Catalog

130 Pages·1993·11 MB·English

by  Harvard School of Public Health

Official Register
of Harvard University
1993-1994
Volume15, Number9
September5, 1993
Every effortis madeto ensurethe information contained inthis Register Chapter151c,Section2B,oftheGeneral LawsofMassachusetts
is accurate atthetime ofpublication. However,the School of Public Anystudentin an educational orvocationaltraining institution, other
Health reservesthe rightto make changeswithoutnoticeintuition and than a religious ordenominational educational orvocationaltraining in-
fees, admissions and degree requirements, courses ofinstruction, and stitution,who is unable, because ofhis religious beliefs,to attend
other information contained herein.These changeswill govern all stu- classes orto participate in anyexamination, study, orwork requirement
dents,including studentswho matriculated priortothe changes coming on a particularday shall be excused from anysuch examination or
into effect studyorworkrequirementwhich he may have missed because ofsuch
absence on anyparticularday; provided, however,thatsuch makeup
As a matterofpolicy, law, and commitment,the School of Public Health examination orwork shall notcreate an unreasonable burden uponthe
does notdiscriminate againstany person onthe basis ofrace, color, school. Nofees ofanykind shall be charged bythe institutionfor mak-
sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political ing availabletothe said studentsuch opportunity. No adverse or preju-
beliefs,veteran status, orhandicap in admissionsto, accessto,treat- dicial effects shall resultto anystudentbecause ofhis availing himself
mentin, oremploymentin its programs and activities.Thefollowing per- ofthe provisions ofthis section.
son has been designatedto handle inquiries regardingthe nondiscrimi-
nation programs: Carolyn Everette, DirectorofHuman Resources,677 The Harvard School of Public Health is accredited bythe Council on
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Huntington Avenue, Boston, 02115,telephone [phone]. In addi- Education for Public Health.
tion, inquiries aboutthe application ofnondiscrimination policies re-
garding race, color, national origin, age, sex, orhandicap may be PhotoCredits: Richard A. Chase, Paula Lerner, and Michael Lutch
referredtothe Regional Director, Officefor Civil Rights, US Department
of Education,J.W. McCormack POCH, Room 222, PostOffice Square,
MA
Boston, 02109.
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A Note From the Dean
Public health is concerned with preserving and enhancing the
health ofpopulations. The scope ofpublic health is extensive, as
reflected in the range ofcourses, departments, centers, programs,
and facilities described in this Register. The interests and exper-
tise offaculty at the school are similarly diverse, extending across
biological sciences, social sciences, numeric disciplines, and more.
The Register contains a wealth ofinformation about educational
opportunities at the Harvard School ofPublic Health. Though
we have endeavored to make it accurate and comprehensive, it is
necessarily an incomplete description ofthe learning experience
available at the school. The School ofPublic Health is a place to acquire new skills; a place to
enrich one's professionalperspective by interacting with fellow students as well as with faculty;
a place to gain a more sophisticated understanding ofhealth sciences, health issues, and prob-
lems and their possible solutions; a place to test one's ideals, objectives, and imagination against
the imposing array ofbiological, individual, organizational, economic, and political barriers to
improved public health.
The principal educational mission ofthe school is to prepare leaders in professional service and
the sciences aimed at promoting the health ofpopulations. We believe we are engaged in a vital
enterprise ofcentral importance to society. We welcome those who join us at the school to
share in that sense ofexcitement and challenge.
