End-of-Year Report to the Harvard Chan School Community 2019 2020

Michelle A. Williams, ScD Dean of the Faculty Dean’s End-of-Year Report 2019–2020

Page 4 1 Special Report: Harvard Chan School COVID-19 Response

Page 16 2 Community

Page 28 3 Diversity and Inclusion

Page 32 4 Research Page 34 The Harvard Chan School’s Work in North America

Page 38 5 Education

Page 42 6 Academic Departments

Page 48 7 Administration and Fundraising

Page 52 8 Dean Michelle A. Williams Selected Speaking Engagements and Op-Eds honor to serve asyour Deanandtocontinuethatcriticalworkalongsideyou. honor toserve remarkable progress tocreate ahealthier, more justworldforallpeople. It ismy The followingreportreflects ourongoingcommitmenttothosevalues andour across andmultipleresearchunderway ournineacademicdepartments centers. health. These are alsothevalues thatguideourSchoolandthevast range ofwork antiracist transformation ofoursociety. lives. And outforan countlessmore areoftheswelling movementcrying part care workforce, putting themselvesinharm’s inandday out—tosave way—day coronavirus andotherinfectiousdiseases. Othersareofourfrontline part health alumni, andstudentsare miningdatatodevelopstrategies tocombatthenovel compassion ofourSchoolcommunity. Harvard Chanfaculty, researchers, this extraordinarymomentinways thatare atestamenttotheresilience and conditions thatimperilhealtharound theworld.And together, we are meeting and nowhere more tangiblythanintherealm ofpublichealth. aspectofourdailylives— structural racism anddiscriminationthatpersistinevery the sametime, reckoning we findourselves inthethroes ofalong-overdue withthe is claiminghundreds ofthousandslivesandwillforever alterourway oflife. At that feared, theworldisengulfedinworstpublichealthcrisisacentury—one unprecedented challenges. Assomany inthepublichealthcommunity have long academicyear willundoubtedlyberememberedThe 2019–2020 asoneof HARVARD CHANSCHOOLCOMMUNITY, DEAR MEMBERSOFTHE Angelopoulos Professor inPublicHealth andInternational Development, Harvard T.H. ChanSchoolofPublicHealth andHarvard Kennedy School Dean oftheFaculty, Harvard T.H. ChanSchoolofPublicHealth Michelle A.Williams, ScD A commitmenttoequality, justice, andinclusionisacore tenetofpublic These ofanawakening pastmonthshave beennothingshort tothe

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“By now, most of you have heard me say that public health is everywhere and nowhere. What I mean is that the work we do is critical—and yet so often invisible outside our own field. We all take the cleanliness of our water for granted until there’s a contamination crisis. We don’t give food supply chains much thought until the grocery store shelves are bare. We commute on the T without thinking about what pathogens might be along for the ride.

Well, no longer.

Today, public health is everywhere. It’s top of mind for nearly every person in nearly every country.”

—Excerpt from Dean Michelle A. Williams’ Graduation Speech, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, May 28, 2020 End-of-Year Report | 4 Report End-of-Year Section 1: Special Report: Harvard Chan School COVID-19 Response

From the very beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health faculty, staff, researchers, and students mounted a robust response, conducting vital epidemiological and basic science research, providing evidence-based information to policymakers and the public, and joining the public health workforce, among other activities designed to help the country and the world face the pandemic with facts and compassion. The following pages describe several aspects of the School’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. End-of-Year Report | 6 HARVARD CHANEXPERTS SPEAKOUT: SELECTEDHIGHLIGHTSFROMFACULTY OP-EDS including Facebook, touseaggregated mobility oftheCOVID-19 datainsupport response. located atuniversities around theworld whoare withtechcompanies, workingin partnership theCOVID-19co-leading Mobility Data Network, epidemiologists ateamofinfectious-disease Satchit Balsari,assistantprofessor ofGlobalHealth intheDepartment andPopulation, are Asian countries. substantial role inthelocal spread ofthediseaseduringearlystages outbreak insix found thatworkplacetransmission ofthecoronavirus thatcausesCOVID-19 likely played a ofEnvironmentalthe Departments Health andSocialBehavioral Sciences, released inMay, transmission dynamicsthrough thepostpandemic period.Athird study, ledbyresearchers in critically illpatientsatamanageablelevel.Another CCDDstudy, released inApril, projected that intermittent tokeep socialdistancingfor many numbersof monthsmay benecessary and director ofHarvard Chan’s Center (CCDD),found forCommunicable Dynamics Disease Professor ofImmunology and Infectious Diseases, andMarc Lipsitch,professor ofepidemiology misinformation, andprotection ofvulnerable populations. around issuesincludingalinkbetween airpollutionandCOVID-19 deaths, thespread of biology tophysical andmentalhealthramifications. They have alsoraised awareness pandemic, conductingresearch inarange ofareas, from epidemiologytoinfectious-disease Harvard Chanfaculty memberssprang intoactionfrom thefirstdays oftheCOVID-19 COVID-19–RELATED RESEARCH 99 OP-EDS publicpaneldiscussions, invirtual participated andbuiltuplarge Twitter followings. organized bytheSchool’s OfficeofCommunications. Faculty membershave alsoauthored op-eds, spoken tohundreds ofmediaoutletsaround theworld,includingthrough dailypress conferences and guidelinesforminimizingtheriskofcontracting it.Harvard Chanfaculty membershave coronavirus voicesontopicssuch astheprojected pandemic,becoming trusted courseofthevirus The School’s researchers ontheoutbreak have beenamongthemostquotedexperts ofthenovel COVID-19 OP-EDS ANDMEDIAHITS Caroline Buckee, associateprofessor ofepidemiology andCCDDassociatedirector, and authorsYonatanA studybyco–senior Grad, Melvin J. andGeraldine L.GlimcherAssistant

is far away,” Stat News First Opinion,April1 COVID-19 pandemic:We’re land justclamberingintoalife raft. Dry —Marc Lipsitch(top)andYonatan Grad, “Navigating the is hard todoafteranear-drowning experience.” tothinkwhat todonext.Thinkinglook around, clearly andtry intoit.Youfloating liferaft, andstruggle catchyour breath, to tameyour panic,somehowfindtheboat’s flimsybutstill storm capsizestheboatandtossesyou intothesea.You try “Imagine you are inasmallboatfar, farfrom shore. Asurprise 20,480 MEDIA HITS 61 CONFERENCES PRESS

Selected COVID-19 Studies and Analyses Scientists from Harvard, China to unite against coronavirus Harvard Chan School faculty: Thomas Tsai, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management; Ashish Jha, K.T. Li Professor of Global Health and Director, Harvard Global Health Institute

Intermittent social distancing may be needed through 2022 to manage COVID-19 Harvard Chan School faculty: Yonatan Grad, Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases; Marc Lipsitch, Professor of Epidemiology and Director, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Air pollution linked with higher COVID-19 death rates Harvard Chan School faculty: Francesca Dominici, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population, and Data Science and Co-Director, Harvard Data Science Initiative

COVID-19 transmission among workers considerable during early outbreaks Harvard Chan School faculty: Stefanos Kales, Professor in the Department of Environmental Health

New study sheds light on the spread and control of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China Harvard Chan School faculty: Xihong Lin, Professor of Biostatistics

New symptom tracker launched to fight COVID-19 Harvard Chan School faculty: Andrew Chan, Professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Analysis: More than half of U.S. states aren’t doing enough COVID-19 testing Harvard Chan School faculty: Ashish Jha, K.T. Li Professor of Global Health and Director, Harvard Global Health Institute

COVID-19 and Health Inequities Study Harvard Chan School faculty: Nancy Krieger, Professor of Social Epidemiology

HARVARD CHAN EXPERTS SPEAK OUT: SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS FROM FACULTY OP-EDS “It is clear the battle against COVID-19 will look vastly different in the heartland than in our cities. The U.S. Navy won’t be docking a floating hospital in Nuckolls County, Neb. But if what’s happened in America’s coastal cities can teach us anything, it’s that the coming weeks will determine the trajectory of this virus. And we don’t have a moment to waste.” —Michelle A. Williams, Bizu Gelaye, and Emily M. Broad Leib, “The COVID-19 crisis is going to get much worse when it hits rural areas,” Washington Post op-ed, April 6 End-of-Year Report | 7 Report End-of-Year

HARVARD CHAN EXPERTS SPEAK OUT: SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS FROM FACULTY OP-EDS

“We are moved when a disease is cured but not when that disease is prevented—because it’s a plotline where nothing happens. We know when public health is successful from statistics, not from personal stories—and whether in newspapers or on social media, statistics do not make an emotionally compelling argument.” —Michelle A. Williams, Boston Globe, March 3, 2020

Novel study reveals an unequal surge in COVID-19 mortality rates in Massachusetts by poverty level, race, and crowded housing Harvard Chan School faculty: Nancy Krieger, Professor of Social Epidemiology

Tracking COVID-19 with cell phone data while safeguarding privacy Harvard Chan School faculty: Caroline Buckee, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Director, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

More ICU capacity still needed in U.S. for COVID-19 patients Harvard Chan School faculty: Marc Lipsitch, Professor of Epidemiology and Director, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

How to better understand the reach of COVID-19 in India Harvard Chan School faculty: S V Subramanian, Professor of Population Health and Geography

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Agriculture and Food Security in India Harvard Chan School faculty: Lindsay Jaacks, Assistant Professor of Global Health

HARVARD CHAN EXPERTS SPEAK OUT: SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS FROM FACULTY OP-EDS

“Cities will remain a destination for families wanting a better future, young people looking to start a new life, and migrants fleeing terror. Cities’ density underlies their wonder—the people, the bustle, the democratic impulse born from the mixing of cultures and identities. They’re also healthy places to live. Don’t give up on them.”

End-of-Year Report | 8 Report End-of-Year —Mary T. Bassett, “Just Because You Can Afford to Leave the City Doesn’t Mean You Should,” New York Times op-ed, May 15 Apps and Surveys Harvard Chan School researchers and colleagues have developed a variety of online surveys and smartphone apps to learn more about the coronavirus—who has it, what symptoms they have, where the disease hot spots are, whether the disease is affecting particular groups more than others, and whether social distancing measures are working. A sampling of their work: COVID Symptom Tracker WHAT IT IS: Free app with daily short survey WHAT IT DOES: Helps track the onset and progression of COVID-19 symptoms of millions across the U.S., with the goal of shedding light on the nature of the disease, identifying those at risk sooner, pinpointing virus hot spots, and helping slow the spread of disease COLLABORATORS: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, King’s College London, and Stanford University School of Medicine, in collaboration with the health science company ZOE HARVARD CHAN SCHOOL RESEARCHERS INVOLVED: Andrew Chan, professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

HowWeFeel WHAT IT IS: Free app with daily short survey WHAT IT DOES: Pinpoints COVID-19 hot spots, predicts areas that could soon see spikes in COVID-19 cases, sheds light on pertinent risk factors and demographic information, and allows health agencies to better respond to the pandemic COLLABORATORS: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Weizmann Institute of Science, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Pinterest HARVARD CHAN SCHOOL RESEARCHERS INVOLVED: Xihong Lin, Professor of Biostatistics; Jukka-Pekka “JP” Onnela, Associate Professor of Biostatistics; Christine Tedijanto, Student, PhD Program in Population Health Sciences; Yonatan Grad, Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

HARVARD CHAN EXPERTS SPEAK OUT: SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS FROM FACULTY OP-EDS

“The sad reality is that Black people cannot count on the police to always protect them or the government to keep them safe from COVID-19. So, Black people must protect themselves.” —Sara Bleich, “Protest, demand change—but, please, put on your mask,” The Hill op-ed, June 4 End-of-Year Report | 9 Report End-of-Year End-of-Year Report | 10 HARVARD CHANEXPERTS SPEAKOUT: SELECTEDHIGHLIGHTSFROMFACULTY OP-EDS COVID-19 Symptoms&SocialDistancingWeb Survey Psychiatric Epidemiology; SoniaHernández-Díaz, Professor ofEpidemiology HARVARD CHANSCHOOL RESEARCHERS INVOLVED: Karestan Koenen, Professor of COLLABORATORS: during COVID-19 WHAT ITDOES:Assesseswell-being andmentalhealthofpregnantwomen andpostpartum WHAT ITIS:Web survey Health andWellbeing ofPregnantand Post-Partum Women Duringthe COVID-19 Pandemic Pritzker AssociateProfessor ofNutrition; SebastienHaneuse, AssociateProfessor ofBiostatistics HARVARD CHANSCHOOLRESEARCHERS INVOLVED: Sciences University, Rico Puerto COLLABORATORS: during thepandemic minority groups suchasHispanics/Latinos),andbehavioral andpsychosocial factorsinfluenced WHAT ITDOES:Identifies hotspotsofsignsandsymptoms, vulnerable populations(including WHAT ITIS: COVID-19 SignsandSymptomsSurveillanceSystem–Behaviors Inequities assistant professors ofGlobalHealth intheDepartment andPopulation) Evaluation andImplementation Science, HHI;Patrick Vinck, Research Director, HHI(bothare HARVARD CHANSCHOOLRESEARCHERS INVOLVED: of PhuongPham,Director COLLABORATORS: response efforts measures, tohelpinformnational,regional, andglobalhealthcommunicationstrategies and WHAT ITDOES: WHAT ITIS:Web survey Global COVID-19 Survey Research Manager of Population SciencesandProfessor ofEconomicsandInternational Health; RashmiDayalu, Gamble Professor ofEconomicsandDemography; David Canning, Richard SaltonstallProfessor HARVARD CHANSCHOOLRESEARCHERS INVOLVED:David E.Bloom,Clarence James Global DevelopmentPolicy Center, BostonUniversity COLLABORATORS: distancing behavior from thegeneral U.S. population WHAT ITDOES: WHAT ITIS: March 13 –Asaf Bitton,“SocialDistancing:ThisIs Not aSnow Day,” Medium post, still have achoiceandwhile ouractionscanhave thegreatest impact. imperative. It isalsoourresponsibility asacommunity toactwhile we take rightnowthatwe willnothave inafewweeks. It isapublichealth “We have apreemptive opportunity tosave lives through theactionswe Web survey Short web survey inEnglish,Spanish, andotherlanguages web survey Short Analyzes sociobehavioral aspectsofoutbreak control, suchassocialdistancing Gathers informationontheprevalence ofCOVID-19 symptomsandsocial Harvard ChanSchool;Pregistry Harvard Rico ChanSchool;Puerto PublicHealth Trust; Ponce Health Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI),BrighamandWomen’s Hospital Program ontheGlobalDemography ofAging, Harvard ChanSchool;and Josiemer Mattei, DonaldandSue

TEACHING AND LEARNING ADJUSTMENTS Beginning in early March, the Harvard Chan School faculty converted 127 Spring 1 and Spring 2 courses to remote instruction in less than two weeks, following the University’s guidelines that all faculty, students, academic appointees, and staff vacate the campus immediately after spring break. Harvard Chan faculty members worked remotely with the School’s Information Technology department—particularly the Media and Educational Technology Services team— as well as with student teaching assistants and program and department staff, to execute the transition. With students and their teachers located in cities and towns across the U.S. and in many other countries, one issue the School had to address was managing classes across various time zones. Lessons learned from the “emergency” conversion to remote teaching and learning were important, as the School announced that fall courses would be held online.

