Monica Bharel, MPH ’12, bridges medicine and public health with a focus on equity. As Massachusetts’ public health commissioner, she led the state through the pandemic. At Google, she builds systems that quantify connections between housing, transportation, and health. hsph.me/livingproof

Earlier this year, Harvard Chan School's Erica Kenney and Cindy Leung shared their reactions to the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which cut federal funding for SNAP by $187 billion through 2034. The current administration has now announced that SNAP benefits will not be issued for November 2025.

Courtney Peterson, associate professor of nutrition, looks at how intermittent fasting and meal timing may benefit aspects of cardiometabolic health, including weight loss, blood sugar, blood pressure, aging, and even cancer prognosis.

“It was an investment in myself. And through that, it was also an investment for my patients and my team. I think I am a better leader because I have more training,” says Dusadee Sarangarm, MHCM ’26, an emergency medicine physician and faculty member at the University of New Mexico. hsph.me/mhcm

The USDA canceled the Household Food Security Report, which provided yearly data on the state of food insecurity and provided policymakers and others with evidence to help shape policy recommendations to combat hunger. Harvard Chan's Sara Bleich discusses the impact its cancellation could have.

A new study led by Harvard Chan School and @busph.bsky.social projects that U.S. funding cuts to global health aid will have a catastrophic effect on pediatric #tuberculosis.

Rita Hamad, professor of social epidemiology and public policy, explains why losing the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System puts the health of mothers and infants at risk, and how she hopes to help keep its data accessible. “Without data, we can’t fix problems,” says @ritahamad.bsky.social

Join us for a week of virtual events the week of October 20-24! Prospective students can connect with staff and faculty across Harvard Chan School, engage with the Admissions and Financial Aid Offices, learn about student life and support services, and meet with current students! bit.ly/479fJV1

Did you know? Clinical research takes an average of 17 years to reach real clinical practice. A new resource for the Mahalingaiah Lab discusses how we can combat this statistic: hsph.harvard.edu/mahalingaiah... #HealthLiteracyMonth #publichealthsky @hsph.harvard.edu @harvardmed.bsky.social

🌏 Did you catch the @hsph.harvard.edu webinar on addressing #climate change? During a conversation moderated by FXB Faculty Affiliate @gaurabbasu.bsky.social, Gina McCarthy and Bob Inglis discussed solutions and explored opportunities to work across political divides. Watch ➡️ tinyurl.com/39xz6nd2

“An understanding of statistics is going to greatly improve your research,” says Brian Healy @hsph.harvard.edu. Discover the joy in statistics as you read the words of the professor behind our popular program in applied #biostatistics: hvrdct.me/0f9362

Last fall, Isha Nirola, DrPH ’21, arrived at a conference room in Juba, South Sudan, straight from the airport. She’d just had time to drop her bags off and was feeling jetlagged from her flight, but she perked up when she saw an unexpected familiar face in the room—her friend Deng Nyuon, MPH ’22.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@drtedros.who.int), director-general of the World Health Organization (@who.int), received the 2025 Elisabeth B. Weintz Humanitarian Award from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.

Harvard Chan School's Community Day of Service brings together students, staff, faculty, researchers, and trainees to support nonprofits across Boston. We asked our community members to share how they gave back on Day of Service this year.

More than 200 volunteers from the Harvard Chan School community participated in our third annual Day of Service, which included activities like serving meals at a shelter, cleaning up Boston Public Garden, and making warm blankets for children in need.

“We should be acutely aware of the number of different infectious threats that can be thrown at us, and once you’ve got a really great new tool in your toolkit, why would you throw it away? Why would you turn your back on mRNA technology when it’s helped us so much?” – @billhanage.bsky.social

Jasmine Gonzalvo, a professor at Purdue University, chose the MPH Generalist program at Harvard Chan School because she wanted to advance her career. She was delighted to find that the online program also offered a thriving community. Learn more: hsph.me/online

Our team was proud to take part in the Harvard Chan Community Day of Service! Department members made fleece blankets for youth experiencing homelessness, distributed by Project Linus. Thank you to everyone who volunteered! @hsph.harvard.edu #Boston #CommunityImpact

First-generation students and Harvard Chan School faculty and staff talk candidly about imposter syndrome, campus life, and the support systems and mentoring that help first-gen students thrive.

As part of Harvard Climate Action Week, environmental health researchers from Harvard Chan School looked at how AI could impact climate and discussed ways to protect the public from extreme heat.

As an entrepreneur in the health sector, Sean Liu knew he needed to be able to work meaningfully and efficiently with health care professionals. He joined our online MPH Generalist program, enabling him to continue growing his business and family—all while earning a Harvard degree. hsph.me/online

“At stake is nothing less than the decisions Americans make about their health and the health of their communities,” said Harvard Chan's Andy Burness. “We can do more than lament the loss of trust. We can do something about it. And that starts with re-thinking how we communicate about public health”

Following a green-Mediterranean diet—which includes green tea and the aquatic plant Mankai—is associated with slower brain aging, according to a study co-authored by researchers at Ben-Gurion University, Harvard Chan School, and the University of Leipzig.

After a federal judge in Boston ruled that the Trump administration’s cancellation of nearly $3 billion worth of grants to Harvard University was unlawful, several faculty members from Harvard Chan School expressed relief as well as concern about Harvard’s future.

