Press
June 2025
“The Shame of Israeli Medicine”: How Israeli Doctors Turned on Palestinian Colleagues & Patients (Osama Tanous mentioned, Democracy Now!, June 5, 2025)
How a mysterious epidemic of kidney disease is killing thousands of young men (Catharina Giudice mentioned, Nature, June 4, 2025)
May 2025
Society for Romanian Studies Newsletter (Margareta Matache mentioned, May 2025)
The Shame of Israeli Medicine (Osama Tanous co-authored, The New York Review, May 31, 2025)
Healthcare, cities, and climate change: Challenges and opportunities (Caleb Dresser interviewed, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health News, May 29, 2025)
In Texas, an early heat wave raises concerns for summer (Tess Wiskel interviewed, NPR, May 17, 2025)
Rethinking How to Evaluate Impact: New Scale Measures Agricultural Community Power (Tori Cowger mentioned, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health News, May 7, 2025)
How hot is too hot? (Satchit Balsari quoted, The Harvard Gazette, May 2, 2025)
April 2025
The Long-Lasting Trauma of Family Detention Centers (FXB report on child migrants in immigration detention mentioned, TIME, April 30, 2025)
What’s lost when federal funding for research is abruptly terminated (Nancy Krieger quoted, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health News, April 24, 2025)
Childhood trauma linked with worse teen mental health, less access to care (Rohan Khazanchi quoted, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health News, April 24, 2025)
Doctors for Change: Countway Library exhibit explores historic anti-nuclear activism (Jennifer Leaning mentioned, Harvard Magazine, April 23, 2025)
Hospitals in Ruins (FXB PLOS Global Public Health study referenced, The New Yorker, April 18, 2025)
Conference explores injustices against Roma people, other groups (Roma Program conference summarized, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health News, April 17, 2025)
With the Threat of ICE Raids Looming, Hospitals Must Be Prepared (Lara Jirmanus co-authored, MedPage Today, April 16, 2025)
India 2047: Four-day convening in New Delhi brings together 180 scholars to advance climate resilience in India and beyond (Satchit Balsari quoted, The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute News, April 3, 2025)
March 2025
As Trump Slashes Federal Grants, the Harvard School of Public Health Has the Most To Lose (Nancy Krieger quoted, The Harvard Crimson, March 25, 2025)
As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them (Nancy Krieger quoted, NPR, March 23, 2025)
How heat affects informal women workers—loss of income, skin infections, domestic violence (Tess Wiskel co-authored, ThePrint, March 20, 2025)
At India Climate Conference, Harvard’s South Asia ties take center stage (Satchit Balsari mentioned, The Harvard Gazette, March 19, 2025)
Doctoral students awarded stipends for social equity, health equity projects (Dougie Zubizarreta, Jasmine Graves, Taylor Robinson, Mai-Han Trinh, Artair Rogers mentioned, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health News, March 19, 2025)
Federal funding cuts ‘will make us less safe,’ says expert (Mary T. Bassett quoted, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health News, March 18, 2025)
The NIH’s Grant Terminations Are ‘Utter and Complete Chaos’ (Nancy Krieger quoted, The Atlantic, March 14, 2025)
Stay safe from online hate with these five tips (Samuel Mendez quoted, Nature, March 14, 2025)
Harvard professors simulate and study Phoenix heat emergency (Satchit Balsari, The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability News, March 12, 2025)
Where the need is greatest: Strengthening child protection systems (G. Barrie Landry Child Protection Professional Training program mentioned, UNICEF Stories, March 11, 2025)
Harvard Researchers Broaden Study on Extreme Heat’s Effects on Health and Livelihoods (references Satchit Balsari’s Community HATS study, The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute News, March 11, 2025)
Children’s mental health care lacking in migrant detention centers, study finds (Dennis Kunichoff, Margaret Sullivan, Vasileia Digidiki mentioned, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health News, March 10, 2025)
Measles Outbreak Expanding (Mary T. Bassett quoted, WCCB Charlotte, March 9, 2025)
Measles outbreak spreads to 12 states: authorities push for vaccination, testing (Mary T. Bassett quoted, Fox San Antonio, March 9, 2025)
NIH abruptly terminates millions in research grants, defying court orders (Nancy Krieger quoted, The Boston Globe, March 6, 2025)
Taking a ‘wrecking ball’ to global health: Public health expert on Trump funding cuts (Mary T. Bassett interviewed, CNN, March 4, 2025)