HARVARD CHAN EXPERTS SPEAK OUT: SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS FROM FACULTY OP-EDS

“The most fundamental function of a government is to keep its people safe. It is from this that it derives its authority, the confidence of the people and its legitimacy. Nobody should be under the illusion that this is something that can be dodged through somehow manipulating a virus that we are only beginning to understand. This will not pass you by; this is not a tornado, it is a hurricane.” —William Hanage, “I’m an epidemiologist. When I heard about Britain’s ‘herd immunity’ coronavirus plan, I thought it was satire,”

The Guardian opinion, March 15 | 11 Report End-of-Year End-of-Year Report | 12 When PublicHealthMeansBusiness COVID-19 WEBCASTS the pandemic. communities, andTranscending COVID-19, acomprehensive visualguidefortrans peopleduring designed toempower young peoplewithinformationtotackleCOVID-19 andtosupport ofPublicHealth.Department In addition,studentscreated StudentsAgainstCOVID-19, a collaboration among10Massachusetts schools anduniversitiestheMassachusetts both Harvard University HealthandtheAcademic Services Health Consortium, Department have comeintocontactwithapersoninfectedthecoronavirus. The studentsworked with Hundreds ofHarvard Chanstudentsvolunteered toassistwithreaching outtopeoplewhomay STUDENT COVID-19 RESPONSE health-systems response tomitigatethecrisis. coronavirus, itsimpactonthehealthandwell-being ofcommunities, andIndia’s policyand and leadingpublichealthpractitioners providing insightintothespread andcontrol ofthe This webinar series,bytheSchool’s co-hosted India Research Center, features subjectexperts COVID-19 Outbreak:OntheFrontlines globally asofJune 2020. content onthepandemic,have resulted inmore than4.2 millionviewsandengagements antibody testingandsafelyreopening societies. These events, alongwithotherprogramming disproportionate impactsonvulnerable communities, andmental healthandresiliency to Facebook LiveQ&Asaboutthepandemic,coveringaspectsranging from vaccine development, producing COVID-19 virtual content.The teamworked withThe World toproduce frequent information.The Forum evidence-based early needfortrusted, thenquicklypivotedto program, andWGBH, Boston’s local publictelevisionstation,helpingtofillanimportant discussion focusedontracking COVID-19 withThe World, adailyglobalpublicradio news pandemic, The Forum atHarvard T.H. ChanSchoolofPublicHealth produced afullpanel A fewdays before theWorld Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a The ForumFacebookLiveQ&As include adiscussionandQ&Awithattendees. health issuesrelated todailylifeduringapandemic. These are forums open tothepublicand trauma epidemiologyresearch toaddress emotional, psychological, andphysical important psychiatric epidemiology, inthefieldsofclinicalpsychology and andcolleagueshostexperts techniques foradaptingandenhancingresilience. Each week, Karestan Koenen, professor of skillstomanagingstress relatedintroduces totheCOVID-19 evidence-based pandemicand In March, theSchoollaunchedCOVID-19 Mental Health Forums, aweekly web seriesthat COVID-19 MentalHealthForumSeries America’s economy andsociety tothrive. determine howpublichealthandbusinesscanforge aheadtogethertocleartherunway for the realms offinance, industry, andhealthtomapanewpathforwardthrough COVID-19 and Harvard T.H. ChanSchoolofPublicHealth. The convened seriesvirtually luminariesfrom PublicHealthto presentMeans “When Business,” serieshostedbyThe amultipart Forum at In June, theHarvard ChanSchoolandtheNew EnglandJournal ofMedicine cametogether physical andmentalwell-being. to onlineworkshops, training, virtual coaching, andcontentaimedathelpingimprove their responder healthcare workers, providing essentialprotective suppliesandequipmentinaddition lines ofthepandemic.#FirstRespondersFirst takes awholehumanapproachfirst- tosupporting first-responder workers withphysical andpsychological resources onthefront astheyserve firm Creativesports Artists Agency, tolaunch#FirstRespondersFirst, aninitiativetoprovide by Arianna Huffington, andtheCAAFoundation, thephilanthropicand armofentertainment In March, theSchooljoinedwithThrive Global,abehavior-change technologycompany founded PARTNERSHIP of PlannedParenthood Federation ofAmerica. Organization andtheInternational Council ofNurses; andLeanaS. Wen, formerpresident/CEO former ministerofhealthMalaysia; StephanieFerguson, facilitatorfortheWorld Health a specialfocusonleadershipincrisis. Guestspeakers have includedSubramaniam Sathasivam, theCOVID-19During pandemic,theSchoolmodifieditsVoices inLeadershipseriestocreate Voices inLeadership #FIRSTRESPONDERSFIRST

End-of-Year Report | 13 End-of-Year Report | 14 —Student SpeakerNadhiraNurainiAfifa we willsurvive.” risks that,onlythroughhelpingeachother, come from,weareexposedtothesame matter howprivilegedweareorwhere “At thistimeofcrisis,werealizethatno —Commencement SpeakerMuhammadAliPate equitable world.” a healthier, moreprosperous, You willhelpuschartapathtoward world findourwayoutofthispandemic. field, youhavethepotentialtohelp one thingisclear:Astheleadersofthis prepare toembarkonyourcareers.But “There’s alotofuncertaintyasyou —Dean MichelleA.Williams an exceptional class.” in thefaceofthiscrisisthatwillmakeyou leaders—but it’s thewayyou’vestepped up here hasmadeyoucapablepublichealth “Everything you’vestudiedduringyourtime — face ‘thenewnormal’together.” looking toyouforthesolutions,asweall evolving fieldofpublichealth.Theworldis and skillsthatwillserveyouwellinthe pandemic. You demonstratedtheknowledge your talentsintheglobaleffortsduringthis “You remainedflexible,creative,andused  Harvard ChanSchoolAlumniAssociation President CarmonDavis

SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS: DEPARTMENT CHAIRVIDEOS): (GRADUATION CEREMONY AND TOTAL MEDIAVIEWS PEAK LIVESTREAM VIEWS: student services, hostedtheevent. Harvard T.H. ChanSchoolofPublicHealth Alumni Association.Robin Glover, associatedeanfor ofGlobalHealthDepartment andPopulation; andCarmon Davis, MPH’94, president ofthe Adolescents, andJulio Frenk Professor ofthePractice ofPublicHealth LeadershipintheSchool’s Practice attheWorld Bank,director oftheGlobalFinancing Facility forWomen, Children, and speaker Muhammad Ali Pate, globaldirector oftheHealth, Nutrition andPopulation Global at theceremony includedstudentspeaker Nadhira Nuraini Afifa, MPH’20;commencement students went from pupilstopractitioners “literally overnight.” In additiontoWilliams, speakers campus, finishingtheirdegrees remotely, inisolation,anddefendingtheirdissertations the students’ impressive response movingoff tothe pandemic,notingthatinadditiontoabruptly Dean MichelleA.Williams—in academicregalia, the speakingfrom herhome—acknowledged in healthcare management(25),masterofpublichealth (351),andmasterofscience(119). included doctorofphilosophy (37),doctorofpublichealth(17),science(22),master The celebration acknowledgedtheaccomplishments of571graduates; degrees granted 28. of theCOVID-19 graduation pandemic,theSchoolhelditsfirst-evervirtual ceremony onMay Because students, faculty, andstaffwere scattered andtheglobeasaresult across thecountry GRADUATION 2020

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End-of-Year Report | 15 Section 2: Community

Community is the cornerstone of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Our own sense of community binds us together in a shared mission to improve the lives of others, in communities near and far. Harvard Chan School teachers and learners, staff and administrators, researchers, alumni, and volunteers are dedicated to seeking solutions to the world’s most complex and challenging public health problems and communicating evidence-based findings to policymakers and the public. Nurturing and maintaining this sense of community throughout all facets of the School are among our most profound responsibilities. To ensure that a full range of evidence-based communications reach the public, policymakers, and the wider Harvard Chan community, Todd Datz was named the School’s chief communications officer in June 2020. Formerly the managing director for media relations and public affairs, Datz has been at the School for 14 years. He leads a communications team that oversees a robust news operation, media relations, social media, multimedia, Harvard Public Health magazine, marketing, a variety of internal and external newsletters, the School’s website, and crisis communications. Selected highlights from across the Harvard Chan community from the 2019–2020 academic year appear in the following pages. End-of-Year Report | 16 Report End-of-Year EVENTS PROGRAMMING in theU.S.—and Evelynn Hammonds, chairoftheHarvard University oftheHistory Department writer LindaVillarosa—one ofthecontributorsto theTimes’ 1619Project ofslavery on thehistory American shores. OnOctober28, theSchool welcomed New York Times Magazine contributing August 2019marked 400years sincethefirstdocumented arrival ofenslaved Africans onNorth 400 Years ofInequality summit, Opioids:Policy toPractice, was held onMay 10, 2019, inYpsilanti, Michigan. disorder. withsubstance-use and government,aswell asindividualswhohadstruggled The first fromtogether experts thetwo hostuniversities, additionalacademicinstitutions, law enforcement, and University ofMichiganPresident Mark Schlissel.This conference all-day inBostonbrought summit onopioidsthatreflects between the jointpartnership Harvard President Bacow Larry University ofMichiganSummit ontheOpioidCrisis. This eventwas thesecondhalfofatwo-part On October10, theSchoolhostedStigmaandAccess toTreatment: The Harvard University and Opioids Summit Satyarthi himself. labor, trafficking, inIndia. andslavery The screening was followed byaconversation with thatfollowsNobel Peacedocumentary Laureate Kailash Satyarthi inhismissiontoendchild On September27, 2019, theSchoolhostedascreening ofThe Price ofFree, theaward-winning The PriceofFree entire Harvard Chancommunity. current issuesofpublichealthimportance. Beloware selectedeventsthatwere opentothe Throughout theyear, theHarvard ChanSchoolproduced awiderange ofeventsfocusedon From left:DeanMichelleA.Williams,EvelynnHammonds,LindaVillarosa,andMaryBassettatthe400Years ofInequalityevent website andsocialmedia. and generatinghundredsofnewsarticlesforthe hosting to thepublic,fieldingthousandsofmediarequests, to communicatetimely,scientificallyvalidinformation Communications teamhasmadeextraordinaryefforts “Since theCOVID-19 outbreakbegan,the a dailyvirtualpressconferenceforreporters, —Todd Datz,ChiefCommunicatiionsOfficer

End-of-Year Report | 17 Jeffrey Sánchez, former Massachusetts state representative (left), speaks with Stephen Benjamin, mayor of Columbia, S.C., during a Voices in Leadership event.

