We’re excited to see Dr. Catherine Koofhethile, IID associate and scientist with the Botswana Harvard Health Partnership, featured in Fogarty’s Global Health Matters Newsletter! 🗞️

BPH students, faculty and guests are invited to attend Morgan Martin’s dissertation defense seminar, “Exploring Pfkelch13-mediated ART resistance in a West African genetic context,” on May 6, from 2-3 pm (EST).

We’re excited to see insights from assistant IID Prof. Smita Gopinath - @gopinath.bsky.social - who was featured in The Guardian - @us.theguardian.com - article, “Wellness culture is trying to sell you products your vagina doesn’t need.”

We’re gearing up for another week of dissertation defense seminars, starting with Paulo Manrique on May 4 from 2 pm-3 pm EST.

Expansion microscopy (4-4.5x) - Mosquito midgut infected with human malaria parasite, 13 days post infection. Did you know you have access to this cutting-edge microscopy equipment at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health? 🔬 Learn more at the following link: hsph.harvard.edu/research-res...

We hinted about the Wirth Lab’s upcoming publication for #WorldMalariaDay, and this week, we're proud to share the preprint, for publication in Nature Communications - @natcomms.nature.com - "Cellular and molecular basis of Pf Coronin function in artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum."

“An evergreen lesson in malaria is that innovation is critical.” - Dr. Regina Rabinovich MD, MPH, Director of the Malaria Elimination Initiative at ISGLOBAL at the University of Barcelona and Scholar in Residence, IID, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The theme for #WorldMalariaDay calls for action: “Driven to End Malaria: Now We Can. Now We Must.” At IID, our labs are at the forefront of malaria research and scientific innovation at a critical moment. Today, we’re highlighting our malaria labs in motion and what they are working on right now ⬇️

Best of luck to Abigail Frey as she participates in the next round of the Three-Minute Thesis Competition tomorrow! We are so proud of your initiative to improve your presentation skills and increase awareness about TB. Congratulations again! 👏

Celebrating @jhmrimalaria.bsky.social's 25th anniversary🦟 The Johns Hopkins Malaria Institute, supported by @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social, works every day towards the fight against malaria. For more: publichealth.jhu.edu/malaria-rese...

💥 SPARK 💥 positivity at Harvard Chan School by: 1) Nominating a community member who has made a positive impact on your experience 2) Sharing a quick, creative idea to bring people together (in person or virtual, 10 min or less)

BPH students, faculty, and guests are invited to attend Esrah Du’s dissertation defense seminar. 🗣️ "Remarkable and suspicious cells’: Uncovering segmentation in Plasmodium oocysts by volume electron microscopy” 📆 Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 2:00 – 3:00pm (EST)

Meet Hannah Matthews: She’s a graduate student in the Corbett Lab and Jose Ordovas-Montanes lab at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The 2026 Global Health Symposium hosted by the Harvard Global Health Institute - @harvardgh.bsky.social - takes place tomorrow, April 16. 📆📍

With #spring (almost) in full bloom, we’re excited to share our third and final post in our Kick Off series, where we spotlight the goals, ambitions, and personal excitement of the teams that make up IID. ⭐ Selina Bopp, Senior Research Scientist ⭐

We are excited to share groundbreaking new malaria research from the Neafsey Lab, which found that Anopheles darlingi mosquitoes are evolving to invade insecticides.

Join us online on April 8th at 1pm ET for the Department's seminar series featuring Dr. Rulla Tamimi on "Research Addressing Cancer Disparities in New York City" ➡️ Go to event page to register: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology...

Visit PopHIVE’s new measles dashboard to learn more about where outbreaks have occurred, who is getting infected, and what areas are at higher risk: https://www.pophive.org/infectious-diseases/measles

Disclaimer: This is NOT an April Fool’s Day joke! If you enjoyed the “Harvard’s public health research, in 7 words or less” video, here’s your chance to be part of the next one this April 👇

Check out our new Recent Graduate Q&A with Naiyu Chen about what it's like to be student in cancer epidemiology! ➡️ Read Q&A: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology... ➡️ Learn about our 13 areas of research: hsph.harvard.edu/department/e... #harvard #masters #cancer #epidemiology #alumni #publichealth

Public Health Research Day is one week away! Browse over 100 research posters from @brown.edu students & community partners. The poster hall opens at 1 pm on April 7th! #NPHW #NPHW2026 Learn more & RSVP ⤵️ https://events.brown.edu/public-health/event/327961-public-health-research-day-2026

The March newsletter is out! We're highlighting community events, new Center Members @penggao.bsky.social and Hannah Healy, new research and seminars, and the @harvardchanerc.bsky.social pilot RFA! Read more: hsph.me/NIEHSnews

While Women’s History Month is coming to a close, it’s important to continue celebrating women’s achievements and learning about the challenges they face, past and present. Harvard’s In Focus homepage editorial feature on the women of Harvard will remain available in their archive of past issues.

Congratulations, Abigail! 👏🥳 We are so proud of your impactful work!

For #WorldTBDay, our department took on the TB Eradicator challenge—here is our score! 🕹️ “The only disease we want to go viral.” TB Eradicators is a free, science-based arcade game where players defend their lungs from waves of bacteria attacks. 🔗 tberadicator.com

Please join us in wishing Samuel Zinga the very best ahead of his thesis defense! 👏 A graduate student in the Rubin Lab, Samuel is presenting his research, “Targeting the Clp Protease for Mycobacterial Drug Development,” today at 2 p.m.

