David Satcher Receives
Richmond Award for Work on Disparities, Mental Illness, and Improving
Sexual Health of Youth
March 25, 2009 -
Prof. Howard Koh Nominated Assistant Secretary for Health in HHS
November 24, 2008 -
HSPH's Center for Public Health Preparedness
Receives $8.6 Million CDC Grant to Measure Emergency Systems
Capabilities and Performance
October 15, 2008 -
Tobacco Companies Target Youths with Magazine Advertising and Marketing of Smokeless Tobacco Products
August 12, 2008 -
Women in India Abused by Husbands at Far Greater Risk for HIV Infection
July 16, 2008 -
Tobacco Industry Systematically Manipulated Cigarette Menthol Content to Recruit New Smokers Among Adolescents and Young Adults
June 10, 2008 -
Decline in Cigarette Smoking in U.S. Significantly Offset by Increase in Use of Cigars, Snuff, Roll-Your-Own and Other Tobacco Products
October 29, 2007 -
Mayor Michael Bloomberg Receives Richmond Award for Promotion of Public Health in New York City and the Nation
April 11, 2007 -
Global Momentum for Smoke-Free Indoor Environments at Tipping Point
OTHER ARTICLES: A selection of the Division of Public Health Practice in the media
July 18, 2008 - Sci-Tech Today.com
Study: Cigarettes Altered to Attract Young Smokers
July 17, 2008 - The Seattle Times
Cigarette Menthol Levels Manipulated?
June 11, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Smoke Sales Down; Snuff Sales Up
June 10, 2008 - The Boston Globe
Cigarette Sales Fall; But Other Tobacco Products Pick Up
June 10, 2008 - Bloomberg.com
Snuff, Cigars Find Favor as Cigarette Prices Soar
June 10, 2008 - The Washington Post
Decline in Cigarette Sales offset by Use of Alternative Products
Spring, 2008 - Harvard Public Health Review
Advice to the Next President: Seven HSPH faculty members suggest ways the next U.S. President can level the playing field for all Americans
Join the Global Fight Against Tobacco - Dr. Howard Koh
May 29, 2008 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Menthol-flavored cigarettes not on bill's banned list
May 21, 2008 - Voice of America
Scientists say unrelated smokers quit in flocks
April 20, 2008 - News Highlights from the American University of Beirut
Tobacco Control Expert: Smoking will claim the lives of at least 150,000 young Lebanese
April 11, 2008 - Public Health NOW
Former U.S. Surgeon General Leads By Example
March 31, 2008 - The Boston Globe
Tobacco funded Mass. researchers: Philip Morris defends grants; critics call the results tainted
March 28, 2008 - Public Health NOW
Cigarette Tax Increase Could Have Large Public Health Impact
March 20, 2008 - Harvard Gazette
Satcher's Goal: To Help 'People Who Have Been Left Out'
February 19, 2008 - USA Today
Small Cigars Making Big Gains
December 18, 2007 - U.S. News and World Report
Many States Still Fall Short in Emergency Preparedness: Report
October 29, 2007 - Public Health NOW
Julius B. Richmond Award Given to NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
October 11, 2007 - Baltimore Sun
Baltimore Will Push for Safer Cigarettes, Move to Fire-Safe Smokes Would Precede State Law
September 28, 2007 - Public Health NOW
Community Partnership Day: Progress on Health Care Reform and Health Equity
September 20, 2007 - Harvard Gazette
State's Health Care Plan Assessed
VIDEO:
Spring, 2008 - Harvard Public Health Review
Join the Global Fight Against Tobacco - Dr. Howard Koh in "Advice to the Next President"
February 28, 2008:
2008 William A. Hinton Lecture and Award
November 19, 2007:
Dr. Jeffrey Koplan: A dialogue on leadership in the field of public health
November 15, 2008:
Museum of Science podcast interview with Dr. Howard K. Koh
November 15, 2008:
NECN Sci-Tech interview with Dr. Howard K. Koh
September 29, 2007:
Health Care Reform and Health Equity: One Year Later
September 20, 2007:
Dr. Arnold Epstein, Dr. Karen Emmons: Reflections on Public Health Leadership
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