Supplements: Big promises, big risks
 FDA official tells packed HSPH audience that agency is very concerned with marketing of spiked dietary supplements. Read more
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HSPH Awarded Four-Year, $10.5 Million Grant for Research on Genetic Risk for Breast CancerDavid Hunter, Dean for Academic Affairs and Vincent L. Gregory Professor in Cancer Prevention, is the contact principal investigator for a four-year, $10.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to continue studying the genetic and biological mechanisms that contribute to cancer. The new study aims to discover additional genetic variants associated with risk of breast cancer; characterize the function of variants discovered to date; and assess how these may interact with environmental factors and what their utility may be in predicting breast cancer risk -- ideally leading to new insights that can eventually be translated into better ways of preventing and treating the disease. Read more
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HSPH multimedia Public health priorities in a disasterHilarie Cranmer, Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health and Population, talks about her experience running a field hospital in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
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 Alumni Weekend HSPH alumni from around the world gathered in Boston for a weekend of reconnecting over panel events and networking sessions. Watch audio slideshow. Pictured: This year's Alumni Award of Merit winners: Lynn Rosenberg, Fernando Guerra, James Dalen, and David Schottenfeld.
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