‘Health Freedom’ is a Fraud. What We Need is a Right to Health (Justin Feldman authored, Current Affairs, March 3, 2025)
February 2025
Extreme Heat Linked to Accelerated Aging in Older Adults, Study Finds (Nancy Krieger quoted, The New York Times, February 26, 2025)
Ph.D. students awarded more than $130,000 in Social Equity and Health Equity stipend funding (Taylor J. Robinson quoted, The Harvard Gazette, February 26, 2025)
Opinion: Romani people face racist tropes that must be curbed (Margareta Matache quoted, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health News, February 26, 2025)
Allowing racist tropes about Romani people to persist is dangerous (Margareta Matache authored, Al Jazeera, February 22, 2025)
Doctors and Medical Schools Are Changing Treatments and Training to Respond to the Warming Climate (Gaurab Basu quoted, Inside Climate News, February 20)
Trump is ‘putting the health and wellbeing of Americans at risk,’ says Mass. health commissioner (Nancy Krieger quoted, The Boston Globe, February 7, 2025)
HUM SAB EK (We Are One) Continues Global Journey with Stop at The World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC (Satchit Balsari quoted, The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute News, February 7, 2025)
How political decisions affect public health (Nancy Krieger quoted, Harvard Public Health, February 7, 2025)
The bombs may have stopped but Gaza’s health emergency continues (Yara M. Asi authored, The New Arab, February 6, 2025)
How philanthropic investment can help protect children (FXB Child Protection Certificate Program mentioned, Financial Times, February 6, 2025)
Scientist calls the disappearance of federal health data a ‘digital book burning’ (Nancy Krieger interviewed, NPR, February 5, 2025)
CDC webpages go dark as Trump targets public health information (Nancy Krieger quoted, The Guardian, February 4, 2025)
After US weapons ravaged Gaza’s hospitals, US doctors can’t remain silent (Mary T. Bassett co-authored, Al Jazeera, February 2, 2025)
January 2025
Health resources vanish following D.E.I. and gender orders (Nancy Krieger quoted, The New York Times, January 31, 2025)
Huge health challenges face Gaza residents returning to their homes (Yara M. Asi quoted, WTOP News, January 27, 2025)
Health and physical dangers persist for Gaza residents (Yara M. Asi quoted, Aldergrove Star, January 27, 2025)
Huge health challenges face Gaza residents returning to their homes (Yara M. Asi quoted, AP News, January 27, 2025)
Considering rural areas’ complexity in shaping health interventions (Jen Cruz quoted, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health News, January 17, 2025)
Finding Hope on the Path to Health Equity (Mary T. Bassett quoted, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Blog, January 16, 2025)
How much will it cost to rebuild Gaza after 15 months of war? (Yara M. Asi quoted, BBC World Business Report, January 15, 2025)
New Study Highlights Disconnect Between AMA’s Stance on Climate Change and Political Contributions (Gaurab Basu quoted, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health News, January 14, 2025)
As deadline looms, health systems rush to ensure clinical algorithms don’t discriminate (Rohan Khazanchi quoted, STAT, January 14, 2025)
Mega management: Why Western universities are studying Mahakumbh (Satchit Balsari quoted, The Economic Times, January 11, 2025)
ASHA workers to look for signs of distress in rural areas (Satchit Balsari referenced, Times of India, January 9, 2025)
How reparations could affect Black mortality (Jourdyn A. Lawrence quoted, Harvard Public Health, January 7, 2025)
December 2024
Aletha Maybank to step down as AMA’s chief health equity officer (Mary T. Bassett quoted, STAT, December 30, 2024)
Boosting community partnerships for immigrant mental health (Maggie Sullivan and Jocelyn Chu quoted, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health News, December 11, 2024)
November 2024
Resilience in Action: Empowering India’s Informal Workers Through Crisis and Adaptation (Satchit Balsari interviewed, Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Social Impact Review, November 26, 2024)
Fostering resilience in the face of adversity (David Williams, Brittney Francis quoted, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Featured News Stories 2024, November 14, 2024)
Conservative policies could harm Americans’ health (Nancy Krieger quoted, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health In the News 2024, November 14, 2024)
Why the Trump administration will be bad for Americans’ health (Nancy Krieger quoted, The Guardian, November 12, 2024)
