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Although 5-year survivorship of childhood cancer has reached over 80% in recent years, survivors remain at risk for a shortened life expectancy compared to the general population. CHDS affiliated faculty Jennifer Yeh

CHDS doctoral student Allison Portnoy will continue as a postdoctoral fellow jointly with CHDS faculty, Jane Kim, and Emily Burger at the University of Oslo. Dr. Portnoy defended

CHDS Faculty, Djøra Soeteman, taught in the Harvard Medical School, Training to Clinicians (T2C) program workshop in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia at the Mongolian National University of

Periodontitis, an inflammatory disease affecting the gums, and type2 diabetes are both common diseases in adults that are related in both directions: periodontal disease can affect diabetes

On March 9-12, 2020, Professor James Hammitt will direct his annual, 4-day course: Environmental Health Risk: Analysis and Applications. Offered through the Executive and Continuing Professional Education

CHDS’ Media Hub aims to establish processes and strategies for effectively utilizing media in education. Consistent with this goal, Media Hub lead Jacob Waxman recently launched the “Studio-out-of-the-Box” initiative.

Home-based cervical cancer screening with self-collection of HPV samples may be a cost-effective way to improve screening coverage in El Salvador, according to a new modeling study

Jenny Spencer, a postdoctoral fellow at CHDS, received the award for the best oral presentation at the 8th annual Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center’s Celebration of Early Career

James Hammitt was a keynote speaker at the first European conference of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis, held at the Toulouse School of Economics (France). His presentation, ‘Accounting

Dr. Rebecca McDonald from the University of Birmingham, UK recently presented a seminar at CHDS on Time Preferences and the Value of a Life Year (VOLY). The VOLY is derived by aggregating