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HGHI’s Inaugural Global Health Symposium: April 12th, 2023

The Harvard Global Health Institute is thrilled to announce that registration is now open for virtual attendance to our Inaugural Global Health Symposium! While in person capacity is limited, we invite our longstanding global and Harvard-based community to join us virtually on April 12th, 2023 from 9:00am to 4:00pm ET for a series of conversations centered around the theme “Global Health Equity through Community Engagement.”

Bethany-Rose Daubman Joins Harvard Global Health Institute as Director of Fellowships

Bethany-Rose (BR) Daubman, MD, is joining its team as the Director of Fellowships on September 1st, 2023. [...]

Harvard Global Health Institute Welcomes New Cohorts of Fellows

The three HGHI Fellowship Programs support emerging leaders to advance their work in global health practice, education, and research. [...]

Launched: Highly Anticipated 2022 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Policy Brief for the U.S.

2022 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change U.S. Policy Brief On October 25th, the highly anticipated sixth annual Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change U.S. Policy Brief was released. The Harvard Global Health Institute serves as the host institution for this work – led by HGHI affiliate faculty member and Senior Author of the Brief, Dr. [...]

U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Abortion Undermines Public Health

The Harvard Global Health Institute is dedicated to health equity and social justice. We are also committed to individual autonomy and bodily integrity. Our belief in these core values does not stop at city, state, or country borders. As such, we believe it is critical in this moment to recognize the impact of the U.S. [...]

HGHI Welcomes New Faculty Director: Louise C. Ivers, MD, MPH

We are pleased to announce that Louise C. Ivers, MD, MPH has been appointed to serve as the new Faculty Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, effective March 1, 2022. In this role, Dr. Ivers will draw from her decades-long career in medicine and global health to lead HGHI in the development and execution [...]

In Memoriam: Dr. Paul Farmer

In Memoriam, It is with a heavy heart that we commemorate the passing of one of the most iconic global health leaders of our generation, Dr. Paul Farmer, the Kolokotrones University Professor and the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and the co-founder and chief strategist of [...]

Five Questions with Global Mental Health Experts: A conversation with Professor Arthur Kleinman

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health student, Davy Deng, interviews Dr. Arthur Kleinman, Professor of Medical Anthropology and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and Rabb Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University and Chair of the GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard Advisory Group. Davy Deng:You are known as one of the world’s leading experts on global mental health, particularly in East [...]

Announcing: Mental Health Care Leadership Champions – A Three-Program Certificate of Specialization

The unmet needs for care for mental health problems have always been large; they have only increased during the current pandemic. Mental Health Care Leadership Champions will help narrow this gap by training and mentoring forward-thinking leaders. For more information visit: Mental Health Care Leadership Champions Program EMPOWERING LEADERS FOR IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES The Certificate [...]