Take three seconds to celebrate with us! Abigail Frey is the winner of the prestigious Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition! 👏🎉

IID professor Dr. Eric Rubin shared his unique perspective as editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine — @nejm.org — and infectious disease specialist in a panel discussion on science communication, alongside two ther editor-in-chiefs of leading nonprofit scientific journals.

Immunology is under the microscope! 🔬🦠 This month, Harvard’s homepage editorial feature, In Focus, explores immunology, and we’re excited to see our department and faculty members featured.

This #FacultyFriday, we’re sharing some good news from 2025! 🎉 We’re excited to announce that IID Department Head Dr. Sarah Fortune and IID professor Dr. Wendy Garrett were named among the world’s most highly cited researchers.

Artificial Intelligence is a rapidly evolving field of computer science that is transforming medicine and research. As these tools become more integrated into our work, they are prompting important conversations about how AI should be used across public health. 🤖🔬

We’re excited to announce a new course, “Biology and Control of Vector-Borne Parasites,” taught by IID faculty, Dr. Flaminia Catteruccia and Dr. Daniel Neafsey. More about the course below ⬇️

We’re excited to share our second post in our Kick Off series, where we spotlight the goals, ambitions, and personal excitement of the team that makes up IID. ⭐ Esrah Du, Graduate student in the Catteruccia Lab ⭐ Learn about Esrah in their full feature here: 🔗 hsph.harvard.edu/immunology-i...

Please join us in celebrating IID professor Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire on her acceptance to the 2026 class of Ted Fellows! 🥳

We've reached the end of another full week at the AIC! Esrah Du from the Catteruccia lab is working on FIB-SEM segmentation, and we've enjoyed having Caterina Di Ciano-Oliveira of Unity Health Toronto here for job shadowing with our team.

We are thrilled to see IID professor Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire featured in so many of your Black History Month posts! 🥹 Keep them coming! Harvard University’s “In Focus: Black History Month” also spotlights Dr. Corbett-Helaire’s monumental contributions to medicine.

Snowed in?❄️ The 12 scholarly articles in Issue 4 of the Brown Undergraduate Journal of Public Health range from maternal health to mindfulness to Dengue fever.⤵️ 📢 Students! Submissions are being accepted for Issue 5! https://sph.brown.edu/news/2026-02-26/bujph-issue4

Today, on this day of Women in STEM, we honor Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett. Dr. Corbett was instrumental in getting the first COVID vaccines to the public. #BlackHistoryMonth asm.org/biographies/...

This #BlackHistoryMonth, we celebrate Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, the brilliant mind behind the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine! 💉✨ Her message to #TechbridgeGirls shows the power of representation in STEM. 🎥 Watch her inspiring words: youtu.be/dAVxgNxXefQ #WomenInSTEM #IAmTBG

This week’s Blk History focus on inventors/innovators here are some things we that Blk people are directly responsible for (Medical theme) 1) Blood banks (Charles drew) 2) Hela cels (Henrietta lacks) 3) open heart surgery (Daniel H Williams) 4) COVID vax (Kizzmekia Corbett)

This morning Dr. Eric Rubin presented his seminar, “Why You Shouldn't Study Mycobacterium abscessus,” at 10:30 am at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Institute for Applied Life Sciences. 🦠

The Summit on the Future of Health Policy in Rhode Island brought policymakers, researchers, students & community leaders to @brown.edu. Thanks to the distinguished guests who joined CAHPR to advance affordable, accessible healthcare for RI! https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-02-11/health-policy-summit

Sending you all some public health love this Valentine’s weekend 💖 💘

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩‍🔬🔬 Today we celebrate the incredible women and girls building their careers in science. We also acknowledge the persistent gender inequities that continue to limit access, advancement, and representation across STEM fields.

We’re thrilled to share our first post in our new Kick Off series, where we spotlight the goals, ambitions, and personal excitement of the team that makes up IID. ⭐ Ryan Greene, Associate Director of Finance. ⭐ Read Ryan's full Kick Off feature here: 🔗 hsph.harvard.edu/immunology-i...

"Sentinel has been given a unique opportunity to save more lives, save more costs for countries, further transform the public health field, and prove its impact in Africa and the rest of the world” - Dr. Christian Happi. 🌍

A little throwback to 2016, featuring IID Department Head Dr. Sarah Fortune, Dr. Flaminia Catteruccia, and Dr. Yonatan Grad (@yhgrad.bsky.social).

🚀 We’re excited to announce our new series: “Kick off!” 🚀 In this series, we will be spotlighting IID researchers and staff as they share their scientific goals and what they’re most excited about in the year ahead. Get inspired with us as we show how IID is kicking off the new year! 🎇

🌍📚 Tomorrow, January 24, is #InternationalDayOfEducation.

Why does it seem like everyone has the flu? 🤧 In a recent Q&A, IID professor and CCDD director Dr. Yonatan Grad (@yhgrad.bsky.social) breaks down why flu seasons can look so different from year to year, what we’re seeing this season, and how researchers approach developing each year’s vaccine.