SELECTED VOICES IN LEADERSHIP EVENTS 2019–2020 The School’s Voices in Leadership series invites distinguished local, national, and international leaders to speak candidly about their experiences at the forefront of their area of expertise. A student interviews the guest during the second half of the program. The series is webcast live around the world and is available for future viewing. Building a Better City: A Conversation with Mayor Steve Benjamin. Interviewer: Jeffrey Sánchez, former Massachusetts state representative Leadership in Our Times: A Conversation with Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman. Interviewer: Meredith Rosenthal, C. Boyden Gray Professor of Health Economics and Policy Medicine, Academia, and the Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Conversation with Dr. Fadlo Khuri. Interviewer: Howard Koh, Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership Improving the Public’s Health: A Conversation about Leadership with Dr. Leana Wen. Interviewer: Leonard Marcus, lecturer on public health practice Conversation with Subramaniam Sathasivam, Malaysian Minister of Health (2013–2018) and Minister of Human Resources of Malaysia (2008–2013). Interviewer: Rifat Atun, professor of global health systems SELECTED FORUM EVENTS 2019–2020 The Forum at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is a live webcasting series that provides decision makers with a global platform to discuss policy choices and scientific controversies, allowing participants to leverage their collective knowledge. The Coronavirus Outbreak: Tracking COVID-19. Featuring Anthony Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases The Vaping Debate and Health: Evidence and Unknowns. Featuring Karen Hacker, director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC Curbing Gun Violence: Strategies for Change. Featuring Mike McLively, senior staff attorney and director, Urban Gun Violence Initiative, Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence; Chana Sacks, internist, Massachusetts General Hospital, instructor in medicine, Harvard Medical School, and co- founder, Mass General Gun Violence Prevention Coalition; and Ted Strickland, 68th Governor of Ohio Life Experiences and Income Inequality in the U.S. Featuring Katherine Newman, interim chancellor, University of Massachusetts–Boston; and Ben Spoer, manager of metrics and analytics, City Health Dashboard Project Drug-Resistant Infections: Confronting an Escalating Crisis. Featuring Helen Boucher, director, Tufts Center for Integrated Management of Antimicrobial Resistance and professor of medicine, Tufts Medical Center; Lauri Hicks, director, Office of Antibiotic Stewardship, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Kevin Outterson, executive director, CARB-X (Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator) and professor of law, Boston University End-of-Year Report | 18 Report End-of-Year Correspondent Jonathan LaPook. Epstein, Professor EricRubin, Former DeanHarveyFineberg, andCBSNews ChiefMedical England Journal ofMedicine, featuringAssistantProfessor Caroline Buckee, Professor Arnold On April 21,theSchoolpresentedsymposiumjointlysponsored avirtual withtheNew COVID-19: WhereDoWe GofromHere? Health inAfrica. withtheHarvard The Center eventwas co-hosted forAfrican Studies. Control andPrevention, fortheinaugural Joseph S. Lecture Agyepong onPublic Distinguished On March 5, theSchoolwelcomed John Nkengasong, director oftheAfrica Centers forDisease Africa’s IntegrationAgenda:NeedforaNewPublicHealthOrder inequalities andinjusticesperpetuatedbytheslave trade intheUnited States. 400Yearsof publichealthtoobserve ofInequality, acknowledgingthesystemic andpersistent the 400-year ofU.S. anniversary slavery. This ofabroader eventwas part movementacross schools and African American Studies, andformer deanofHarvard College, foraroundtable discussionon of Science, Barbara GutmannRosenkrantz Professor ofScience, oftheHistory professor ofAfrican Association, Brazilian StudentAssociation, andChineseStudents ScholarsAssociation. Organization, Harvard ChanStudentOrganization fortheArts inPublicHealth, SouthAsiaStudents Student Forum, Native American StudentOrganization, StudentClub ofJapan, ASEAN Student snacks, music,activities, andmore. Participating studentorganizations included theAfrica Health Affairs. Now year, initsfourth CultureFest celebrates thediversity of theSchoolcommunity with on October10, 2019, tocelebrate CultureFest, anannualevent organized bytheOfficeforStudent Members oftheHarvard Chancommunity and theirfamiliesandfriends gathered inKresge Cafeteria CultureFest are somehighlights. This year, Harvard Chan’s 33recognized studentorganizations heldmore than100events. Below Student Organizations wellness programs andfinancialemotionalsupport. through awiderange ofeducational,cultural, andsocialprogramming andresources, aswell as The OfficeforStudentAffairs thestudentexperienceatSchool works toenrichandsupport STUDENTS

End-of-Year Report | 19 End-of-Year Report | 20 community, enabling 115studentstoattend atnocost. only itssecondyear, thefundraised more than$4,000 ingiftsfrom thegenerous Harvard Chan beunable toattend. tickets In tostudentswhowouldotherwise 2020,fund toprovide no-cost in students, regardless oftheir financialcircumstances, theOfficecreated afaculty andstaff gift cost may causefinancialhardship. To ensure theWinter Ballexperienceisavailable to all reasonable tokeep ticket efforts pricesforWinter Balllow, butrecognizes thatforsome, any in Cambridge, withmore than350studentsattending. The OfficeforStudentAffairs makes year formany students. The eventwas heldinJanuaryattheSheraton Commander Hotel Winter Ball is oneoftheOfficeforStudentAffairs’ signature eventsandisahighlightof the Harvard ChanWinterBall thegroupthe wonderfulstaffwhocooked andsupported atCardigan Lodge. providingparticipants extremely positivefeedbackaboutboththeHikers Clubleadershipand board gamesinthelodge, andhomeworkinthedininghall.The tripwas ahugesuccess, with advanced. Two fulldays ofactivitiesculminatedinabonfire withmusicatthegroup campsite, hikes andtheannualposthike “polar plunge.” Hiker experiencelevelsranged from beginnerto Lodge. Participants tookadvantage ofthemany activitiesinthearea, includingavariety of group inbunksattheAppalachian campsiteorsleepingcomfortably Mountain Club’s Cardigan western New Hampshire. Thirty-two studentsandfriends spenttwo nightseithercampingata In October, theHarvard ChanHikers Cluborganized aweekend outingtoMount Cardigan, in Harvard ChanHikersClubExcursion Students atthe2020 WinterBall creativity asstudentspainted. cookies, brownies, andhotchocolatetofuel paints, supplies, andallotherarts alongwith The studentorganizations provided canvases, paint acolorfulBostonskyline, stepbystep. taughtsome30studentstoan instructor a nightofguidedpainting. At thisfree event, a mentalhealthbreak from studyingtoenjoy collaborated onPaint Night toofferstudents Organization fortheArts inPublicHealth Association andtheHarvard ChanStudent In February, theHarvard T.H. ChanStudent Paint Night requirements facedahealthcrisis. during atimeinwhichtheirpartner astudentwhoneeded extra and supporting helptocompletealloftheiracademicandpracticum housing insecurity andmentalhealth distress that affectedtheiracademicsandoverall well-being, Examples ofCare Team includedworkingcloselywithastudentexperiencing foodand interventions causedbytheCOVID-19 duringthespringsemester becauseofthedisruptions important pandemic. applications totheStudentEmergency Fund onanas-neededbasis, whichbecameespecially termandothersfortheentiresome fortheshort academicyear. In addition,theCare Team reviewed protocols. academicyear, the2019–2020 During theCare Team monitored students, andsupported action toprovide apathway toacademicsuccess. This workinturninformsrevisions topoliciesand each studentcase, systematically identifying andassessingthemrecommending coursesof study. The teammeetsregularly throughout theyear tocollaboratively andthoughtfullyconsider students encounteringchallengesthataffecttheirability toeffectivelyengageintheirprogram of andUniversity services to facilitateaccesssupport resources—works holisticallytosupport composed ofadministrators touchingdifferent facetsofthestudentexperienceandworkingtogether which studentsare abletothriveintheirpursuitofadvancing thepublic’s health. The Care Team— The Care Team theSchool’s was establishedin2018tosupport missiontofosteranenvironment in Care Team Emergency Fund, whichismanagedbytheOfficeforStudentAffairs. situations. Unlike withaloan,students are notexpectedtorepay awards from theStudent demanding academicrequirements withunanticipatedoremergency financial whilestruggling temporary, short-term financialassistancetostudentsindegree programs whoare managing address theseneeds, infall2019theSchoolestablishedStudentEmergency Fund to provide The students. Schoolhasseenagrowthfundingtosupport intheneedfordiscretionary To Student EmergencyFund academicyear.students inthe2019–2020 students andthebroader studentbody. Beloware selectedareas inwhichtheofficesupported The OfficeforStudentAffairs provides several meansofensuringthewell-being ofindividual Student Support students share piecesreflecting short theirpersonaljourneys. Roughly 70studentsgathered inKresge Cafeteria overfoodandrefreshments tolistenadozen presented ChanStudentTalks, aneventdesignedtopromote peerlearning, sharing, andfun. In earlyMarch, theHarvard T.H. ChanStudentAssociationandtheOfficeforAffairs Chan Student Talks

End-of-Year Report | 21 Shattuck International House Resident Community Advisers continued to play an essential role in cultivating the supportive and engaged community that makes Shattuck International House feel like home for residents. In addition to planning annual social events such as the Welcome BBQ, Lunar New Year Celebration, and potlucks, these advisers developed new programming opportunities focused on student well-being. During Fall 2 semester finals, they piloted Shattuck’s first Wellness Week, a curated schedule of events to help support students through the week of exams. Programming included study breaks and stress-relief activities, fortified with plenty of coffee and tea. During the spring semester, the advisers organized a community discussion on racial bias faced by Asian and Asian American individuals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This collaboration with the Harvard University Police Department and Harvard University Health Services’ Counseling and Mental Health Services provided Shattuck residents an opportunity for open discussion, peer support, and practical tips for safety and self-care.

Graduate Student Learning Support The Office for Student Affairs works to holistically support students who are experiencing difficulties and to ensure the general well-being of the student body. Students who have been successful in the past may find themselves unable to handle some of the particular academic demands of graduate school. The Graduate Student Learning Support program is designed to assist students who are struggling with academic and learning issues and for whom content- based tutoring has been ineffective. These issues may include difficulty in absorbing new material, completing academic work, or understanding reading materials; anxiety about quantitative skills, writing, or test taking; and reluctance to speak in class. Through strategic intervention, Graduate Student Learning Support helps students overcome academic hurdles before they become insurmountable. Individuals who benefited from the support during the past year include incoming students who were overwhelmed by unfamiliar courses such as biostatistics; students with learning disabilities such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and mental health diagnoses; those struggling with time management and study skills; and those who had personal challenges such as family issues and COVID-19. End-of-Year Report | 22 Report End-of-Year Wellness Programs was awarded.support receivedapplications forsupport through March 2020, 12were approved andatotalof$4,272 in though asinglefundingsource administered bytheOfficeforStudentServices. Ofthe27student The fundalsoaimstoensure equity andtocentralize andstreamline theprocess forstudents inororganizecosts toparticipate activitiesthatcontributetotheirprofessional development. such asseminars, panels, andsymposiums. The goalofthefundistoreduce individualstudents’ presenting atprofessional conferences ordevelopmentseminarsandorganizing theirownevents, incocurricular toparticipate andacademicexperiences,of opportunities suchasattending or Professional Fund. DevelopmentSupport Harvard Chanstudentsare eagertotake advantage In fall2019, was pleasedtoannounceanewpilotfund,the theOfficeforStudentServices Professional DevelopmentSupportFundforStudents between stress and burnoutandways toaddress itandstay motivated. Advancement workshopthatwillfocusondistinguishingthedifference inthis virtual Description: Join presenters from theOfficeforStudentAffairs andtheOfficeforCareer Burnout(collaborationExtinguishing withOfficeof Career Advancement), March 2020 self. best back tofeelinglike your usage hacks, breathing exercises, andmore. With thesesimplebuteffectivetools, you canget like orhowbusyyou are. We’ll discussspecificstrategies includingnutritiontips, technology and performance. You’ll discoverhow tomake lastingchangesnomatter whatyour lifelooks Description: This workshopfocuses onstress andsleep, andtheimpactbothhave onourhealth Stress Less, SleepMore, February 2020 Murphy Brown, MPH-65; andKelechi Okereke, MPH-65. Reception tofollow. Art andHealing; Matthew Lee, ofEmpiricalResearch, Director Human FlourishingProgram; and isolation,thenengageinadiscussionwithDr. Jeremy Nobel, Founder ofThe Foundation of Description: You are invited tojoinusaswe screen filmsthat explore powerful short loneliness Creativity, Connection &Health: ExploringLonelinessatHarvard Chan,November 2019 placement here atHarvard. show you ways tocombattheseimposterthoughtsandhelpyou becomemore confidentinyour fraud that‘got lucky.’ Feelings like thisare incredibly commonatallstages. This workshopwill syndrome canmake ithard foryou tobelieveinyour ownsuccess, convincing you thatyou’re a thoughts atOvercoming Imposter Syndrome: AConversation withDr. Monik Jiménez. Imposter the admissionsorsearch committee madeamistake? You’re notalone!Learntocopewiththese Description: Doyou everfeellike afraud? Like you don’t belongatHarvard? Are you sure that Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, October2019 the Graduate Specialist, StudentLearningSupport Ginny Zanger, EdD, andpanelofstudents. some tipsandtricksonstrategically managingyour timethrough aninteractive workshopledby Description: Having difficulty keeping upwithclassesandoutsideresponsibilities? Come learn Time Management 101,October2019 following: in StudentNews. Wellness programs academicyear includedthe offered inthe2019–2020 and gamesintheKresge Atrium, Countway Cuddles (time withtherapy dogs),andreminders finals setofprograms thatincludesdailycoffeebreaks, hours, drop-in learningsupport coloring determine thetopicsandtimelinefortheseprograms. exams, During we offerastress-free- success andwell-being. We considerthegraduate studentlifecycle andcurrent needsto The OfficeforStudentAffairs developsandcollaborates onprogramming topromote students’

End-of-Year Report | 23 End-of-Year Report | 24 FACULTY ◊ academic year: We were alsopleasedtoappointthe followingfaculty member, whowilljoinusinthenext ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ the School: This pastacademicyear, faculty members to primary wewere delightedtowelcomethefollowingnew Appointments andPromotions Rui Assistant Professor Duan, ofBiostatistics, ofBiostatistics Department Molecular Metabolism of Molecular Metabolism, of Department Sheng (Tony) Hui, Assistant Professor Health Health, ofEnvironmental Department Computational BiologyandEnvironmental Adam Haber, AssistantProfessor of Diseases ofImmunologyDepartment andInfectious Immunology andInfectious Diseases, Smita Gopinath,AssistantProfessor of of Health Policy andManagement Health Policy andManagement, Department Jose Figueroa, MD’11,AssistantProfessor of of SocialandBehavioral Sciences Social andBehavioral Sciences, Department Erin Driver-Linn, PhD’01,Lecturer on Environmental Health Developmental Biology, of Department Winkler AssistantProfessor ofCell and Douglas G. Brownfield, Mark andCatherine Epidemiology, ofEpidemiology Department Andrew Beam,AssistantProfessor of Sarah Fortune Jane Kim science andPhDdegrees from theHarvard ChanSchool. named DeanforAcademic Affairs. Sheholdsmasterof ofHealththe Department Policy andManagement, was Diseases, replaced Rubin aschairofthedepartment. Given Professor ofImmunology andInfectious and NEJMgroup. Sarah Fortune, theJohn LaPorte editor-in-chief oftheNew EnglandJournal ofMedicine Immunology andInfectious Diseases, was named ofInfectious andchairoftheDepartment Diseases Irene Heinz Given Professor ofImmunology and faculty leadershipchanges. EricRubin, formerlythe academicyear broughtThe two 2019–2020 major Jane Kim, professor ofhealthdecisionsciencein ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ Biostatistics Professor ofBiostatistics, of Department Briana Joy Kennedy Stephenson, Assistant Sciences ofSocialandBehavioralDepartment Professor ofSocialandBehavioral Sciences, Shoba Ramanadhan,SD’08, Assistant ofGlobalHealthDepartment andPopulation of thePractice ofPublicHealth Leadership, Muhammad Ali Pate, Julio Frenk Professor Biostatistics, ofBiostatistics Department Rachel C.Nethery, AssistantProfessor of Epidemiology, ofEpidemiology Department Michael J. Mina,AssistantProfessor of Policy andManagement Economics andPolicy, ofHealth Department Ellen Meara, PhD’99, Professor ofHealth Nutrition Genomic Epidemiology, of Department Kyu Ha Lee, AssistantProfessor ofIntegrative ◊ ◊ ◊ promotions: In addition,wecelebrated thesewell-deserved