Harvey V. Fineberg
Dean
Table of Contents
Academic Calendar Public Health for Dentists 46
HSDM/HSPH
Joint Oral Epidemiology Training
The Harvard School of Public Health Program 47
Program in Clinical Effectiveness 47
Epidemiology Research Traineeships 48
Degree Requirements 10
Cancer Epidemiology Research Traineeship 48
Master of Science 10 Comprehensive Educational Program in
Master of Occupational Health 11 Cancer Prevention 48
Doctor of Science 11 Environmental Epidemiology Research Traineeship 49
Doctor of Public Health 12
Institutes • Centers • Offices 50
Degree Programs • Departments 13
Harvard AIDS Institute 50
Master of Public Health Program 13 The Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for
Biostatistics 14 Health and Human Rights 50
Cancer Biology 16 Center for Health Communication 51
Environmental Health 17 Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease 52
Epidemiology 22 Center for Quality of Care Research and Education 52
Health Policy and Management 25 Center for Risk Analysis 52
Health and Social Behavior 29 Injury Control Center 53
Maternal and Child Health 30 Educational Resource Center for Occupational
Molecular and Cellular Toxicology 31 Safety and Health 53
Nutrition 33 Office of Continuing Education 54
Population and International Health 34
Tropical Public Health 36
Admission • Registration • Financial Assistance 55
Admissions 55
Division of Biological Sciences in Public Health 38
Registration 61
Tuition and Fees 64
International Health Programs 39 Tuition Requirements 66
Expenses 67
Takemi Program in International Health 39
Financial Assistance 68
Harvard Center for Population and
Loans 71
Development Studies 39
Health Transitions 40
MacArthur Leadership Program 40 Courses of Instruction 74
Common Security Program 40
Interdepartmental 74
Harvard Institute for International Development 41
WHO Biostatistics 76
Harvard University International Collaborating
Cancer Biology 80
Center for Health Legislation 41
Division of Biological Sciences 81
Environmental Health 82
Postdoctoral • Special Programs 42 Epidemiology 87
Health Policy and Management 91
Interdisciplinary Programs in Health 42
Health and Social Behavior 98
Interdisciplinary Program in the Biological Sciences 42
Maternal and Child Health 101
Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 43
Molecular and Cellular Toxicology 103
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Health Services Research 44
Nutrition 104
Training Program in Psychiatric Epidemiology
Population and International Health 106
and Biostatistics 44
Tropical Public Health 109
Postdoctoral Training Fellowships in Biostatistics 45
Program in Human Ecology 46
Administration • Members of the Faculty 111
Calendar for the Academic Year 1993-1994
Advance Seminar-Fall 1993 Program participants learn about classroom protocol, expec-
Tuesday, September 7 through Friday, September 17 tations ofteacher and student, and student life atthe school.
They have the chance to become familiarwith, and settled in,
The Advance Seminar Program presents an opportunityfor all the Boston area, and to become acquainted with fellow
international students and new Master of Public Health (MPH) students in workshops and social gatherings.
studentsto orientthemselves tothe Harvard School of Public
Health and to Boston. It provides a brief, intensive introduc- The program is particularlyvaluable forthose students who
tion to the academic aspects of study atthe school, including have not attended US colleges or universities and forthose
beginning and intermediate computing, exercises in the dis- who have not recently been students. All international
cussion method of classroom learning, and a review of math- students are strongly advised to attend; US students entering
ematical and writing skills. the MPH Program are welcome and encouraged to attend.
There is no additional charge forthis program.
Registration and Orientation-Fall 1993 Fall Semester 1993
September September
7- 17,Tuesday- 20, Monday "a"and "ab"period courses begin
Friday Advance SeminarProgram forMPHand Please note that "a"periodcoursesmeetingon MondaysandWednesdays
newinternationalstudents mayhavescheduled meetingsonFridaysdue to theholidaysoccurringin
13, Monday Registration fornewstudents "a"period. Please checkHSPHcourseschedulefordetails.
