Public health - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Feb 2016
News

Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict

I felt there my first sense of being an entrepreneur.” Mendhro left Microsoft for HBS in 2006, but struggled with the adjustment while facing an acute health issue, which led her to take a break to return to Pakistan. “HBS was a dream. I... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

03 Apr 2019
News

Finding Common Ground

from opioids), Shumway also cites domestic abuse and criminal records that prevent reintegration into society as primary factors that contribute to homelessness. “A disproportionate number of the homeless are also veterans with mental View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2009
News

Read All About It!

goods and services — from a second or third vehicle to health clubs to text messaging — that their great-grandparents could hardly have dreamed of. At the same time, the underlying sources for all this consumption — our wealth and income... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

11 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

expectations. As Bryce Covert wrote in a New York Times op-ed, "Keeping output steady while maintaining our physical and mental health just cannot be done. We have to work less, and employers have to get on board." View Details

Keywords: All Industries

14 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 14

Quality Demons Author:Regina E. Herzlinger Publication:." In Accountability and Responsibility in Health Care: Issues in Addressing an Emerging Global Challenge. Vol. 1, edited by Bruce Rosen, Avi Israeli, and Stephen Shortell.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2020
News

Building a Strong and Prosperous Society

really my job to think about the health of society or the planet. My job is to put my head down and run a profitable business.” Now we’re at a moment where many of us look around at the federal government and say, “Excuse me, we have a... View Details

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Africa - Global Activities 2021

Emory University, to work at McKinsey & Company. There she was responsible for strategy due diligence and planning for financial services and public sector clients in Africa and the Middle East. “I discovered a pathway to economic... View Details

Career Coach

Pamela Harder

Melinda Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation), to K12 school districts & education-focused organizations (Pittsburgh Public Schools, Virginia early childhood education collective). Pam has worked with a number of MBA and MBA/MPP joint... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Education; Emerging Markets; Government; Social Enterprise; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Energy; Consumer Finance; Financial Services (All); Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)

02 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

creation of a system of secure land titles, and a homestead program to encourage cultivation of public lands. During the first phase of American occupation (1898–1918), we find that the progress of implementing these reforms was very... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2021
Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

school or airplane or cruise ship is “healthy.” Based on research in Healthy Buildings (my recent book with Professor Joseph Allen of the Harvard School of Public Health), we expect landlords, cruise operators, universities, and more to... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

17 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

rifles are empowered to occupy a state capitol to oppose public health measures intended to save lives, accost police officers, and intimidate state representatives, but be granted grace, understanding, and... View Details

12 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 12

simple, easy-to-use tools that provide a relatively reliable, inexpensive way to confirm diagnoses of malaria. In addition to ensuring that patients' febrile illnesses are properly diagnosed and treated, confirming malaria diagnoses has broader View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Jul 2017
News

Pushing the Next Generation Forward

and dear to my heart.” Central to HCZ’s approach is a birth-to-college education pipeline of best-practice academic, community development, and health and wellness programs that serve 13,000 children and nearly as many adults. Recently... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

African nations, as in the United States, a key role of government is the funding, construction, and maintenance of the public infrastructure that benefits everyone. This obviously is not being accomplished to an adequate degree by... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

19 May 2016
Blog Post

5 Lessons from Business School

will be forced out of your comfort zone daily Each day in class, you will take a position on a variety of choices presented in case studies. HBS requires you to defend that position while being open to critically listening to opposing views. This is the best test of... View Details

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Online Harassment | About

experiences. Sincerely, Alan M. Garber President John F. Manning Provost Meredith Weenick Executive Vice President Andrea Baccarelli Dean, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Tomiko Brown-Nagin Dean,... View Details

19 Nov 2014
News

The Power of Yes

“smartest” and most cost-effective cause—in all likelihood not a panhandler on the street) and the spirit of service and giving that he considered an equally vital aspect of his work. “It was a personal exploration that became more public... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

financial system The state of trade Inequality and populism Migration Environmental degradation Failure of the rule of law The state of public health and general education The rise of state capitalism... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2015
News

Golden State of Mind

to some. “He asked tough questions, even hardware-related stuff,” DU alum Surbhi Sarna told Bloomberg Business last year. “...He was giving us design ideas.” Draper invested in Sarna’s nVision Medical, a medical device company for women’s View Details