Epidemiology, ofEpidemiology Department Lorelei Mucci, SD’03, Professor of ofGlobalHealthDepartment andPopulation Margaret Kruk, Professor ofHealth Systems, of Health Policy andManagement Health Policy andManagement, Department Delia Wolf Christiani, SeniorLecturer on ◊ ◊

Health Policy andManagement on Health Care Management, of Department Richard Siegrist,MBA ’82,SeniorLecturer Policy andManagement Health Management, ofHealth Department Laurie Pascal, MPH’95, SeniorLecturer on

End-of-Year Report | 25 End-of-Year Report | 26 ◊ ◊ This pastacademicyear, wewere delightedtowelcomethefollowingresearch scientiststotheSchool: Appointments andPromotions addressing someoftheworld’s mostintractable publichealthproblems. The Harvard ChanSchoolboastsawealth ofexceptional research scientistsdedicatedto RESEARCH SCIENTISTS ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ In addition, we celebrated these well-deserved promotions: In addition,wecelebrated thesewell-deserved

Department ofBiostatistics Department Victor Barrera Burgos, Research Scientist, of Environmental Health Elisa Ghelfi,Research Scientist,Department Management ofHealthDepartment Policy and Austin Frakt, SeniorResearch Scientist, Diseases ofImmunologyDepartment andInfectious Eunyoung Chun,Research Scientist, Diseases ofImmunologyDepartment andInfectious Michael Chao, PhD’11, Research Scientist, ofBiostatistics Department Ethan Cerami, Principal Research Scientist, Health ofEnvironmentalScientist, Department Jonathan Buonocore, SD’13, Research ofNutritionDepartment Kjetil Bjornevik,Research Scientist, ofBiostatisticsScientist, Department James Billingsley, PhD’06, Research Sciences ofSocialandBehavioralDepartment Mesfin Bekalu,Research Scientist, Department ofBiostatistics Department Eric Franzosa, SeniorResearch Scientist, Management ofHealthScientist, Department Policy and Nicole Campos, PhD’11,SeniorResearch Health ofEnvironmentalScientist, Department Jane Burns, SD’05, SeniorResearch ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊

Nutrition Jun Li,Research of Scientist,Department ofMolecularDepartment Metabolism Anne Lanjuin,Research Scientist, ofMolecularDepartment Metabolism Zon Weng Lai,Research Scientist, ofEnvironmentalDepartment Health Rachel Grashow, Research Scientist, Management ofHealthDepartment Policy and Leigh Graham, Research Scientist, Scientist, Department ofBiostatistics Scientist, Department Svitlana Tyekucheva, SeniorResearch ofBiostatistics Department Mehmet Samur, SeniorResearch Scientist, ofBiostatistics Department John Hutchinson, SeniorResearch Scientist, ofEnvironmentalDepartment Health Yohann Grondin, SeniorResearch Scientist, ofEpidemiology Department Julia Wei Wu, SD’13, Research Scientist, ofBiostatistics Department Jeremy Wilkinson, Research Scientist, Health ofEnvironmentalScientist, Department Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Research of Health Policy andManagement Linda Vesel, Research Scientist,Department Studies Center forPopulation andDevelopment Julia Rohr, Research Scientist,Harvard ofEnvironmentalDepartment Health Ronald Panganiban, Research Scientist, ofEnvironmentalDepartment Health Jennifer Mitchel,Research Scientist, and administrative programs atLandmark. input, identifying priority areas, anddevelopingrecommendations forsolutionsregarding space faculty,members ofthetaskforce—including staff, andadministrators—have beencollecting The firstmeetingoftheLandmarkTask Force convened inJune 2019. Overthepastyear, LANDMARK TASK FORCE engaged intheirgiving, andfrom animpressive number offaculty, staff, andfriends. theSchoolreceivedeffort, giftsfrom anumberofalumniwho hadnotpreviously givenorwhore- which offered onGivingDay. afundingmatchbasedonalumni participation Asaresult ofthis 13-person Alumni GivingCommittee helpedsecure foranAlumni partners Giving Challenge, Day, heldonMarch 4, 2020. Together withtheAlumni Council andotheralumnidonors, the Generous, MPH’17, tooktheleadinplanningandexecution oftheSchool’s inaugural Giving friends. This year, theAlumni GivingCommittee, chaired byPaula Ivey Henry, SM’95, andNick chair since2017andwas succeededbyFred Foulkes infall2019. succeeded byBenjaminEdmandsinfall2019. asNutrition StaceyBellhadserved Round Table aschairoftheHealthwho hadserved Policy andManagement Executive Council since2007, was Dean’s Advisors, willbesucceededbySrivanas Sastry, MD, MPH’90, inJuly 2020. Jeannine Rivet, year. Matthew fortheBoard of McLennan asinaugural andLisaSchwartz, co-chairs whoserved members. Several Harvard ChanSchoolvolunteercommittees have welcomed newchairsthis strong andengagement,advisingonrecruitment andonboarding participation ofnew purpose ofvolunteerismfortheSchool,planningandagenda developmentformeetings, ensuring the OfficeforExternalRelations, withresponsibilities thatincluderepresenting thevision and committees andboard for theSchool’s are criticalpartners particularly academicleadersand asambassadors,the School,nearly300volunteersserve advocates, donors, andpartners. counsel tofaculty andadministrative leadersbefore andduringtheCOVID-19 pandemic.Across They quicklyadoptedremote technologiesandcontinuedtoprovide insightandstrategic have demonstrated steadfastcommitmentandadmirable flexibility asadvisers. intheirservice The Schoolcontinuestobegrateful fortheleadershipanddedicationofitsvolunteers, who VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT bookclubinMaythe globeandlaunchedanewvirtual 2020. Connectors—to increase alumniengagementinsmallerregionsopportunity—Global around fieldofpublic health.The Alumnievery Associationalsocreated anewalumnivolunteer connections withoneanotherandtheSchoolhighlightingworkofalumniin president initiatedtwo newvolunteer-led committees, withthegoalsofstrengthening alumni School alumnichapterofWashington, D.C., electednewofficers, andtheAlumni Council health careers thinkabouttheirbroader visionfortheirprofessional future. The Harvard Chan Career BootCamp inWashington, D.C., designedtohelpalumniworkinginmidlevelpublic alumni-focused events, includingregional eventshostedbytheAlumni Associationanda friends oftheSchoolfortwo days ofnetworking andlearning. False ScienceHarms thePublic’s Health, brought together more than130alumni,students, and and ontheSchool’s BostoncampusinOctober. The theme, Misinfodemics:How theSpread of academicyear fortheannualAlumni Weekend,beginning ofthe2019–2020 heldinCambridge and passionforsolvingbigproblems andliftinglives. Many alumnireturned tocampusatthe The community ofmore than14,000 alumniembodiestheSchool’s commitmenttopublichealth ALUMNI COMMUNITY The School’s more than200alumnivolunteersare among it’s mostdedicatedandloyal volunteerplays role, animportant While every theindividualswholeadrespective Throughout theacademicyear, more than1,000 Harvard ChanSchoolgraduates attended

End-of-Year Report | 27 End-of-Year Report | 28 Diversity andInclusion equitable, andinclusiveenvironmentforstudents,faculty,staff. Diversity andInclusionwillplayapivotalroleinensuringdiverse, of DiversityandInclusionaswelltheDean’s AdvisoryCommitteeon organizational learningandcapacitybuilding.BarbosawillleadtheOffice focuses onstrategicdiversityleadership,professionaldevelopment,and at Lesley University,inCambridge,Massachusetts,wherehisresearch and isaPhDcandidateintheHumanDevelopmentLeadership program education andstudentaffairsadministrationfromtheUniversityofVermont on June1,2020. Barbosaholdsamasterofeducationdegreeinhigher assumed thepositionofchiefdiversity,inclusion,andbelongingofficer The SchoolwasdelightedtowelcomeAmarildo“Lilu”Barbosa,who Section 3: campus climateforallmembersofthecommunity. best practices,servingasanadvisertocreateamorevibrantandsupportive curriculum. HewillalsocollaborateacrosstheUniversitytolearnandshare deepening discussionsaboutdiversity,inclusion,andrelatedissuesinthe faculty, andstudentsfromunderrepresentedgroups;expanding around effortssuchasrecruitment,retention,anddevelopmentofstaff, resource planning,reporting,policy,andpracticedevelopment;prioritization classroom, oncampus, andwithinscholarship. to cultivateandfoster acultureofbelongingandinclusioninthe public healthpractice dependsonintentionalandcollectiveefforts understanding. Theexcellence oftheSchool’s academicresearchand race, ethnicity,gender, andsexualitytofosterdialogue,growth, education, andawarenesstoaddresssystemic inequitiessurrounding Office ofDiversityandInclusioncontinuesto provideadvocacy,social faculty, andacademicappointeesfrommore than40countries,andthe across theworld.TheSchoolcommunityincludes students,staff, while protectingandpromotingthehealthof vulnerablepopulations contributes toshapingthecultureandexperiencesofthoseoncampus on thefollowing pages. Barbosa’s responsibilitiesincludevisiondevelopment;strategicand The HarvardChanSchoolvaluesthepowerthatadiversecommunity Selected activitiesfrom the2019–2020academicyeararedescribed in theUnitedStates.” — surrounding racistevents,anti-Blackracismspecifically,andsystemic supported intheirpreparationsupported toapply fordoctoral programs inepidemiology, biostatistics, or Chan doctoral program. Successful graduates of thePredoctoral Scholarsprogram willbe their academic developmentandincreasing theirprospect of beingacceptedintoaHarvard groups andoffersanopportunity forthemtoobtainamaster’s degree whilealsosupporting the Harvard ChanSchool.This studentsfrom initiativesupports underrepresented minority academic year toenhancethepipelineofstudentsinterested inobtainingadoctoral degree at The Donald Hopkins Predoctoral ScholarsProgram was launchedduringthe2019–2020 (Predoctoral Pipeline) Donald HopkinsPredoctoralScholarsProgram fellows completingPhDprograms atHarvard, Yale, andColumbia. strong pipelineintovarious competitivepublichealthdoctoral programs, withformerFACETS at theHarvard ChanSchooltocontinuetheiracademicstudies. The program hasalsocreated a testament totheprogram’s success, several FACETS alumnihave beenacceptedintoandenrolled also engaginginacademicsessionstoincrease theircompetitivenessforgraduate school.In a the program istoprovide tobuildtheirresearch ourfellowswithopportunities skillswhile global healthandpopulation,epidemiology, nutrition,orenvironmental health.The goalof interest, whichmay includesocialandbehavioral sciences, healthpolicyandmanagement, fellows workonaresearch project withaHarvard Chanfaculty memberinaselectedarea of for undergraduate studentsfrom underrepresented minority groups across thecountry. FACETS program. This six-week program provides academicandprofessional enrichmentopportunities Enrichment Training inScience(FACETS), ODI’s undergraduate pipelinetopublichealth Two thousandnineteenmarked thesixthyear ofFostering Advancement andCareers through (Undergraduate Pipeline) Fostering AdvancementandCareersthroughEnrichmentTraining inScience DIVERSITY RECRUITMENTINITIATIVES School believesisessentialtopreparing leadersinthefieldofpublichealth. self-awareness perspectives—afoundationtheHarvard andunderstandingofcross-cultural Chan and faculty whoguidetheworkshopswithintentionofincreasing participants’ capacity for values we bringtoourwork.The facilitatorsofthesesessionsincludereturning students, staff, conscious dialogueaboutourracial andcultural differences, livedexperiences, andbeliefs incoming studentstheopportunity toexplore thecommonbondswe share andengageincritically health educationandpractice: culture, power, privilege, andsocialjustice. These workshopsallow students aneight-hour seriesofstructured workshopsdesignedtodiscusstopicscentral topublic new-studentDuring orientation,theOffice ofDiversity andInclusion (ODI) offersmatriculating PERSONAL CAPACITY BUILDINGFORPUBLICHEALTH EDUCATION AND PRACTICE SELF, SOCIAL,ANDGLOBAL AWARENESS: questions about—particularlyduringthistimeofcrisis we arefeeling,experiencing,andhavingthoughts awareness. We alsomustcreatespacestoprocesswhat and unspokennorms,aswelldeepeningourself- means examining oursystems,practices, andspoken we mustengagethisworkinmultipledimensions.This “In workingtobuildananti-racistcultureandsystems, Amarildo “Lilu”Barbosa,ChiefDiversity,Inclusion,andBelongingOfficer