9:30a.m. - 10:30a.m. (Lastname 20, Monday DeadlineforapplicationforNovemberdegree
beginning withA - D) October
10:30a.m. - 11:30a.m. (Lastname 8, Friday Drop/add/change deadline for "a"and
beginning with E-J) - "ab"periodcourses
11:30a.m. - 12:30p.m. (Lastname Cross-registration deadline for "a"and
beginning with K- N) "ab" periodcourses
12:30p.m. - 1:30p.m. (Lastname JAP/affiliate/alumniregistration deadline
beginning with - R) for "a"and "ab"period courses
1:30p.m. -2:30p.m. (Lastname 11, Monday ColumbusDay, a holiday
beginning with S - V) 15, Friday Deadline forsubmission oftheses for
2:30p.m. -3:30p.m. (Lastname Novemberdegree
beginning with W-Z}
November
14, Tuesday Registration forallreturning students
9:30a.m. - 10:30a.m. (Lastname 11, Thursday Veterans'Day, a holiday
12, Friday "a"periodcourses end
beginning withA - D)
15, Monday "b"periodcoursesbegin
10:30a.m. - 11:30a.m. (Lastname
25 -28,Thursday-
beginning with E- J)
Sunday Thanksgiving recess
11:30a.m. - 12:30p.m. (Lastname
beginning with K- N) December
12:30p.m. - 1:30p.m. (Lastname 3, Friday Drop/add/change deadline for "b"
beginning with - R) periodcourses
1:30p.m. -2:30p.m. (Lastname Cross-registration deadline for "b"
beginning with S - V) periodcourses
2:30p.m. -3:30p.m. (Lastname TAP/affiliate/alumniregistration deadline
beginning with W-Z) for "b"periodcourses
13-17, Monday- 18, Saturday-
Friday Facultyadvisers available to meet January 2, Sunday Winterrecess
with students January
13-17, Monday- 3, Monday Deadline forapplication forMarch degree
Friday Orientationprograms/ 17, Monday Martin LutherKing, Jr. Day, a holiday
departmentalmeetings 21, Friday "ab"and "b"periodcourses end
16, Thursday Lastdaytopickup registration materials 24, Monday Drop/add/change deadline for "e"
withoutlate fee forfallsemester periodcourses
20, Monday Lastdayto submitregistration form to Cross-registration deadline for "e"
Registrar's Office withoutlate fee periodcourses
24, Friday Lastdaytopick up registration materials TAP/affiliate/alumniregistration deadline
with late fee forfallsemester for "e"periodcourses
27, Monday Lastdayto submitregistration form to 24 - 28, Monday-
Registrar's Office with late fee Friday "e"period, inclusive
Academic Calendar
Spring Semester 1994 1993-1994 Degree Calendar
January
21, Friday Lastdaytopickup registration For a diploma Degree applications Theses are due
or a degree to are due in the in the Registrar's
materials withoutlate fee
forspringsemester be awarded in: Registrar's Office on: Office on:
Lastdayto submitregistration forms to November 1993 September 20, 1993 October 15, 1993
Registrar's Office withoutlate fee for March 1994 January3, 1994 February 14, 1994
spring semester June 1994 March 7, 1994 May20, 1994
31, Monday "c"and "cd"periodcoursesbegin Note: ALL degree candidates(SM, MPH, SD, andDPH)expectingtogradu-
atemustfilea degreeapplicationaccordingto thedatesoutlinedabove.
February
Ifdeadlinesaremissed, studentsmayapplyfordegree tobe conferred
4, Friday Lastdaytopickup registration onalaterdate.
materials with late fee for
springsemester Summary of 1993-1994 Drop/Add/Change
Lastdayto submitregistration forms to
Deadlines
Registrar's Office with late fee for
springsemester Fall 1993
14, Monday Deadline forsubmission oftheses for October8, Friday Drop/add/change deadline for "a"and
March degree "ab"periodcourses
18, Friday Drop/add/change deadline for "c"and Cross-registration deadline for "a"and
"cd"period courses "ab"periodcourses
Cross-registration deadline for "c"and JAP/affiliate/alumniregistration deadline
"cd"periodcourses for "a"and "ab"periodcourses
JAP/affiliate/alumniregistration dead- December3, Friday Drop/add/change deadline for
line for "c"and "cd"periodcourses "b"periodcourses
21, Monday President's Day, a holiday Cross-registration deadline for
March "b"periodcourses
7, Monday Deadline forapplication forJune degree JAP/affiliate/alumniregistration deadline
25, Friday "c"periodcourses end for "b"periodcourses
28, Saturday - January 24, Monday Drop/add/change deadline for
"e"periodcourses
April 3, Sunday Springrecess
28, Monday Drop/add/change deadline for Cross-registration deadline for
"e"periodcourses
"f"period
Cross-registration deadline for JAP/affiliate/alumniregistration deadline
"f"periodcourses for "e"periodcourses
JAP/affiliate/alumniregistration Spring 1993
deadline for "f"periodcourses February 18, Friday Drop/add/change deadline for "c"and
28, Monday- "cd"periodcourses
April 1, Friday "f"period, inclusive Cross-registration deadline for "c"and
"cd"periodcourses
April
4, Monday "d"periodcourses begin JAP/affiliate/alumniregistration deadline
