Harvard School of Public Health 1562949 223665488 2008-07-05T04:18:39Z WhatamIdoing 1998764 Fix external links in article. {{Expand|date=August 2007}} {{Infobox_University |image_name = Harvard shield-Public Health.png |name = Harvard School of Public Health |established = [[1922]] |type = [[Private school|Private]] |dean= [[Barry Bloom]] |city = [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] |state = [[Massachusetts]] |country = [[United States|USA]] |students = 950<small><br />282 SM<br />375 MPH<br />484 [[PhD]]</small> |staff= 300 |campus = [[urban area|Urban]] |website= [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ www.hsph.harvard.edu] |endowment= US$1.2 billion }} The '''Harvard School of Public Health''' is ([[colloquial]]ly, '''HSPH''') is one of the professional [[graduate school]]s of [[Harvard University]]. Located in [[Longwood Medical and Academic Area|Longwood Area]] of the [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] neighborhood of [[Mission Hill, Boston, Massachusetts|Mission Hill]], next to [[Harvard Medical School]] and [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]], HSPH is considered one of the most prestigious [[school]]s focusing on health in the [[United States]]. It is the country's second-oldest school of public health. Founded in 1922, the Harvard School of Public Health grew out of the Harvard-[[MIT]] School for Health Officers, the nation's first graduate training program in public health. The dean of HSPH, Barry R. Bloom, recently announced he will step down from his current position but remain active with the school. Admission to HSPH is selective: For the class beginning in [[2006]]-[[2007]], 4.5% of nearly 10000 applicants were admitted, and 60% of those admitted enrolled. Half of the class that entered in [[2006]] had a GPA between 3.50 and 3.75 (out of 4.0). The HSPH doctoral program in [[epidemiology]] has been ranked #1 in the U.S. in terms of faculty research productivity.<ref>[http://chronicle.com/free/v53/i19/19a00801.htm#top Top departments in 104 fields, reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 12, 2007] </ref> Overall, HSPH is ranked second along with University of North Carolina School of Public Health'' in the 2008,[[U.S. News & World Report]]''.<ref>[http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/hea/brief/pub_brief.php|title= Ranking of Best schools of Public Health in US by U.S. News & World Report].</ref> The [[Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health]] was ranked first in the same report. The School's objectives are to provide the highest level of education to health scientists, practitioners, and leaders, to foster new discoveries leading to improved health for the people of this country and all nations, and to strengthen health capacities and services for communities.<ref>[http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/about.html#history]</ref> ==History== The School's predecessor was the Harvard-MIT School for Health Officers, founded in 1913; Harvard calls it "the nation's first graduate training program in public health." In 1922, the School for Health Officers became the Harvard School of Public Health, and in 1946 it was split off from the medical school and became a separate faculty of Harvard University.<ref>[http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/register/intro.html HSPH Catalog - Harvard School of Public Health]</ref> ==Curriculum== The [[Master of Public Health|Master's in Public Health Program - MPH]] offers seven degree concentrations: * Clinical Effectiveness (CLE) * Family and Community Health (FCH) * Health Care Management and Policy (CMP) * International Health (IH) * Law and Public Health (LPH) * Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH) * Quantitative Methods (QM) <ref>[http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/mph/zMPHConcentrations.htm MPH Program - Harvard School of Public Health]</ref> Degree programs offered by specific departments: * Biostatistics: [[Master of Science|ScM]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] * Environmental Health: ScM, PhD, [[Doctor of Science|ScD]], [[Master of Occupational Health|MOH]], [[Doctor of Public Health|DPH]] * Epidemiology: ScM, ScD, DPH * Genetics and Complex Diseases: PhD * Health Policy and Management: ScM, ScD, PhD * Immunology and Infectious Diseases: ScD, PhD * Nutrition: ScD, DPH, PhD * Population and International Health: ScM, ScD, DPH ::Health Economics (ScD) ::Health Systems (ScD) ::Population and International Health (ScD) * Society, Human Development, and Health: ScM, ScD, DPH PhD programs are offered under the aegis of the Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences ==Research Projects== * The [[Nurses' Health Study|Nurses Health Study and Nurses Health Study II]], which have followed the health of over 100,000 nurses from 1976 to the present; its results have been used in hundreds of published papers.<ref>[http://www.channing.harvard.edu/nhs/]</ref> * The Health Professionals Followup Study, a similar study of over fifty thousand male health professionals seeking to connect diet, exercise, smoking, and medications taken to frequency of cancer and cardiovascular disease.<ref>http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hpfs/ </ref> * The International Health Systems Program, which has provided training or technical assistance to projects in 21 countries, and conducts health policy research<ref>http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ihsp/</ref> * The Program in Health Care Financing, which studies the economics of [[Publicly-funded_health_care|national health care programs]]; evaluates the health care programs of [[China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Taiwan]], and other countries; studies the effects of bringing [[HMO]]-like hospital reimbursement practices to developing countries; and applies [[hedonimetrics]] to health care.<ref>http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/phcf/ </ref> * The Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, which studies public health and [[International_humanitarian_law|humanitarian law]] and policy in the context of conflict-torn regions like the [[Gaza Strip]] and transnational issues like [[terrorism]].<ref>http://www.hpcr.org/</ref> * The Lung Cancer S.O.S. study, examining the risk factors for and prognosis of [[lung cancer]] in terms of genetics and environment.<ref> http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/lungcancer/ </ref> * The College Alcohol Study, which examines the causes of college binge drinking and approaches to prevention and [[harm reduction]].<ref> http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/ </ref> * The Program on the Global Demography of Aging, which studies policy issues related to [[aging]] with a focus on the developing world.<ref> http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/pgda/ </ref> * The Superfund Basic Research Program (see [[Superfund]]), studying toxic waste management.<ref>http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/superfund/</ref> ==Notable faculty (and past faculty)== *[[William Hsiao]], economist *[[Alexander H. Leighton]], psychiatric epidemiologist *[[Brian MacMahon]], cancer epidemiologist *[[Andrew Spielman]], public health entomologist *[[Robert Blendon]], political strategy of health and public opinion expert *[[James Whittenberger]], Department of Physiology ==Notable Alumni== *[[Timothy Johnson]] *[[Karl Lauterbach]], [[German People|German Politician]] ([[SPD]]) ==References== <references/> == External links == * [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu Harvard School of Public Health Website] * [http://www.vega.org.uk/video/programme/87 Professor Andrew Speilman, Professor Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health] Freeview Issues programme on Malaria by the Vega Science Trust. ===Centers and Institutes=== * [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/chc/ Center for Health Communication] * [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/fxbcenter/ François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights] * [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cancer/ Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention] * [http://www.globalhealth.harvard.edu/hcpds/ Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies] * [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/ Harvard Injury Control Research Center] * [http://www.aids.harvard.edu/ Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative] (HSPH HAI) * [[Cyprus International Institute for the Environment and Public Health]] {{harvard}} [[Category:Harvard University| P]] [[Category:Public health education]] [[Category:Schools of public health]]