End-of-Year Report | 29 End-of-Year Report | 30 DrPH studentBryanBuckleysnapsaselfiewithcolleaguesattheFebruary2020DoctoralReception. issues, includingorganizational andcampus climate, career development, bias-related bystander The monthlyprofessional developmentand networking lunchseriesfocusesonstaff-identified environment forstafffrom underrepresented groups working attheHarvard ChanSchool. The Lunch ’n’ LearnSerieswas launchedin2017 tocreate amore welcoming andinclusive Staff DiversityandLeadership continue torefine theirscholarlycraft andtoincrease retention rates attheSchool. overcoming publishing biases. These workshopsare juniorfaculty designedtosupport ofcolorto project results andideas;balancingteaching, research, managingupandacross; and andservice; faculty membersacross several academicdepartments. Workshop topicsincludeddisseminating collaboration, belonging, andinclusion. These workshops were facilitatedbyseniorHarvard Chan for juniorfaculty from underrepresented groups andhelpedtodevelop asenseofcommunity, Thecolor standasacornerstoneforthiseffort. workshopsdelivered thispastyear were designed faculty, thought,andexperiences. Giventheir foundationalrole inouracademicmission,faculty of acommunity dependonoursuccessinrecruiting andsupporting ofdiverse anddiscovery inquiry The academicexcellence oftheHarvard ChanSchool anditsability tofulfillourmissionofcritical Faculty DevelopmentandLeadership Workshops CULTURE ANDCLIMATE Lancet, andtheBritishMedical Journal. seven asfirstauthor, inhigh-impactjournalssuchastheNew EnglandJournal ofMedicine, The recognition newfrontier inthisimportant ofstudy. Shehaspublishednineacademicproducts, as thekeynote speaker atseveral conferences, advancing hernationalandinternational further research focusedontheintersectionofclimatechange, health,andhealthcare andhasserved as theypursuetheiracademiccareers. Yerby Our2019–2020 fellow, Renee Salas, conducts underrepresented groups toadvance andenhancetheirprofessional skillsandresearch expertise The Yerby Fellowship Program isdesignedforpostdoctoral scholars from historically Yerby FellowshipProgram(FacultyPipeline) academicyear.are enteringtheprogram forthe2020–2021 academicyear,as two intheprogram studentsparticipated inthe2019–2020 andfourstudents probability ofstudentsuccess. This program willstrengthen anddiversify thepublichealthfield, staff mentorshipandmonthlyprofessional workshops andseminarsintendedtoincrease the master’s anddoctoral degrees withinfiveyears. In addition,theprogram provides faculty and global healthandpopulation.These studentsthushave thepossibility ofearningHarvard Chan in Leadership, andHarvard ChanSouthAsiaStudentsAssociation. Library, Harvard Medical SchoolOfficeforDiversity Inclusion andCommunity Partnership, Women year: BlackStudentHealth Organization, LatinxStudentsinPublicHealth Association,Countway academic andcollaboratedfellows supported withthefollowingorganizations duringthe2019–2020 topics includingwomen’s health,gender, sexuality, religion, racism, andcommunity engagement.EDI fellows were proactive andresponsive toward providing spacefordialogue, education,andhealingon including panels, discussions, social-awareness campaigns, andcommunity-building events. OurEDI past academicyear, EDIfellowsorganized anddelivered awiderange ofstudent-facing programs, deeply invested inaddressing issuesattheintersectionofpublichealthandsocialjustice. the During ODI ishometotheEquity, Diversity, andInclusion (EDI)fellows, ofstudentswhoare acohort Equity, Diversity,andInclusionFellowship than 50staffmembersfrom across theSchool. the Career You Deserve. The seriesconvenes from Septemberthrough May andincludesmore interventions, andmentoring. themewas Standingup:Positioning The 2019–2020 Yourself for program thisspring, was cutshort as schoolsclosedinresponse totheCOVID-19 pandemic. vital signs, andpresenting workshopsonnutrition andpediatriciancareer exploration. The students,school science clubs designedformiddle-school teachingninthgraders howtocheck academic year, ofafter- membersprovided tostudentsthrough department support thedelivery programs inHarvard’s hostcommunities, includingthecity ofBoston. In the2019–2020 theHarvard ofEnvironmentalODI supports ChanDepartment Health inhighschooleducation Environmental HealthEducation Program K–8 Preparatory School,andRoxbury School. Charter at theEdward M.Kennedy Academy forHealth Careers, Fenway HighSchool,Maurice J. Tobin assciencefairjudges,staff andstudentsserved career coaches, tutors, educators, andmentors as we continuetodevelopandfosterrelationships withBostonPublicSchools. Harvard Chan The Harvard ChanSchoolisdedicatedtobuildingeducational andpublichealthcareer pipelines Public SchoolsEngagement of Harvard celebrated theiraccomplishmentsduringacapstoneeventonNovember 7. Public Health Commission, SociedadLatina,Fenway Community Center, Tenants andRoxbury practitioners thispastacademicyear. Participants from organizations including theBoston program hastrained more than50community practitioners across sixcohorts, includingeight employees,health department andpractitioners from community-based organizations. The public healthtraining. activities buildtheskillsofcommunity Discussion-based activists, local strengthen existingcommunity healthinitiativesandempower individualsthrough introductory organizations. The eight-week LeadersinHealth Program attheHarvard ChanSchoolaimsto Activity attheHarvard ChanSchooltobuildthecapacity oflocalcommunity-based withthePreventionODI continuestopartner Research Center onNutrition andPhysical Leaders inHealthCommunityCapacity-BuildingProgram EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT ANDPARTNERSHIPS in thecurriculum. culture, socialandprofessional networking opportunities, andsexualgenderminority health of concerntotheLGBTQ+ community attheSchool.Topics includedcampusclimateand inaugural Harvard ChanPride Forum, anopportunity togatheranddiscussinterests andissues students, faculty, andstafftheirallies. In lateFebruary, ODIandUnity the co-sponsored our community, asahomebaseforUnity, ODIserves aSchool-wide resource group forLGBTQ+ ofitscommitmenttoprovidingenvironmentAs part asafeandsupportive forallmembersof Unity

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The School’s capacity to develop and fund an exceptionally wide range of cutting-edge research is an engine that drives the advancement of our public health mission. End-of-Year Report | 32 Report End-of-Year Apple Women’s HealthStudy environmental exposures onhealth.Beloware examplesofNextGen projects from thepastyear. Sciences (NIEHS)Center forEnvironmental Health, whichstudiestheeffectsofcomplex and therapeutic toolsforhealthpromotion; andtheNational Institute ofEnvironmental Health Microbiome Research inMassachusetts, ofdiagnostic whosegoalistoaccelerate thediscovery public healthandeconomicdevelopmentintheMississippiDeltaregion; theBiobankfor network Consortium,including theDeltaDirections aninterdisciplinary focusedon improving projects, highlightedbelow, addstothemany collaborative projects already underway— problems andpropel publichealthintothenextcentury. Aseriesofexciting newresearch collaborations, andinnovations thatwillleadtosolvingtheworld’s mostcomplexpublichealth Through theNextGen Initiative, establishedin2019, theSchoolisembracing thetechnologies, NEXTGEN INITIATIVE design andtesting ofvaccines andtherapeutics forawiderange ofdiseases. modelsofimmunity intelligence–powered thatcanbeusedtoacceleratewill developartificial the Project, aglobal,nonprofit, humanimmunology–based clinicalresearch The consortium. initiative and computationalsystems biology withtheresources oftheHuman and expertise Vaccines will bringtogetherHarvard inepidemiology, Chan Schoolexperts causalinference, immunology, immune system and accelerate thecreation ofeffectivevaccines, diagnostics, andtreatments. HII Immunomics Initiative (HII),aproject thataimstorevolutionize the understandingofthehuman The Harvard ChanSchoolhasjoinedforces with the Human Vaccines Project tolaunchtheHuman Human ImmunomicsInitiative applications forresearch grants, research. andfosteringinterdisciplinary with ongoingprojects, experiments, exploringearlyideasandpreliminary facilitating funding in Boston’s Longwoodmedicalcommunity. ChAMP iscommitted platformusers tosupporting be accessibletoresearchers from across Harvard andotherresearch institutions, including those focused onpromoting collaboration theadvancement ofresearch, andsupporting ChAMP will the boundariesofproteomics, lipidomics, andmetabolomics. SinceHarvard Chanscientists are determine thecompositionofbiologicalsystems suchascells, itwillallowthescientiststopush such asidentifying novelproteins orlipidsinasampleofblood.By helpingresearchers Thermo Fisher Scientific.The platformcanprovide highlydetailedanalyses ofsmallmolecules, developedby instruments massspectrometry Metabolism, ChAMPconsistsofstate-of-the-art Chan Advanced Platform,orChAMP. Multi-omics Housed ofMolecular intheDepartment In November 2019, scientistsacross the Schoolgotamajorupgrade totheirtoolbox:theHarvard ChAMP biostatistics; andDeanMichelleWilliams. ofEnvironmentalin theDepartment Health; Jukka-Pekka Onnela,associateprofessor of “JP” Mahalingaiah,Shruthi assistantprofessor ofenvironmental, reproductive, andwomen’s health of Reproductive Physiology, andprofessor ofenvironmental andoccupationalepidemiology; Russ Hauser, ofEnvironmental chair oftheDepartment Health, Frederick LeeHisaw Professor Harvard ChanSchoolfaculty involved inthestudyare Brent Coull, professor ofbiostatistics; products cycles, formenstrual riskassessment,andscreening ofgynecologicconditions. along withparticipants’ responses, survey willhelpinformthedevelopmentofinnovative data thatwomenenterintotheiriPhoneand/or Apple Watch through theApple Research app, the relationship between cycles, menstrual health,behavior, andhabits. The cycle-tracking menopause, syndrome. andpolycystic ovary The studyaimstoadvance theunderstandingof cyclescould have and gynecologicconditionsincludinginfertility, animpactonmenstrual Inc. demographic andNIEHStogainadeeperunderstandingofhowcertain lifestyle factors In thefirstlong-termresearch studyofsuchscaleandscope, theSchoolteamedupwithApple continued onpage 36

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US & GLOBAL/C-SUITE US AETNA EMPLOYEES US US/CEOs AND Impact Highlights: This map includes selected past EXECUTIVES FROM TOP Eileen McNeely - EH Eileen McNeely - EH SENIOR MANAGERS and current projects undertaken by the Harvard T.H. The 7 AUTO COMPANIES Well-Being Research Aduro Inc: Flourishing Eileen McNeely - EH Eileen McNeely - EH Program Measures CEO Well-being Survey Chan School of Public Health in North America. A Culture of Health: A Business Leadership US AND CANADA US Harvard Imperative Eric Rimm - NUT Eileen McNeely - EH Haptoglobin phe- VF Corporation: notype as a clinical Well-being in the Chan predictor of incident Supply Chain cardiovascular disease within the Action to US KOHLER Control Cardiovascu- HEADQUARTERS School’s lar Risk in Diabetes Eileen McNeely - EH (ACCORD) randomized clinical trial Kohler: Flourishing at Work in Work and in Life North America

