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Healthy Eating Pyramid Downloadable from Nutrition Source

The HSPH Department of Nutrition has relaunched its popular website, The Nutrition Source. One of the highlights of the new, improved site is a freely downloadable version of the Healthy Eating Pyramid, built by nutrition faculty at the School.

Viswanath Named Chair of New CDC Board on Health Marketing

K. "Vish" Viswanath, associate professor of society, human development and health, will chair the new Board of Scientific Counselors for the CDC's National Center for Health Marketing (NCHM).

DPHP Honors Dean Bloom with Naming of Lecture Series

The Division of Public Health Practice held its annual Open House on Wednesday, May 14. The festivities included an announcement that the Public Health Practice Leadership Speakers Series has been renamed the Barry R. Bloom Public Health Practice Leadership Speaker Series. The announcement was made by Howard Koh, head of the Division.

HHI Seeks to Understand Shocking Epidemic 

The pattern of sexual terrorism seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo is more widespread, systematic, and brutal than that seen in other war-torn arenas where rape has been wielded as a weapon, say researchers with the Gender-Based Violence Research Team at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI).

Winning Entries in HSPH Student Photo Contest Announced

The Office for Student Affairs has announced the results of the first annual HSPH Student Photo Contest. View a slide show of the winning images.