Oppose war in honor of service members (FXB Center mentioned, Adirondack Daily Enterprise, November 9, 2024)
October 2024
Addressing the U.S. maternal mortality crisis (Alecia McGregor quoted, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Featured News Stories 2024, October 31, 2024)
Amid Hurricane Milton’s devastation, a sliver of good news (Satchit Balsari quoted, The Harvard Gazette, October 29, 2024)
Pentagon launches audit of ‘Israel’s’ management of US weaponry (FXB Center mentioned, Al Mayadeen English, October 25, 2024)
Local government actions can curb air pollution in India and Pakistan (Satchit Balsari co-authored, Nature, October 23, 2024)
DEI backlash affecting research focused on racism and health (David Williams quoted, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health In the News 2024, October 23, 2024)
Strikes near Gaza hospitals using MK-84 bomb indicate war crime: Study (FXB Center mentioned, Al Mayadeen English, October 23, 2024)
Measuring anti-Romani discrimination in Canada (Roma Program report overview, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health In the News 2024, October 23, 2024)
US-made MK-84 bombs in Gaza may prove humanitarian law violations: Harvard study (Dennis Kunichoff quoted, Anadolu Agency, October 23, 2024)
Two years after its launch, Harvard, Americares release updated climate toolkit (Caleb Dresser quoted, Healthcare Brew, October 21, 2024)
Podcast explores what drives health disparities (Brittney Francis quoted, Tori Cowger mentioned, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health In the News 2024, October 16, 2024)
Joseph Amon, Epidemiologist and Human Rights Activist, Named Director of Bloomberg School’s Center for Public Health and Human Rights (Joseph Amon, FXB Center mentioned, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health News, October 15, 2024)
El ejército israelí no respetó la protección especial de los hospitales al bombardear Gaza (FXB Center mentioned, ethic, October 15, 2024)
Hurricane Milton’s floodwaters are hiding a dirty secret (Catharina Giudice quoted, San Bernardino Sun, October 14, 2024)
El ejercito israelí no respetó la protección especial de los hospitales al bombardear Gaza (FXB Center mentioned, infoLibre, October 14, 2024)
El ejercito israelí no respetó la protección especial de los hospitales al bombardear Gaza (FXB Center mentioned, Servicio de Información y Noticias Científicas – SINC, October 14, 2024)
El ejercito israelí no respetó la protección especial de los hospitales al bombardear Gaza (FXB Center mentioned, La Sexta, October 14, 2024)
Hurricane Milton’s Floodwaters Are Hiding a Dirty Secret (Catharina Giudice quoted, BNN Bloomberg, October 12, 2024)
Racism was called a health threat. Then came the DEI backlash. (David Williams quoted, The Washington Post, October 11, 2024)
Inside the Partnership Between Harvard Researchers and a Palestinian University (Yara M. Asi, Bram Wispelwey quoted, The Harvard Crimson, October 11, 2024)
Republicans Are Hazardous to Your Health (Nancy Krieger quoted, The Nation, October 10, 2024)
A study analyzes the proximity of bombs detonated by the Israeli army to hospitals in the Gaza Strip (FXB Center mentioned, Science Media Centre Spain, October 10, 2024)
Satellite Reveals Bombs Near Gaza Hospitals in 2023 (FXB Center mentioned, Mirage News, October 10, 2024)
Israeli military dropped 2,000-pound bombs in “dangerous proximities” to nearly all hospitals in Gaza, study finds (Dennis Kunichoff quoted, CNN World, October 9, 2024)
Satellite data shows massive bombs dropped in dangerous proximity to Gaza Strip hospitals in 2023 (FXB Center mentioned, EurekAlert!, October 9, 2024)
Satellite data show massive bombs dropped in dangerous proximity to Gaza Strip hospitals in 2023 (FXB Center mentioned, Phys.org, October 9, 2024)
Study Reveals Israeli Military Dropped 2,000-Pound Bombs Near Gaza Hospitals (FXB Center mentioned, inkl, October 9, 2024)
Climate resilience focus at Alumni Weekend 2024 (Caleb Dresser, Gaurab Basu mentioned, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Featured News Stories 2024, October 9, 2024)
School mask mandate study highlights challenges of using observational data to study effects of public health interventions (Tori Cowger quoted, ScienceNews Net, October 7, 2024)
Polio in Gaza: Experts explain the outbreak and the public health response (Mary T. Bassett quoted, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Featured News Stories 2024, October 3, 2024)
Dangerous rescue: Helene nearly turned a hospital into a death trap (Caleb Dresser quoted, E&E News by POLITICO, October 2, 2024)
