The College's Alumni at SPH

Ware says SPH provides an inter-disciplinary environment while allowing students to focus on a particular field of interest.

SPH students come from a wide variety of experience and interest, both professionally and academically, Daniels says.

Mase says he returned to Harvard, and specifically SPH, after having graduated from medical school.

He had suggested to several people that a MPH is useful--especially in the field of international medicine--and finally decided to take his own advice this year.

Mase says he attends SPH because he wants to help "determine the course medicine is going to take."

According to Mase, the majority of physicians at SPH are foreigners. He says, in fact, that as an "American physician," he is in the minority.

Mase adds that people come to SPH because the older students are often going through "mid-career crises" or are looking for international jobs.

Nicholas J. Norton '86-'87 had a different agenda in mind. when he matriculated into SPH.

Norton, who is in his third year of doctoral work in biostatistics, says he decided on his field because it allows him to mix his math skills with his computer knowledge to do research design and data analysis.

According to Norton, public health fits into his aims since he intends to work in academia, perhaps doing research projects on AIDS or cancer.

"It is a lot cheaper to treat the root causes of disease early on before the aftereffects [occur]," Norton says.

Elizabeth R. Bertone '94, who received her M.S. last year and is in her first year of the doctoral program in epidemiology and nutrition, says SPH has made her look beyond just the classroom.

In her opinion, "an M.S. degree is pretty much [useless, but a good way] to feel things out" while creating a stronger foundation in a specific field.

Bertone says the School has provided her with a "strong international focus."