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Harvard School of Public Health Begins Layoffs As Trump Slashes Funding

The Harvard School of Public Health is laying off employees, shrinking its campus footprint, and making targeted cuts to departmental budgets in response to the Trump administration’s escalating attacks on Harvard.

Harvard Medical School
Breaking News

Stop-Work Orders Roll In for Harvard Researchers After $2.2 Billion Pause in Federal Funds

Harvard-affiliated researchers have begun receiving stop-work orders on contracts worth tens of millions of dollars less than one day after the Trump administration announced a $2.2 billion pause of federally-funded research Monday evening.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Research

Harvard, Stanford Study Links Wildfires to Increases in Mental Health Concerns

A recent study conducted jointly by a team of researchers at Harvard and Stanford University examining 2020 emergency room visits across California links wildfire smoke exposure to mental health related visits — with an outsized psychological toll particularly among women, youth, and racial and ethnic minorities.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
School of Public Health

New Cancer Hospital for Dana Farber Leaves Healthcare Experts Skeptical

When the Dana Farber Cancer Institute announced that it was opening a new, $1.7 billion, 300-bed inpatient cancer hospital in 2028 along with Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, the announcement seemed to promise good news for the region. But healthcare experts aren’t so sure.

The Chan School
Politics

HSPH Professor Joins Lawsuit Challenging NIH Cuts to Research Grants

Harvard School of Public Health professor Brittany M. Charlton joined a lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday, alleging that the Trump administration’s cuts to equity-related research grants violated the Fifth Amendment and required Congressional approval.

Harvard Medical School Gordon Hall
Harvard Medical School

HMS Unveils Flexspace and Celebrates Diversity Through Dimensions Exhibit

Harvard Medical School unveiled its new Flexspace — a three-story administrative office for hybrid workers — in Gordon Hall on Wednesday, marking the completion of renovations that began in 2023.

Governor Maura T. Healey ’92 at The Crimson
Health

Healey, State Leadership Criticize Trump’s Latest Cuts to Public Health Funding

The Healey-Driscoll Administration condemned President Trump’s Wednesday termination of more than $12 billion in public health grants, following funding cuts at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Chan School of Public Health
Health

Healthy Diets Linked to Holistic Healthy Aging in Long-Term Harvard Study

Researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that certain dietary patterns — such as avoiding processed foods and eating a balance of animal and plant-based foods — promote healthy aging after 30 years, according to a long-term study published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine.

School of Public Health
School of Public Health

Harvard Suspends Research Partnership With Birzeit University in the West Bank

The Harvard School of Public Health suspended its research partnership with Birzeit University in the West Bank, bowing to longstanding calls to sever the collaboration.

Harvard School of Public Health
Research

As Trump Slashes Federal Grants, the Harvard School of Public Health Has the Most To Lose

As President Donald Trump escalates his attacks on universities’ access to federal research funding, the Harvard School of Public Health has felt the pain especially acutely.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Research

With Federal Funds Stalled, Two Harvard School of Public Health Graduate Programs Reduce Admissions

The reductions to Biostatistics Ph.D. admissions are the first reported cuts to a graduate program at Harvard amid President Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on federal funding.

Harvard School of Public Health
Research

‘Journalism Is Expensive’: Harvard Public Health Magazine Closes After Financial Struggles

More than a decade after its launch, the Harvard Public Health Magazine announced on Monday that the publication would shut down after struggling to turn a profit.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
School of Public Health

Former N.C. Governor Cooper To Join Harvard School of Public Health as Leadership Fellow

Beginning in late March, former North Carolina Governor Roy A. Cooper III will spend eight weeks as a Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Crime

Former Brigham and Women’s Doctor Indicted on Two Rape Counts

Ex-Brigham and Women’s rheumatologist and former Harvard postdoctoral student Derrick J. Todd, accused of sexually assaulting more than 200 former patients, was indicted by a grand jury Thursday on two counts of rape.

Chan School of Public Health
Research

Pesticide Consumption May be Linked to Male Infertility, Harvard Study Suggests

A study conducted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health demonstrated that high intake of pesticide residue from fruits and vegetables may reduce fertility in men.

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