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AGRICULTURAL EXPERI- NEW HAMPSHIRE - HPM Yonatan Grad - IID MEAD: Metal Exposure Anna Sinaiko - HPM Price, Spending, and FISHER FACTORY Jacqueline Bhabha SAN FRANCISCO, CA; MENTAL STATION; and Alzheimer’s Disease WORKERS - FXB NEW YORK CITY, NY NYC Department of BEVERLY, MA Decision-Making Utilization Impacts of MEXICO, CHINA, Eileen McNeely - EH Romani Realities in the Michael Barnett - HPM Health and Mental Flaminia Catteruccia Challenges and Needs Vertical Integration in MASSACHUSETTS, Massachusetts CAMBODIA, SRI LANKA/ Evaluating social United States Hygiene: Genomic epi- - IID for Health Insurance Improving Specialty demiology of Neisseria CONNECTICUT, LEVI STRAUSS impact domestically Care Delivery in the Testing the use of Exchange Enrollees FACTORY WORKERS gonorrhoeae in NYC VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS and abroad and the UTAH Safety Net with Natural Wolbachia bacteria for KENTUCKY, Eileen McNeely - EH leverage points to Morissa Henn- Language Processing malaria control PENNSYLVANIA, WEST BALTIMORE, MD Paul Biddinger - HPM Follow-up of well- maximize it Sobelson - HPM BOSTON, MA; Sara Bleich - HPM Puerto Rico Evacuees STANFORD, CA VIRGINIA, OHIO being measures Clinical Perspectives & LOS ANGELES, CA; NEW ATLANTA, GA; DULUTH, Evaluation of beverage in Massachusetts Sara Singer - HPM Vaughan Rees - SBS NOVA SCOTIA; Organizational Dynam- YORK, NY; MIAMI, FL; MN; WAYNE, WV; SAN Prospective Evaluation prices in Baltimore MEXICO CITY CANADA; USA ics Surrounding Youth TEXAS; NEW MEXICO Business and Boston’s FRANCISCO, CA MASSACHUSETTS Health of a Comprehensive Doug Dockery - EH Eric Rimm - NUT Suicide in Utah Gillian Knight Steel Meghan Venable- Smoke-Free Public OHIO/OWENS CORNING Anna Sinaiko - HPM Mexico Project III b: Eating frequency and - HPM Thomas - HPM Housing Policy in a EMPLOYEES; US/EYP Effects of Tiered Historical analysis of timing as a predictor UTAH CDC funding project: COLORADO Creative Placemaking: Multi-State Setting EMPLOYEES Physician Networks on air quality–related of developing type 2 David Hemenway Identifying Information Benjamin Sommers A tool for community Eileen McNeely - EH Health Care Use and CUBA health benefits in the diabetes - HPM Needs and Commu- - HPM resilience? INDIANA, OHIO Owens Corning & EYP: Provider Behavior Alberto Morales, population in Mexico Utah Firearm Suicide nication Channels for Assessing Public vs. Benjamin Sommers Health and Human Goodarz Danaei, City from 1990 to 2012 150 US NPR STATIONS Study Researching At Risk Private Health Insur- MOUND BAYOU, MS; - HPM Performance Index EAST FISHKILL, NY; Ankur Pandya - GHP Robert Blendon - HPM Populations During ance for Low-Income BIRMINGHAM, AL; (HaPi) BURLINGTON, VT; SAN Emergencies Adults Examining Alternative Access to medications MEXICO Robert Wood Johnson MASSACHUSETTS INDIANOLA, MS; Models of Medicaid JOSE, CA in Cuban moderate to Dalia Stern, Donna Foundation/Harvard Subu Subramanian GREENWOOD, MS; Expansion: Assessing VIRGINIA Francine Laden - EH high cardiovascular Spiegelman, Josiemer T.H. 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VersionVersion 1.1 1.1 / /July July 2019 2019 End-of-Year Report | 36 their firstgrant submissionsattheSchool. development assistanceandenhancedresearch administrationtoguidethemthrough supports year, theprogram hasreached 15newfaculty members, providing themwithfundingstrategy members oftheHarvard Chanresearch community. academic Pilotedduringthe2019–2020 them understandtheSchool’s administrative infrastructure, andempower themtosucceedas the program enablefaculty tothinkstrategically aboutbuildingtheirresearch portfolios, help system foreachnewfacultysupport member. The guidanceandresources provided through toprovideof mentorsandacademicdepartments anindividualizedresearch-development and Development(ORSD),OfficeofFaculty Affairs, andResearch Administration withthose The HOME:Grant Concierge Program integratesoftheOfficeResearch theefforts Strategy HOME PROGRAM incorporates sustainablepractices tohelpmodelhealthy urbanenvironments forthe21st century. ofthisinitiativeinvolvesOne part helpingdesignanewcity outsideBangkok, Thailand, that ofHealththe Department Policy andManagement andoneoftheworld’s leadingdesignexperts. Environmental Health andHuman Habitation, andPatrick Whitney, professor inresidence in The Healthy CitiesInitiative isledbyJohn Spengler, the Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Healthy CitiesInitiative funding and industry engagement.Eachsessionwas open toallfacultyfunding andindustry andfeatured faculty and new offeringsincluded two newnonfederal fundinginformationalpanels focusedonfoundation new programmatic resources designedto helpfaculty diversify theirresearch portfolios. These faculty chairs, academicyear, anddepartment inthe2019–2020 ORSDlaunchedanumberof In response torecommendations from theSchool’s Research Strategy Review andrequests from NONFEDERAL RESEARCHFUNDING DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP SERIES prevent transmission andtreat clinicaldisease. epidemiology ofandimmunologicalresponses toSARS-CoV-19 tobetter control, mitigate, and and useofmoderndiagnosticimmunologicaltoolstoadvance ourunderstandingofthe Immunology andInfectious Diseases. The project willaddress theneedfordevelopment Dynamics, andYonatan Grad, Melvin J. andGeraldine L.GlimcherAssistantProfessor of Marc Lipsitch, professor ofepidemiologyanddirector oftheCenter forCommunicable Disease SARS-CoV-19, isledbyMichaelMina,assistantprofessor ofepidemiology, withcollaborators Advanced Immunological andEpidemiological Tools inResponse totheGlobalThreat of in earlyMarch 2020, followingtheinitialoutbreak oftheCOVID-19 pandemic.The proposal, gather baselineandoutcomedata.The firstEmergency Response Research Award was made policy debateinwhichthere isalimitedwindowtooutbreak; ortoinformatime-sensitive wake ofanatural disaster;inthefaceofanemergent healthcrisis, suchasaninfectious-disease new program research isdesignedtosupport thatisneededin“real time”—for example, in the respond to, and,whenpossible, prevent adverseoutcomesinpublichealthemergencies. The with theobjectiveofensuringthatHarvard ChanSchoolcanrapidly andreliably detect, launched theDean’s Emergency Response Research Fund, anewinternalfundingmechanism general Acceleration Award application,whosedeadlinewas June 2020. and aSpecial COVID-19 Acceleration Award call.We expectmore proposals inresponse tothe teamsacrossindividuals andinterdisciplinary three award mechanisms:Activation, Incubation, value.of particular fundingcycle, In the2019–2020 ORSDreceived 55applicationsfrom research andtarget investment inareas where theSchool’s is expertise multidisciplinary Now initsthird year, theDean’s Fund forScientificAdvancement continuestoenablenovel RESEARCH FUND DEAN’S FUNDFORSCIENTIFICADVANCEMENT ANDDEAN’SEMERGENCY RESPONSE In additiontothefund’s internalgrant pipelineprogram, inJanuary2020theSchool Harvard-affiliated researchers, scientists, entrepreneurs, students, and others. across Harvard, creating strong communicationchannels, andhostingeventsthat bringtogether promoting cross-fertilization ofideasinhealthcare, developingaclearroad mapofresources organizational culture thatbringsinnovative ideasinhealthcare tofruition. Its workinvolves Harvard University andaffiliatedhospitalswas formedtoshare novelideasand promote an In 2019, ORSDjoinedtheHarvard Health Innovation Network, anorganization that spans HARVARD HEALTH INNOVATION NETWORK basedresearchdepartmentally platforms. automated biospecimenstorage facility, microbiome research platforms, andanumberofother multiple research platforms, includingresearch computing, theSchool’s Hamilton BiOS and improving coordination, collaboration, andvisibility. In 2019–2020, ORSDsupported Operations Group focusesonsharingbestpractices cores facilities forrunning andcore-like through theSchool’s platforms, research-enabling cores, facilities. andcore-like The Core access, improve efficiency, resource support generation, andenhancescientificadvancement administrative leaders, focusesonproviding overall strategic direction andguidancetoincrease new committees. The Research Committee, PlatformAdvisory composedofseniorfaculty and platformsatthe School.These areresearch-enabling efforts advanced with theguidanceoftwo aimed atensuringamore strategic approach todeveloping, supporting, andoperationalizing In 2019, ORSDlaunchedanewsetofinitiatives—bornouttheSchool’s research strategy— RESEARCH-ENABLING PLATFORM INFRASTRUCTURE foundation program officers. to helpjuniorfaculty effectivelycommunicatetheirresearch representatives toindustry and offered guidanceindevelopingan“elevator pitch” and“one-pager foranonexpert,” designed audiences. workshopfocusedoncommunicatingwithnonexpert Thetwo-part two sessions ofEnvironmentaldiversification, ORSDpartneredwiththeDepartment Health topilotanew In ofORSD’s addition,aspart juniorfaculty largertosupport inresearch efforts funding for Research, peerinstitutions, andexternalfunders(Pfizer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation). fromexperts theSchool,Harvard OfficeofTechnology Development,OfficeoftheVice Provost

End-of-Year Report | 37 Section 5: Education

The Office of Education is dedicated to fostering an environment that supports students’ personal, intellectual, and professional growth. Traditional teaching and learning took a detour beginning in March 2020 with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the University’s guidelines designed to ensure the health and safety of students, faculty, and staff, the School shifted all teaching and learning online beginning after spring break. Faculty quickly switched gears to prepare their courses to be held online, and students—most of whom had scattered to their hometowns across the country and around the globe— adapted to learning remotely. Highlights from the Office of Education appear below. End-of-Year Report | 38 Report End-of-Year Foundation Learning Fellow ofMississippi,joinedtheRose Service cohort. students from thenewMississippiDeltapartnership, whowillworkwiththe Children’s ways toexpandthistype offieldeducation opportunity. In summer2020, two Harvard Chan and reflection Learning Fellowship thatthe Rose Service offers, theSchoolisexploring a learnerinthefield.In response tothepositivefeedbackabout community oflearning reflection forthefellows, whoare asked toshiftfrom asolutions-basedapproach tobecoming butisalsoasourcehealth worknotonlybenefits thecommunitiestheyare ofcritical serving plans toreduce loneliness amongelderlyindividualsinCalifornia. The students’ public surgical care. Another student,Kasley Killam, MPH’20, focused onintergenerational action SM ’20, worked in Pakistan tounderstandout-of-pocket expenditures forpatientsseeking of Kiribati healthy tosupport reefs through environmental testing, whileHaitham Shoman, and across theU.S. Haley Barravecchia, SM’20, partnered with fisheriesinthePacific island Fellowship program 16students incommunity-driven supported fieldworkaround theworld Completing itssecondyear ofstudentfellowship awards, Learning theRose Service ROSE SERVICELEARNINGFELLOWSHIP could useasa“resource portal” fortheentire academicyear. Education andLearningIncubator, Goldieprovided thestudentswithawebsite thatthey from thehealthandnonhealthsectors. With thehelp ofstafffrom theGlobalHealth epidemiological trends, equity andsocialdeterminantsofhealth,publichealthresponses to thinkcriticallyaboutpublichealth,includingpopulationhealthconditionsand the Center forHealth DecisionScience. The courseprovided aconceptualbasisforstudents the GlobalHealth EducationandLearningIncubator atHarvard University, anddirector of Professor ofPublicHealth ofHealth intheDepartment Policy andManagement, director of Foundations forPublicHealth, developedand taughtbySue Goldie, theRoger Irving Lee In fall2019, allincomingHarvard Chanstudentsbegantakinganewonlinecourse, FOUNDATIONS FORPUBLICHEALTH a globalpandemic.” strong, motivated,andreadytofacechallengesasboundless staff, andleadership—makingthisHarvardChancommunity their best,andtheyinstillthatsameresolutioninSchoolfaculty, beyond classroomwalls.Ourstudentspushoneanothertobe in anacademicexperiencethatexpands renowned facultyandtoimmersethemselves come tothisSchoolbechallengedbyour School students.Theyareresilient. I havelearnedsomuchaboutHarvardChan “In mysecondyearasDeanforEducation, —Erin Driver-Linn,DeanforEducation

End-of-Year Report | 39 End-of-Year Report | 40 prevent studentfoodinsecurity. series, andaspecialsectionfortheSchoolwebsite andstudenthandbookthatlistsresources tohelp Other ideasunderconsideration includedincreased financialcounseling resources, anevents representatives from thestudentandpostdoctoral associationsandvarious officesacross theSchool. day intheKresgebreakfast andlunch)every cafeteriaforjust$1each.The committee included Meal program—spearheaded byDeanMichelleWilliams—which offered two meals(oneeachat address theissue. This workincludedthesuccessfullaunch,inJanuary2020, oftheDaily Dollar Association, formedanadhocFood Insecurity Committee toidentify resources andsystems to time attheSchool,my foodran outandIdidn’t have moneytobuy more.” I couldbuy more,” and9percent responded “Sometimes” or‘”Oftentrue” my tothequestion“During myto thequestion“During timeattheSchool,Iworried outoffoodbefore aboutwhetherIwould run fall 2018andearly2020showed that22percent (outof644)responded “Sometimes” or‘”Oftentrue” near theendoftheirprograms. Summarized results across three graduatefieldedbetween exitsurveys on EducationalPolicy asked thatissenttoallstudents similarquestionsinthestandard exitsurvey food insecurity withintheSchool’s studentcommunity. results, Buildingonthesurvey theCommittee In fall2018, theHarvardtoevaluate theextentof ChanStudentAssociationconductedasurvey TACKLING FOODINSECURITY Chan Schooleducation. Student Services, and alumnusPhillipBlanc,MPH ’10, highlightingtheadvantages ofaHarvard included messages from chairsand program department directors, leadershipfrom theOfficeof outreach. The team’s firstmajor project was anemail campaigntoadmitted students, which improving recruitment tactics, includingdigitalmarketing, conference andemail participation, staff membersfrom admissionsand communications. The committee istasked withassessingand In 2019, theOfficeofEducationlaunchedMarketing andRecruitment Committee, ateamof MARKETING ANDRECRUITMENT COMMITTEE and family. Michelle Williams ledachampagnetoasttocelebrate thegraduates, whowere joinedbyfriends Graduation forstudentscompleting theirdegree requirements inNovember andDecember. Dean On December11,2019, the OfficeforStudentAffairs hostedtheSchool’s inaugural Winter WINTER GRADUATION Associate Dean for Student Services Robin Glover,Associate DeanforStudentServices togetherwiththeHarvard ChanStudent director andprogram faculty atNPLI. director oftheNational Preparedness LeadershipInitiative (NPLI),and EricMcNulty, associate public healthpractice ofHealth intheDepartment Policy andManagement andfoundingco- Times ofChange, whichtookplaceinJune. This program isledbyLeonard Marcus, lecturer on converted toasynchronous online formatwas LeadinginHealth Systems: Navigating Crisis and June 2020andis converting programs toonlineformatswhere possible. The firstprogram program movedtoafullyonlineformatwithmore than410learners. breaking enrollment of450learners. BecauseoftheCOVID-19 pandemic, however, the Felipe Fregni, associateprofessor ofepidemiology, was ontrack toexceed lastyear’s record- ofGlobalHealthDepartment andPopulation. Pascal joinedAtun inOmantodeliverthe program. Emirates. The program director was Rifat Atun, professor ofglobalhealthsystems inthe Council, includingleadersfrom Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman,SaudiArabia, andtheUnited Arab clinicians andsenioradministrators from member-countries intheMiddleEast GulfHealth collaboration withRamonCasadesus-Masanell ofHarvard BusinessSchool. of EconomicsandDemography ofGlobalHealth intheDepartment andPopulation, in Merck Vaccines. The program was ledbyDavid Bloom,Clarence James GambleProfessor the secondphaseofVaccine BusinessModel Innovation program forleadersfrom Management anddirector ofExecutive andContinuing Professional Education. McDonough, professor ofthepracticeHealth ofpublichealthintheDepartment Policy and Laurie Pascal, seniorlecturerofHealth intheDepartment Policy andManagement, andJohn implementationstrategies withintheir organizations.culture-of-health The program was ledby in12teamsfromparticipants corporate, nonprofit, andpublic-sectororganizations todevelop program, bytheRobert Wood supported Johnson Foundation, convened more than50 since 2018. Beloware academicyear. highlightsfrom the2019–2020 to draw thousandsoflearnersfrom atmore than5,500 around theworld—estimated learners The School’s Executive andContinuing Professional Education(ECPE)programs continued EXECUTIVE ANDCONTINUINGPROFESSIONALEDUCATION In October, incollaboration withHarvard BusinessSchool,ECPEdesignedanddelivered In September, theDrivingBusinessPerformance: Culture ofHealth forExecutive Teams In programs fact,ECPErescheduled from or postponedallon-campus March 2020through The hybrid on-campus/online Principles andPractice ofClinicalResearch program, ledby In December, we designedanddelivered aone-week program inOmanforhealthcare

