Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2011
Former names Harvard School of Public Health
Established 1913 (1913)
Type Graduate school
School of Public Health
Parent institution Harvard University
Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates: 42°20′07″N 71°06′10″W / 42.335390°N 71.102793°W / 42.335390; -71.102793
Dean David Hunter (Acting)
Academic staff 480
Students 1,140
Doctoral students 474
Alumni 11,060
Website www.hsph.harvard.edu
HSPH Courtyard Entrance from Harvard Medical School

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (formerly Harvard School of Public Health) is the public health graduate school of Harvard University, located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts adjacent Harvard Medical School. The Chan School is considered a preeminent school of public health in the United States. The school grew out of the Harvard-MIT School for Health Officers,[1][2][3][4][5] the nation's first graduate training program in population health, which was founded in 1913 and became the Harvard School of Public Health in 1922. Michelle Williams, faculty and chair of the school's Department of Epidemiology, will become the school's dean in July, following the departure of former dean Julio Frenk and interim service of acting dean David Hunter.[6] She will become the first African American individual to head a Harvard faculty.[7]

As of 2015, the school is ranked second in the nation (after the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and tied with University of North Carolina School of Public Health) in the U.S. News & World Report.[8] U.S. News consistently ranks Harvard #1 in Health Policy and Management.[9]

History

The School traces its origins to 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.[10] It was renamed the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2014 after receiving a $350 million donation, the largest gift in Harvard's history at the time, from the Morningside Foundation.[11] The Morningside Foundation is headed by Harvard School of Public Health alumnus Dr. Gerald Chan, the son of T.H. Chan.

Curriculum

The Master of Public Health Program (MPH) offers seven degree fields of study:

Degree programs offered by specific departments:

Health Economics (ScD)
Health Systems (ScD)
Population and Reproductive Health (ScD)

PhD programs are offered under the aegis of the Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Research projects

Notable faculty (and past faculty)

Notable alumni

See also

References

External links

Centers and Institutes

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