Neighborhood Violence Is Linked to Using More Acute Care and Unmet Preventive and Mental Health Care Needs (Rohan Khazanchi quoted, UPenn Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics Health Care Access & Coverage Blog Post, October 2, 2024)
Carney should reopen as a full-service hospital, (Alecia McGregor authored, Commonwealth Beacon, October 2, 2024)
September 2024
Announcing the Founding Faculty Affiliates of the Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program (Jacqueline Bhabha, Evelynn Hammonds mentioned, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Research, September 28, 2024)
Improving COVID-19 wastewater surveillance to ensure equity (Tori Cowger, Ruchita Balasubramanian, Soroush Moallef, Mary T. Bassett, Nancy Krieger mentioned, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health In the News 2024, September 20, 2024)
Extreme temperatures may contribute to thousands of additional deaths in the US (Gaurab Basu quoted, ABC News, September 20, 2024)
N.Y. can ease child poverty: Two former health commissioners lay out a plan (Mary T. Bassett co-authored, New York Daily News, September 15, 2024)
Loneliness is hurting our health, but these policies could help (Ichiro Kawachi quoted, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Featured News Stories 2024, September 12, 2024)
Harvard Public Health School Launches New Climate Change and Planetary Health Concentration (Gaurab Basu quoted, The Harvard Crimson, September 12, 2024)
Children in Gaza will be protected from polio but not Israel’s airstrikes (Yara M. Asi authored, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), September 6, 2024)
Climate change and planetary health concentration launches (Gaurab Basu quoted, Caleb Dresser mentioned, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Featured News Stories 2024, September 4, 2024)
After a summer like this, are Calgarians ready for fall? (Tess Wiskel quoted, CBC News, September 2, 2024)
August 2024
Heat-related deaths spiked 117% in the US since 1999 (Catharina Giudice quoted, Yahoo!News, August 26, 2024)
U.S. sees a significant surge of 117% in heat-related fatalities since 1999 (Catharina Giudice quoted, Aussiedlerboten, August 26, 2024)
Heat-related deaths spiked 117% in the US since 1999 (Catharina Giudice quoted, KETV, August 26, 2024)
Racial, economic injustice may accelerate epigenetic aging (Nancy Krieger interviewed, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Featured News Stories 2024, August 26, 2024)
Medical Schools Are Updating Their Curricula as Climate Change Becomes Impossible to Ignore (Gaurab Basu quoted, JAMA Medical News & Perspectives, August 16, 2024)
Beyond the Battlefield, War Is a Public Health Crisis (Yara M. Asi authored, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), August 14, 2024)
Want to cool down? 14 ideas to try (Tess Wiskel quoted, Harvard Health, August 9, 2024)
As eviction deadline looms, housing advocates urge Healey to reverse five-day shelter policy (Lara Jirmanus quoted, GBH News, August 8, 2024)
July 2024
If it feels too hot to run, maybe it is (Catharina Giudice quoted, The Harvard Gazette, July 30, 2024)
At climate summit, students from around the world focus on action (Caleb Dresser, Gaurab Basu mentioned, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Featured News Stories 2024, July 29, 2024)
Health and Human Rights Journal commemorates 30 years (FXB Center mentioned, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Featured News Stories 2024, July 26, 2024)
NYC Neighborhood Health Action Centers support Black maternal health (Mary T. Bassett quoted, Amsterdam News, July 25, 2024)
Understanding the Real Toll of Israel’s Assault on Gaza (Yara M. Asi authored, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), July 24, 2024)
Our policies punish pregnant people for getting treatment for addiction. It doesn’t have to be this way (Rohan Khazanchi co-authored, WBUR Cognoscenti, July 23, 2024)
Lower COVID vaccine uptake tied to unequal access to vaccination sites (Rohan Khazanchi’is study quoted, CIDRAP, July 19, 2024)
Water War Crimes: How Israel has weaponised water in its military campaign in Gaza (Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights Conflict and Health article “Nowhere and no one is safe” cited, Oxfam Briefing Paper, July 18)
Tackling the climate crisis: Local solutions for a global problem (Satchit Balsari mentioned, The Harvard Gazette, July 16, 2024)
Webinar: The destruction of healthcare in Gaza and the scientific assessment of settler colonial violence (Bram Wispelwey, Dennis Kunichoff, Sawsan Abdulrahim, A. Kayum Ahmed mentioned, Mondoweiss, July 14, 2024)