On December 1-2, 2011, the vanguard of the global AIDS response will gather at Harvard University to engage in a rigorous dialogue about what we have learned from the epidemic and how to apply those lessons in the future.
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HSPH student helps Mass. Dept. of Public Health analyze consequences of raw milk distribution
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Kathryn Falb and Sharon Greene
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When the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, like other public health agencies and organizations, had concerns about health consequences associated with consumption of raw milk products, it turned for answers to the public health researcher expertise at Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center and their Community Health Innovation and Research Program (HC-CHIRP). The HC-CHIRP staff includes research faculty from HSPH. Kathryn Falb, a third-year doctoral student in HSPH's Department of Society, Human Development, and Health worked on the project with Sharon Greene, an epidemiologist in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, and an expert on food-borne illnesses. Read more
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New portal connects parents with caregivers
 The University's new Web Access to Care at Harvard Portal allows members of the Harvard community to offer and procure childcare services. Parents can create and post jobs, search for caregivers, and save their favorite caregivers to their personal profile. Caregivers can create a personal profile, post a resume, and search for jobs based on a variety of attributes. Learn more
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Around the School
 Prof. John McDonough launches "Health Stew," new blog for Boston.com
McDonough, professor of the practice of public health and director of the Center for Public Health Leadership at Harvard School of Public Health, played a key role in both Massachusetts and national health reform efforts; his new book, Inside National Health Reform, provides a behind-the-scenes look at passage of the Affordable Care Act.
HSPH authors contribute five papers to latest issue of Health Affairs
The November 2011 issue of Health Affairs includes papers co-authored by HSPH's Arnold Epstein, Katherine Swartz, Benjamin Sommers, Meredith Rosenthal, David Williams, John Ayanian, E. John Orav, and doctoral candidate Mariana Arcaya
New faculty members hired
William Mair, assistant professor of genetics and complex diseases
Jukka-Pekka Onnela, assistant professor of biostatistics
Women and Health Initiative Book Club
This month's book is The Patron Saint of Liars, by Ann Patchett
Meet Nov. 16 at 5:15 PM
The Squealing Pig, 134 Smith Street, Boston
New 3-week course offered for physicians
HSPH is offering a new integrated course in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics designed for international physicians and U.S. physicians from outside the Boston area seeking the quantitative and analytic skills needed for clinical research. This program involves an intensive three-week, 7.5-credit curriculum. Following completion of this course, qualified students may take additional courses during the School's Summer Session for Public Health Studies or apply to a degree program. Applications are due March 1, 2012.
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