New students at Harvard Chan School were welcomed by deans, faculty, staff, and returning students at Fall Orientation last week. The three-day event brought together 449 new students from 66 countries and territories to connect and learn how to make the most of their experience at the School.

“This is not just a New York City problem,” said Harvard Chan's Hannah Greenwald Healy. “I think of it as a problem in industrialized countries. We’ve been seeing increases in Legionnaires’ disease for decades now across the United States, across Canada, and across a lot of European countries.”

Dean Andrea Baccarelli (@deanbaccarelli.bsky.social) welcomed new students at last week’s orientation, sharing that Harvard Chan School “is the perfect place for you to explore how your skills and interests can best serve your goals and help you make the most impact in public health.”

SOPHAS is a centralized application service used by many of the accredited schools in public health, including Harvard Chan School. All Harvard Chan School master’s and doctor of public health program applicants follow the same process, starting with SOPHAS. Learn more: hsph.me/apply

A new cohort of changemakers is on campus for Fall 2025 Orientation at Harvard Chan School. Welcome to all of our new students! #HarvardChan

As Fall 2025 Orientation activities kick off the academic year at Harvard Chan School, hear from alum Michelle Shah, MPH ’25, who was a HOST during last Fall Orientation. If you’re at Orientation this week and have a question about life on campus, ask one of the HOSTs! Welcome to #HarvardChan!

For decades, government, academia, and industry have worked together to forward scientific innovation in the U.S. Biostatistician @johnquackenbush.bsky.social explains how investment in basic research at universities today will advance fields ranging from telecommunications to public health.

Today’s #HarvardChanStudio panel brings together health and policy experts to explore the drivers of declining fertility, consider whether the U.S. needs more births, and discuss innovative strategies to improve the health of moms and babies. Watch live:

Do Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations protect Americans’ health? Mary Rice, director of @harvardcchange.bsky.social, answers your questions in this Q&A on the EPA’s origins and impact, and what it means for Americans' health if the agency's regulations are weakened.

Ozempic knock-offs are flooding the supplement market—and putting public health at risk. Dr. Bryn Austin spoke with @pbsnews.org about the dangers of these unregulated products. Check out more from @hsph.harvard.edu: hsph.harvard.edu/news/ozempic...

Researchers who had their federal funding terminated by the Trump administration—and later had it restored thanks to a federal judge’s ruling—say that the process of getting their projects moving again has been marked by confusion and delays.

Risk of cardiovascular disease was 41% higher in women who experienced stalking and 70% higher in women who experienced obtaining a restraining order, compared to women without these experiences, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.

Harvard Chan School's Benjamin Sommers and Adrianna McIntyre (@adrianna.bsky.social) share their reactions to the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and discuss potential consequences for Medicaid recipients and the U.S. health care system.

“NIH funding for the Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study is essential to our ability to investigate the relationship between oral health and gastrointestinal cancer, and to study how we may improve early detection and intervention,” says Harvard Chan's Mingyang Song.

"I wish people understood that the funding researchers receive is not a government handout. We put our brains, hearts, and souls into creating projects that will help people be healthier, even when they don’t see the research in action," says Harvard Chan School's Josiemer Mattei.

Harvard Chan School's Gaurab Basu shares three of his favorite things, including visiting Harvard's @arnoldarboretum.bsky.social. bit.ly/3GS2DCp

Children who lived near Coldwater Creek in Missouri grew up to face an elevated risk of cancer, likely through radiation exposure associated with the creek, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School. hsph.harvard.edu/news/living-...

Harvard Chan School's Erica Kenney discusses how federal grant terminations may impact her research on how to help families, particularly children, eat nutritious foods.

Congrats to the Class of 2025! Now that the academic year has concluded, we invite you to watch our annual video, "Challenging Times in Epidemiology." It offers a glimpse into the experiences of our students, faculty, staff and researchers during the '24–'25 year 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=epWT...

Social media algorithms can harm youth. Our new video series shares how states can act through algorithm audits and accountability laws. 🎬 Watch Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcmF... 🌐 Roadmap: hsph.me/algorithm-au... @hsph.harvard.edu

That's a wrap! Last week, the 2025 CAUSALab Summer Courses on Causal Inference came to a close @hsph.harvard.edu. Thank you to our 400+ attendees, who represent: 🏢 200+ organizations 🌎 38 countries 📍 35 U.S. states Thank you to our wonderful instructors and fellows who make the courses possible.

The CDC has now "reported that the number of confirmed measles cases in the country had risen to 1,288, exceeding the 1,274 cases reported in 2019, to become the highest single-year total since the United States declared measles eliminated in 2000." (via @statnews.com)

Harvard Chan researchers have been sharing details about how funding cuts have severely affected their work—or stopped it altogether. “This is larger than any individual grant,” said Glorian Sorensen, research professor of social and behavioral sciences. “What we are losing is a future.”

A travel ban enacted by President Donald Trump in early June is affecting thousands of international students—including Harvard Chan doctoral student Fatou Wurie. Learn more in an op-ed written by Wurie in @theguardian.com: hsph.harvard.edu/news/op-ed-t...

Jérémie Le Pen, assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases, shares one thing everyone should know about the innate immune system, our body’s first line of defense against infection: We can harness it to help keep people from becoming seriously ill.

Stephanie Kang, DrPH ’21, wanted “a program that could equip me with the tools and skills to address deeper systemic issues.” When she learned about the DrPH program, she “immediately recognized it as a unique space for intentional, practice-based learning that I couldn’t find anywhere else.”