VIDEO: HSPH research suggests link between pesticides and ADHD
 Marc Weisskopf, assistant professor of environmental and occupational
epidemiology, discusses a study that finds children exposed to higher levels of
pesticides known as organophosphates could have a higher risk of being
diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Watch the video. |
How can medicine help terminally ill patients and their families?
 The U.S. health care system works assiduously to save lives.
The system is not as adept at helping terminally ill patients and their
families make the best of the time they have left. Atul Gawande,
associate professor in HSPH's Department of Health Policy and Management and a
surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital, writes about "Letting Go" in
the August 2, 2010, issue of The New Yorker. Gawande is a contributor to the
magazine. Read more. |
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Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship accepting applications
Named for Dr. Alonzo Smythe Yerby, an African-American
pioneer in public health, this fellowship is geared toward expanding the
diversity of those entering academic public health. The application deadline is November 1. Read more.
Faculty appointment
Lorelei Mucci
has been appointed associate professor of epidemiology. She was a doctoral
student and research fellow at HSPH and has held a secondary appointment as
assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology since 2006. She also is
an assistant professor of medicine at HMS and an associate epidemiologist at
Brigham and Women's Hospital .
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