End-of-Year Report | 41 Section 6: Academic Departments

The following pages include selected highlights from the wide array of extraordinary research and other accomplishments that have taken place in the School’s nine departments this past academic year, as reported by each department. End-of-Year Report | 42 Report End-of-Year Coronavirus 2019inWuhan, Disease China.” “Evolving EpidemiologyandImpact ofNon-Pharmaceutical Interventions ontheOutbreak of COVID-19research casesinWuhan, analyzinglab-confirmed China,asoutlinedinherpaper In March 2020, Xihong Linledwebinars fortheHarvard andMITcommunitiesdescribingher for Health Africa; insub-Saharan andtheHuman Microbiome BioactivesAnnual Symposium. in Cancer Immunology andImmunotherapy; workshop, avirtual Advancing QuantitativeMethods including the13thannualProgram inQuantitativeGenomicsconference QuantitativeChallenges the DonaldHopkins Predoctoral ScholarsProgram. The alsohostedseveral department events, andworkinggroup toimprovehealth survey well-being forstudents, andtheinaugural year of Women’s Health Study. Notable initiativesincludedthedepartment’s firststudent-led mental Pekka Onnelapartnered withcolleaguesfrom “JP” across theSchoolasinvestigators fortheApple andadjunctfacultyseveral members, secondary Brent joinedthedepartment. Coull andJukka- Biometric Society. Two newassistantprofessors, andBrianaStephenson,aswell as Rachel Nethery Brent Coull was namedpresident-elect oftheEasternNorth American Region oftheInternational Karl E.Peace Award forOutstandingStatisticalContributions fortheBetterment ofSociety; and at Chile’s Congreso Futuro; Francesca Dominiciwas awarded theAmerican Statistical Association’s from theInternational Society ofComputational Biology;John Quackenbush gave apresentation Family Center forGlobalCancer Prevention; Xiaole ShirleyLiureceived the2020Innovator Award received aPrevention andEarlyDetectionforEmerging Researchers (PEER)award from theZhu academicyear broughtThe several 2019–2020 notablefaculty changesandhonors. Jeff Miller knowledge toaddressthegreatestpublichealthchallengesof21stcentury Advancing healthscienceresearch,education,andpracticebyturningdatainto BIOSTATISTICS epidemiological approaches. COVID-19 research, detection, andmitigationusingnanotechnology, biology, engineering, and of Alice Hamilton.” Finally, several faculty membershave beeninvolved withmany facetsof “Healthy Buildings:How Indoor Spaces DrivePerformance andProductivity,” Education and “The affect workers’ cognitive functionandeventheirsleep. Faculty published several books, including studied vaping’s adverse effectsonlungfunction,whileothersexaminedtheways indoorspaces developmentandcancer.radiation andisassociatedwithembryonic researchers Somedepartment unjamming transition, aspreviously discovered epithelium,istriggered intheasthmatic airway by personal care products usedprimarilybyBlackwomen.In addition,researchers identifiedthatthe ingredients in researchers are investigating thedeleterioushealtheffectsofhormone-disrupting overall healthneedsacross thelifespan.Separately, inconjunctionwiththeSilentSpring Institute, of theApple Women’s Health Study, longitudinalstudythatwill shedlightonwomen’s alarge-scale metal contaminantsindrinkingwater. The alsohadamajorrole department intheSchool’s launch age, studyingtheassociatedbiologicalmechanisms, anddevelopingnewways todetectandremove lossinolder evaluating howmetalsandmetalmixtures contributetocognitivedeclineandmemory health messages. The was awarded department anewSuperfund Research Center grant aimedat health community, train healthleaders, thenextgeneration ofplanetary andmainstream planetary ofEnvironmentalhoused intheDepartment Health—received grants tobuildaglobalplanetary ofinstitutionsfrom Health globalconsortium The Alliance—a more Planetary than40countries, global leadershipinresearchandtraining Addressing criticalenvironmentalandpublichealthchallengesthroughnational ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

End-of-Year Report | 43 End-of-Year Report | 44 our knowledge of globaladolescenthealththrough community-based in interventions Research Implementation ScienceandEducation (ARISE) Network continues tocontribute control, randomized trials toassessbehavior, andnutritional supplementation.The Africa and maternity care, forinfectious-disease parenting andchild development,interventions framework andmethodologicalapproaches tohealth-system reform andquality, maternalhealth capacity buildingandpopulation science. Selectareas offocusincludedchildhoodimmunizations, engaged inworkmore than60countries, strategizing toimprove thelivesofpeoplethrough Over thepastyear, continuedtoexpanditsglobalfootprintand is currently thedepartment based perspective Improving globalhealththrougheducation,research, andservicefromapopulation- GLOBAL HEALTH ANDPOPULATION Washington Post, USAToday, STAT, andNational Geographic. as publishinginacademicjournalsandnumerous mediaoutlets, includingtheNew York Times, theCOVID-19support response, andsetting upMassachusetts’ oftesting, surveillance aswell variety ofprojects, testing, includingdevelopinghigh-capacity usingaggregated mobility data to facultyDepartment worked tirelessly from theoutbreak ofthecoronavirus pandemicona Communicable Dynamics, ledbyMarc Disease Lipsitch,foritsleading research onCOVID-19. decline inhealthy individuals;and,from theSinger-Morris Foundation, agifttotheCenter for Janssen Research &Development,tostudymetabolicactivity ofthegutmicobiomeandcognitive America; from theNational Institutes ofHealth, to studyalcoholandbreast cancer;from the Bill&Melinda GatesFoundation, project inSouth foramalariamolecularsurveillance from theOfficeofNaval causalmodelsearch; Research, from tostudythehigh-dimensional presented byJames Robins. faculty Department received multipleawards andgrants, including Epidemiology, Etiology, Cutter andBigData inconjunctionwiththe170th Lecture, whichwas or mathematicalmodels. OnDecember6, hostedthe4thCutter thedepartment Symposium on infectious diseasesandvaccines, workwithepidemiological bridgingbiomedicalandlaboratory to massiveclinicalandbiologicaldatasets, andMichaelMina,whoseresearch centerson two newfaculty members:Andrew methods Beam,whoseresearch appliesmachine-learning academicyear,The hadaremarkable department 2019–2020 beginningwiththeadditionof fundamental scienceofpublichealth Examining thefrequency, distribution,anddeterminantsofdiseaseinhumans—a EPIDEMIOLOGY

Nutrition AssistanceProgram (SNAP) benefits, andreopening the economy. personal protective equipment (PPE),telehealth,managing crises, increasing Supplemental faculty inpolicy discussionsrelated participated toCOVID-19, includingthosefocusedontesting, domestic policyissuesincollaboration withtheNew York Times, POLITICO, andNPR.Several Opinion Research Program conducted several public opinionpollsoncurrent healthandrelated informationinto real-worldand translation ofevidence-based practices andpolicies. The Harvard homeless individualsandfamilies through education,research, disseminationofscientific findings, Initiative onHealth andHomelessness, whose goalistoaddress thechallengesofpoorhealthin implementation strategies withintheirorganizations. Another teamlaunchedtheHarvard Chan teams from corporate, nonprofit, andpublic-sectororganizations todevelopculture-of-health Driving BusinessPerformance: Culture ofHealth forExecutive Teams, aprogram thatconvened improving theevidencebasefordecisionmaking. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded benefit-cost analysis ofhealthandotherpolicies inlow- countries, andmiddle-income aimedat the Bill&Melinda GatesFoundation, oneresearch teamdevelopedguidelinesforconductinga political debates, gunviolence, healthcare systems across theglobe, andmore. At therequest of coverage onpatientspending, life expectancy, incomeinequality, care forhigh-riskpopulations, from Medicaid expansiontoobesity-prevention policy, quality ofcare, theimpactofinsurance The engagedinarange department ofresearch andhighlyrecognized work,withtopicsspanning States andabroad Improving healthcaredeliverysystemsandmitigatingpublicrisksintheUnited HEALTH POLICY ANDMANAGEMENT for addressing thepandemicinearlyhotspots, amongotherresponses. addressing theCOVID-19 response inEurope, and hostedseminarstodiscussnationalstrategies variety ofmediaassubjectexperts, asadviserstogovernmentagencies, served publishedpapers COVID-19 workintheU.S., Europe, andLatinAmerica. faculty Department appeared onawide The riseoftheCOVID-19 withfaculty pandemicwas acalltoarms forthedepartment, engagedin faculty was nameda2019fellowoftheAmerican AssociationfortheAdvancement ofScience. American University Commission ofBeirut onSyria: Health inConflict. In addition, oneofour Health Systemson High-Quality intheSustainable DevelopmentGoalsEra andontheLancet– the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Faculty ontheLancetGlobalHealth served Commission than 55,000 intheBuilding aBetter workers participated Response onlinetraining developedby in Chinaandlaunchedanexecutive educationtraining courseforChinesepolicymakers. More Africa.sub-Saharan The Harvard ChinaHealth Partnership assessed 10years ofhealthcare reform

End-of-Year Report | 45 End-of-Year Report | 46 noncommunicable diseases. to treat HIVinbabies, andmodulatingthemicrobiome toprevent bothinfectiousand to mosquitoesthatinhibitmalariadevelopment,testingnovelbroadly neutralizing antibodies we are developingnewprecision strategies for diseasecontrol, suchasdeliveringmolecules of alterations inapathogen’s central metabolisminreducing susceptibility todrugs. Finally, gonorrhea, andChagasdisease, thedepartment’s recent studieshave uncovered theimportance and chikungunya inNigeria; viruses andformalariainSouthAmerica. In tuberculosis, malaria, strategies foractingonthisinformation,COVID-19 intheUnited States;forZika,dengue, the genomicandinformationtoolstomeasure theprevalence ofinfection,andthentodesign that reach across pathogens. In thepastyear, we have madeprogress tobuild inourefforts most acutethreat, thedepartment’s workisstrengthened byshared interests inquestions diseases posetobothdomesticandglobalwelfare. Whilethenovelcoronavirus hasbeentoday’s infections. Indeed, thisyear theCOVID-19 pandemichashighlightedthethreats thatinfectious The isinvolved department inawiderange ofprojects focusinglargely onmajorglobal viral, bacterial,andprotozoandiseases Focusing onthebiological,immunological,epidemiological,andecologicalaspectsof IMMUNOLOGY ANDINFECTIOUSDISEASES predominantly plant-based dietreduces aperson’s riskoftype 2diabetes, cardiovascular disease, type 2diabetes, cardiovascular disease, andcancer. In addition,research showed thatfollowinga revealed thatmaintaining fivehealthy habitsmay increase byeightto10years alifelived free of guidance forpublichealthpolicies andpractice. Long-termfollow-up ofourlargestudies cohort epidemiology. The department’s research accomplishments, highlightedhere, offerimportant In July 2019, Kyu-Ha Lee joinedthefaculty asanassistantprofessor ofintegrative genetic Understanding therelationships betweennutrition,genomics,foodsystems,and health NUTRITION iron potentiatesmicroglial interleukin-1b secretion inducedbyamyloid- interleukin-13 drivesmetabolicconditioningofmuscletoendurance exercise; andfoundthat network isattheinterfaceofoncogenic signalingandcancermetabolism;demonstrated that targets ametabolicvulnerability intumorsarisingthisdisease;showed thatPI3K–AKT finished apreclinical studyonapromising newtherapy fortuberous sclerosis complexthat in worms, and thatAtf-6 regulates life spanthrough ER-mitochondrial calciumhomeostasis; modulates longevity viaAMPKandcellnonautonomousregulation ofmitochondrialdynamics production, impairinginsulinactioninmiceandhumans;showed thatneuronal TORC1 and humans;discovered fatty thatshort-chain acidpropionate increases glucagonandFABP4 metabolic effectsandmechanismsofpropionate, a commonfoodingredient, inmousemodels mice; identifiedLDAF1 andseipinasalipiddroplet assemblycomplex;describedtheadverse that inhibitionofsphingolipidsynthesisimprovesinALS-mutant outcomes andsurvival highlights includepublicationsonseveral topics. Overthepastyear, researchers discovered Research Center onCauses andPrevention ofCardiovascular Disease. research Departmental Harvard schoolsandexternalinstitutions; andWalther anddirects started theHarvard Chan tocollaborators andpartnership fromPlatform, whichprovides support massspectrometry Zon Weng LaiandTobias Walther launchedtheHarvard ChanAdvanced Multi-omics The welcomed Tony department Hui, whojoinedthefaculty inJanuary. In newinitiatives, metabolism public health,includingneurodegenerativedisorders,cancer, andchronicdiseasesof Discovering therootcausesofmajornoncommunicablediseasesthatadverselyaffect MOLECULAR METABOLISM b . and National Academy ofSciencesCommittee ontheFuture ofNursing 2020–2030. the Massachusetts Task Force onVaping, board ofdirectors oftheAcademy forEatingDisorders, also holdleadershippositions inmultiplepublichealthorganizations andcommittees, including Award, doctorate andanhonorary from theAustralian National University. Faculty members the LeonEisenberg Award from BostonChildren’s Hospital, theHarvard Faculty Humanitarian Contributionsfor Distinguished inPublicHealth from theNew York Academy ofMedicine, awards include induction intotheNational Academy ofSciences, theStephenSmith Medal provide thegeneral publicwithfactualinformationinmultiplelanguages. Faculty honors and and many others. The Viswanath LabsandtheIndia Research Center’s COVID-19 websites American Medical Association, New York Times, NPR,CBSNews, theNew Yorker, WebMD, related totheintersectionofhealthinequitiesandCOVID-19interviews totheJournal ofthe health informationrelated totheCOVID-19 pandemic.Faculty and have contributedarticles are leadersinproviding public thepublicandscientific community withevidence-based acrosshealth departments thenationtoreduce childhoodobesity. The department’s faculty from theCenters Control forDisease andPrevention ongoingcollaborations tosupport with establish anImplementation ScienceCenter forCancer Control Equity andmajorfunding awards thatwilllikely have ahighimpactonthefield.These grants includeaP-50 award to health disparities. The department’s faculty have beensuccessfulinsecuringlarge research developing scientificmodelstobuildcapacity amongcommunity-based organizations toaddress The welcomed ShobaRamadhaninsummer2019. department Her research focuseson across thelifecourse Understanding andinterveningonthesocialdeterminantsofhealthequity SOCIAL ANDBEHAVIORAL SCIENCES energy needsinthetreatment ofuncomplicatedsevere acute malnutrition. program reduced childhoodobesity. And inglobalhealthandnutrition,researchers estimated for theSpecial Supplemental Nutrition Program forWomen, Infants, andChildren (WIC) researchers conductedthefirststudytotestwhether2009overhaulofnutritionstandards 11 million,or24 percent, oftotalpremature deaths. In publichealthnutrition,department improvement from current dietstotheEAT-Lancet’s healthdietcouldprevent planetary solutionstosustainablefoodsystems.benefits andproposed marine-based Globally, an researchersdepartment documentedtherole ofprotected areas indeliveringhumanhealth ofthegutmicrobiome.major changesinthealpha-diversity In health, thearea ofplanetary to aMediterranean-style diet.Dietary-record analysis showed thatdietwas associatedwith but individualswithdiabetesdemonstrated larger gainsincognitivefunctionwhenadhering health. People withoutdiabetesenjoyed better cognitivefunctionthanthosewithdiabetes, as areplacement forred meatandanimalfatswas associatedwithlong-termcardiometabolic and premature death.In particular, regular consumptionofnuts, soyproducts, andoliveoil

