Wafaie Fawzi, Vikram Patel, John Quackenbush elected to National Academy of Medicine
Harvard Chan School faculty members Wafaie Fawzi, Vikram Patel, and John Quackenbush were elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
Other Positions
Paul Farmer Professor and Chair of Global Health and Social Medicine
Global Health and Social Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Head of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
Global Health and Social Medicine
Harvard Medical School
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Cash, basic treatment can improve mental health of people in poverty
Poverty and mental illness can go hand in hand, with financial troubles leading to depression and anxiety, which in turn can make it difficult for people to succeed financially.
Charting a path to universal health care in India
A new commission jointly organized by The Lancet medical journal and Harvard’s Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute is studying how to bring universal health care to India within a decade.
Colleges can help address students’ ‘sense of hopelessness’
The current social and political climate can give college students a sense of hopelessness.
Why ‘deaths of despair’ are rising in the U.S.
A panel of faculty and students delved into the potential causes of increasing "deaths of despair"—deaths from drugs, alcohol, and suicide.
