Welcome to the December 2011 issue of HSPH Update, an e-letter for friends of Harvard School of Public Health.
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Scientists uncover evidence on how drug-resistant tuberculosis cells form
 Some tuberculosis cells divide and grow differently from other ones -- and that can make them drug-resistant, according to a new study led by HSPH researchers. The finding could lead to new avenues of drug development that better target tuberculosis cells. Read more
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Consuming canned soup linked to elevated levels of chemical BPA
 A new study from HSPH researchers has found that a group of volunteers who consumed a serving of canned soup each day for five days had a more than 1,000% increase in urinary bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations compared with when the same individuals consumed fresh soup daily for five days. Read more
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Nutrition insurance: daily multivitamin
 In spite of a recent study suggesting that taking a daily multivitamin may do more harm than good, HSPH researchers say that may not be the case, especially for people who don't eat a healthful diet. A daily multivitamin pill offers a safe and simple dose of essential micronutrients. Read more
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Rotating night shift work may increase type 2 diabetes risk in women
Women who work a rotating (irregular) schedule that includes three or more night shifts per month, in addition to day and evening working hours in that month, may have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes when compared with women who only worked days or evenings, according to a new HSPH study. Read more
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Overall U.S. hospital admission rates linked with high rates of readmission
High hospital readmission rates in different regions of the U.S. may have more to do with the overall high use of hospital services in those regions than with the severity of patients' particular conditions or problems in the quality of care during and after hospital discharges, according to a new study from researchers at HSPH. The study appears in the December 15, 2011 New England Journal of Medicine. Read more
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Indian Health Service director lists challenges of doing more with less
The Indian Health Service's limited resources are both a sore point and a strength, says its director, Yvette Roubideaux, AB '85, MD '89, MPH '97, who shared her experiences as part of the "Decision-Making: Voices from the Field" speaker series. Read more
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AIDS@30 International Symposium draws hundreds to HSPH
Hundreds of leaders in the worldwide fight against AIDS--public health experts, scientists, doctors, activists, and others--gathered December 1-2, 2011 at an HSPH conference focused on ending the epidemic. Read more
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Conference: Using genomics data
in medicine poses challenges
Experts speaking at the fifth annual
Program in Quantitative Genomics Conference, hosted by HSPH's Department of Biostatistics
and the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute on November 17-18, said that the benefits of genomic medicine are promising but there's still a long way to go. Read more
Photo: Aubrey LaMedica
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HSPH launches new Ministerial Leadership in Health Program
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Photo �Oscar Gutierrez
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HSPH Dean Julio Frenk met with South African Deputy President the Hon. Kgalema Motlanthe at the November 4 launch of the School's new Ministerial Leadership in Health Program. Read Motlanthe's remarks
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A giving story: Dr. James Steele
Dr. James Steele, MPH '42, is one of HSPH's oldest alumni. He earned worldwide renown for forging a new understanding of how disease moves between animals and people. Financial assistance made it possible for him to attend HSPH -- and he's given back for 40 years. Please help support new generations of public health game-changers like Dr. Steele. Make a gift to the HSPH Scholarship Fund today. Share Dr. Steele's story.
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