End-of-Year Report | 47 End-of-Year Report | 48 and Fundraising Administration Section 7: expense increases to2percent forthefiscalyear. expenses. This strategy enabled theSchooltofundkey academicpriorities whileholding large bytheChannaming gift. part use giftrevenue was more thanoffsetbyan8percent growth inendowmentincome, drivenin revenue declined,federal sponsored research revenue remained steady. Adecrease incurrent- student financialaid,andfunding criticalresearch andeducationalinitiatives. forfaculty,was support stillabletoadvance prioritiessuchasincreasing salary providing more result infiscalyear 2019. Although revenue was flatcompared totheprioryear, theSchool astheSchool’sserved budgetdirector for19years. Waxman holdsanMBA from BostonCollege. Institute ofTechnology. In April, David Waxman was namedchieffinancialofficer, afterhaving policy from Harvard Kennedy SchoolandaPhDinpoliticalsciencefrom Massachusetts astheSchool’sserved chieffinancialofficersince2011.Hope holdsamaster’s degree inpublic Katie Hope was namedtheSchool’s executive deanforadministration. Shehadpreviously The beginningof2020brought leadershipchangesintheSchool’s administration. In February, JULY 1,2019–JUNE30, 2020 FISCAL YEAR2019–2020FINANCIALHIGHLIGHTS Given limited revenue growth, theHarvard ChanSchoolhasworked activelyto manage Revenue forthefiscalyear totaled$388million.Although nonfederal sponsored research Once again,theHarvard T.H. ChanSchoolofPublicHealth achievedapositivefinancial fiscal year 2018–2019. The below illustrates chart thisgrowth. solutions ontheground, inreal time. It isourcompetitiveadvantage. solutions. Philanthropy makes itpossibletotranslate research quicklyintoactionandapply expanding ourcapacity, increasing ourimpact, anddrivingdeeperquestioningbolder quality engagementwithalumni,donors, andkey publichealthstakeholders. Relations asustainablefundraising team,toarticulate strategy andinspire anexpansion ofhigh- Rozansky workswithSchoolandvolunteerleadership, aswell astheentire OfficeforExternal In August 2019, theSchoolwelcomed Kristen Rozansky asvicedeanforexternal relations. PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT $80,000 $50,00000 $60,00000 $90,00000 $40,00000 $20,00000 $30,00000 $70,00000 $10,00000 **YTD asof4-28-20 excludes sponsoredresearch *YTD asof4-25-19 In 2019–2020, private philanthropictotheSchoolincreased support by87percent over Private philanthropy powers growth andinnovation across theHarvard ChanSchool, , 000 $0 Executive Deanfor Administration FISCAL YEAR2019 PHILANTHROPIC SUPPOR Katie Hope 09YD FISCALYEAR END 2019 YTD* $9.8M $50 .1 M 2019 $12.1M Chief FinancialOfficer FUNDRAISING CASH David Waxman $56.5M T FISCAL YEAR2020 00YD* FISCALYEAR END 2020 YTD** $19. 7M $72.5M Vice DeanforExternal Kristen Rozansky Relations 2020(projected) $22.7M $83.2M

End-of-Year Report | 49 End-of-Year Report | 50 highlights ofrelatedare support listedbelow. We are dedicatedtomakingadvances inthesekey areas toliftlivesonaworldscale. Selected Epidemics. The Frontiers are theSchool’s nexttargets forhumanity’s neededbreakthroughs. Violence, Confronting ClimateChange, Cultivating Well-Being andNutrition, andConquering deepen itsworkrelated toallfiveHarvard ChanFrontiers: Reimagining Aging, Overcoming Thanks tothegenerosity ofourdonorsin2019–2020, theSchool will beabletosubstantially and evenindividual buildings. climate benefitsofenergy savings inbuildingsto a focusonregions, cities, the CoBE tool,allowingittonarrow itsfocusfrom country-level healthand with anewgift.This additionalfundingwillenable greater specificity in CoBE’ssupported developmentandlaunchprovided continuedsupport and healthimpactsofbuildings’ energy consumption.The foundation and otherstakeholders canusetobetter understand theeconomic,climate, of theBuiltEnvironment (CoBE) calculator, atoolthatplanners, developers, from theLogin5Foundation, for theCo-Benefits whichexpandeditssupport work toward ahealthy andsustainableclimatereceived anadditionalboost human tollofourchangingenvironment andcrafting globalsolutions. Our disasters andepidemicthreats, theHarvard ChanSchoolisuncoveringthe From theairwe breathe andthefoodwe eattotherisingrisk ofnatural Confronting ClimateChange and homelessness. community dedicatedtoaddressing theknowledgegaps inthearea ofhealth health issuesrelated tohousinginstability, and seekstobuildanacademic translational regarding efforts homelessnesshashindered progress insolving profoundly inadequatestateofpublichealtheducation, research, and Homelessness. The initiativeisfoundedontherecognition thatthe Violence Frontier withthelaunchofInitiative onHealth and world whoare vulnerable toviolence, abuse, andexploitation. practitioners workingtoimprove thelivesofmillionschildren around the Health andHuman Rights. The trainingof willenhancetheexpertise professional training attheFrançois-Xavier Bagnoud(FXB)Center for from G. childprotection andUNICEFUSAwillsupport Barrie Landry effects ofviolenceandbuildresilience inthefuture. Agenerous endowment to thebodyandspiritcanbeprevented andtodevelop ways torepair the The Harvard ChanSchoolisusingscientificrigortounderstandhowdamage Overcoming Violence toacceleratestrengthening partnerships thiswork. new initiativefrom ourdonorandalumnicommunity andlookforwardto treatments. We bytheearlypositiveresponse have beenheartened tothis and accelerate thedevelopmentofeffectivevaccines, diagnostics, and aims torevolutionize theunderstandingofhuman immunesystem between theHarvard ChanSchoolandtheHuman Vaccines Project, the Human Immunomics Initiative (HII)inApril 2020. HII,apartnership that agingpeopleandsocietiescanbestronger thanever, we announced oftheSchool’sAs part commitmenttocontinuediscoveringways toensure Reimagining Aging Support fromSupport Barrett Diana alsohelpedtostrengthen ourOvercoming Cultivating Well-Being and Nutrition The School is leading the way in understanding how genetics, lifestyles, and social forces interact to influence everything from metabolism to mental health. A generous gift from the John and Katie Hansen Family Foundation will help evaluate and implement solutions aligning with both our Confronting Climate Change and Cultivating Well-Being and Nutrition Frontiers. The foundation’s gift will address one of the world’s greatest challenges: feeding a growing global population within the limits of our planetary boundaries. The gift will support strategic partnerships with key players in conservation and planetary health, led by the Harvard Chan School and Conservation International, and will explore innovative ideas such as linking human health and food security to marine conservation efforts.

Conquering Epidemics Strengthening our most urgent Frontier at this moment—Conquering Epidemics—Andrew and Corey Morris-Singer, MD ’07, PhD ’12, provided critical resources to two centers at the School with key roles in confronting COVID-19. A gift from the Morris-Singer Foundation will enable the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics to continue its emergency work modeling and predicting the spread and impact of COVID-19 and the impact of nonpharmaceutical interventions, as well as COVID-19 surveillance work, including efforts to scale up and improve testing. An additional gift will allow Ariadne Labs to expand its current work around community mitigation strategies; partner with other countries facing this global pandemic; and create guidelines on practice and protective equipment for hospital systems, as well as for obstetrics, surgery, virtual ambulatory care, and caring for elderly individuals during the crisis. We are tremendously grateful for the generosity of our committed donors and new friends who make our work stronger, faster, and more responsive.

CONFRONTING COVID-19 The vital importance of our work at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has never been clearer. As the COVID-19 crisis took shape and the urgency of the School’s global leadership became clear in March 2020, the Office for External Relations quickly pivoted to respond by informing and engaging our alumni and donors through a series of new communication vehicles and town hall events. Our weekly digest of Harvard Chan School news and resources, Confronting COVID-19, reaches an audience of more than 55,000 with a consistently high rate of engagement and positive feedback. Registration for our virtual events has been over capacity and has brought alumni and donors together with faculty from the Harvard Chan School and across the University to explore urgent questions about the pandemic, how our School is responding, and our collective future. In addition to the gift from Andrew and Corey Morris-Singer mentioned above, our community of donors has given generously to support COVID-19 activities across the School. We have seen strong support for the School’s COVID-19 Response Fund, the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics Fund, and our new Student Emergency Fund, as well as support for student and faculty work related to COVID-19. We are grateful for the partnership of donors who have responded to this crisis with thoughtfulness, generosity,

a commitment to amplify and deepen our work, and a passion for supporting the next | 51 Report End-of-Year generation of public health leaders. End-of-Year Report | 52 and Op-Eds Selected SpeakingEngagements Dean MichelleA.Williams Section 8: November 2019 for Health &Wellbeing” (moderator), Sages andScientistsSymposium,Bentonville, Arkansas, (panelist), “Mental Health &Suicide Prevention” (panelist),and“DecodingNew Approaches PANELIST ANDMODERATOR: “Mental Wellbeing—The Fate ofOurCommunities” Healthcare Conference 2020, SanFrancisco, 2020 January PANELIST: “Future Returns: SocialImpact Investment forPopulation Health,” JPMorgan American Society,” Frontline Online, June 2020 PANELIST: “Coronavirus Pandemic: The New Normal forMedical Communities and June 2020 PANELIST: SPEAKER: GoogleHealth ClinicalSpeakers SeriesOnline,June 2020 Huffington, MichelleWilliams &Natalie Tran,” Washington Post Live, Online, June 2020 PANELIST: “Coronavirus: Helping First Responders—A Conversation withArianna SELECTED INVITEDSPEAKINGENGAGEMENTS “How COVID-19 Has Impacted theGlobalPsyche,” BIO DigitalWeek, Online, continued

“As James Baldwin wrote, ‘Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.’ It is time to face this immutable fact: Systemic racism has had its knee on the neck of the African American community since America began. And all of us have a responsibility to acknowledge it and address it.”

—Michelle A. Williams and Jeffrey Sánchez, Washington Post , June 4, 2020 End-of-Year Report | 53 Report End-of-Year End-of-Year Report | 54 “We can’t despair aboutourantibioticcrisis,” Washington Post, July 8, 2019 “How dowe reduce gunviolence?By treating itlike adisease,” LosAngelesTimes, July 29, 2019 “Shrinking PublicHealth BudgetsShrinkPublicHealth Responses,” BostonGlobe, March 3, 2020 “ “ “ “ “Racism iskillingBlackpeople. It’s sickening them,too.” Washington Post, June 4, 2020 SELECTED OP-EDS beyond.” shown upforus,throughthiscrisisand to showupforthemthewaythey’ve compassion. We oweittotheseheroes this momentwithcourageand —will berememberedformeeting to physicianassistantsandEMTs from hospiceandhome-carestaff is written,healthcareworkers— “When thehistoryofthispandemic USA Today, May5, 2020 Huffington, Harvard dean:Endstigmabehindmentalillnesssofront-line doctorscangethelp,” Fortune, April27, 2020  How theU.S. shouldinvest inpublichealthbefore reopening theeconomy,” April 6, 2020 The COVID-19 crisisisgoingtoget muchworse when ithitsruralareas,” Economic Times, July 8, 2019 The Real-Time Cost ofClimateChangeandthe Needed Real-Time Response,”

— Michelle A.WilliamsandAriannaHuffington, Washington Post,

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Lisa Abitbol Ben Gebo Cover, row one right, row four left; 20, 30, 3, 7, 8 Michelle A. Williams, 14 42, 45 Courtesy of Katie Hope Taj Azarian 49 6 Marc Lipsitch Osa Igiede Courtesy of Amarildo Barbosa 13 29 Courtesy of Jane Kim Kent Dayton 24 Cover, row one left, row two, row three, row Josh Levine four right; 10, 11 William Hanage; 14 Carmon 15 Davis, Nadhira Nuraini Afifa; 18, 19, 21, 22, 23 Sarah Fortune, 32, 37, 40, 41, 44, 47, 48, Len Rubenstein Inside back cover 38 Courtesy of Erin Driver-Linn Sarah Sholes 39 6 Yonatan Grad, 9, 11 Todd Datz, 17 top Science Source 4 Susan Young 25 The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health brings together dedicated experts from many disciplines to educate new generations of global health leaders and produce powerful ideas that improve the lives and health of people everywhere. As a community of leading scientists, educators, and students, we work together to take innovative ideas from the laboratory to people’s lives—not only making scientific breakthroughs but also working to change individual behaviors, public policies, and health care practices. Each year, more than 400 faculty members at the Harvard Chan School teach 1,000-plus full-time students from around the world and train thousands more through online and executive education courses. Founded in 1913 as the Harvard-MIT School for Health Officers, the School is recognized as America’s oldest professional training program in public health. hsph.harvard.edu