The Murphy Bill: Ethical Considerations for the State of Mental Health Care and its Consumers

By Morgan Shields

Due to reported links between high-profile shooting incidents and mental illness, there has been an increased interest in…

Moving Medicine Beyond the Individual Assessment for Implicit Bias

by Martín Escandón

During the orientation week prior to beginning medical school, all incoming students in my class were required to take an implicit association test (IAT). As part of the…

Learning Leadership

Eli Lilly Chairman, President and CEO John C. Lechleiter on Seizing the…

Finding Simple Answers

Dr. Atul Gawande on how his life as a surgeon inspired his passion for writing…

Gentrification and City Policy: Changing Soccer Fields and Neighborhoods

by Alina Schnake-Mahl

“Who cares about the neighborhood?”

That was the defiant declaration of a young white techie as his group of co-workers attempted to…

Championing Girls

Chelsea Clinton on how family and a love of data have shaped her journey in public…

Redefining the Impossible

Dr. Debrework Zewdie on how to successfully drive a global health agenda

What If I Can’t Hide?

Akl C. Fahed and Utibe R. Essien

Racism terrorizes me more than ISIS.

“You have a beautiful accent, doctor, where are you from?”

“Lebanon,” I said, as I heard the glass shattering in the background. All the trust…

Looking Back to Move Forward: Lessons from History in Addressing Racism in Public Health

by Yvette Efevbera

On Feb. 18, 2015, the first annual Diversity Report at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health was released. The Report was a…

Withstanding the Unglamorous Path

Dr. Paul Farmer on being a global health champion