for "c"and "cd"periodcourses
22, Friday Drop/add/change deadline for
"d"period courses March 28, Monday Drop/add/change deadline for
"f"periodcourses
Cross-registration deadline for
Cross-registration deadline for
"d"periodcourses
JAP/affiliate/alumniregistration "f"periodcourses
TAP/affiliate/alumniregistration deadline
deadline for "d"periodcourses
for "f"periodcourses
May
April 22, Friday Drop/add/change deadline for
20, Friday Deadline forsubmission oftheses "d"periodcourses
forJune degree Cross-registration deadline for
27, Friday "cd"and "d"periodcourses end "d"period courses
30, Monday MemorialDay, a holiday TAP/affiliate/alumniregistration deadline
31,Tuesday- for "d"periodcourses
June 8, Wednesday Postclassperiod
June
9, Thursday Commencement 1994
Academic Calendar
The Harvard School of Public Health
The Challenge ter technologies for improved health of individuals and
populations; third, to inform and constructively influence
Public health seeks to preserve and enhance the health of
debate on key public health issues; and fourth, to
populations, attacking problems of global scope and
strengthen capacities and services that meet health needs
complexity. The field is characterized by a focus on the
in the community. Research at the school proceeds within
prevention of disease and injury, by an interdisciplinary
five comprehensive, cross-cutting themes, whose objec-
approach that brings together experts with a broad range
tives are as follows:
of interests, and by an emphasis on the solution of real-
world problems. Public health approaches have produced • AIDS, cancer, and heart disease: Confront the most
—dramatic gains in the health of Americans in this century urgent and important diseases ofour time, with an
28 added years of life expectancy, marked declines in emphasis on prevention. To these health problems the
infant mortality, control of many childhood infections, school brings the tools ofpopulation-level analysis (epide-
and since the late 1960s, striking reductions in heart dis- miology and biostatistics) combined with related and selec-
ease. To prevent disease and injury in the United States tive exploration of biologic mechanisms (increasingly at
and around the world, public health professionals use a the molecular level), social science aspects, and analysis of
broad strategy that embraces the way we live, our envi- policy options.
ronment, and our system of health care.
• Health care: Assess needs and performance, and create
In preserving and enhancing health, what distinguishes instruments ofreform to contain costs, assure quality,
public health from medicine? In general, as a physician and achieve greater equity in health care. Faculty work-
aims to maintain the health of an individual, primarily ing on issues of health care reform have expertise in po-
through the diagnosis and treatment of disease, the goal litical analysis, economics and finance, decision science,
of the public health professional is to understand and technology-assessment, cost-effectiveness analysis, health
meet the health needs of communities, groups, and na- management, and law and ethics.
tions. Where medicine follows a personal service ethic,
conditioned by an awareness of social responsibilities, • The environment: Analyze risks and devise strategies
public health is governed by an ethic of public service, for a healthier environment, a safer workplace, and fewer
tempered by concern for the individual. Unlike medicine, injuries. Scientists and analysts at the school measure hu-
a well-established profession with a sharp public image, man exposure to environmental hazards, evaluate result-
public health has multiple professional identities and a ing health effects, including the biological mechanisms of
more diffuse image. damage, and assess the measurement, management, and
control of risk.
The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) includes
—
over 200 faculty members biostatisticians and epidemi- • Behavior, nutrition, and lifestyle: Educate and empower
ologists, health administrators and educators, nutritional each individual to make healthier choices at every stage
biochemists and cancer biologists, specialists in environ- oflife. Focusing on alcohol and drug abuse, smoking, un-
mental and occupational health, experts in behavioral safe sex, violence, highway accidents, and aspects of diet,
and population sciences and many others. Together, they the school seeks to discover social and behavioral factors
are working to overcome the public health challenges of that challenge the health of populations, then to
today: chemical and other hazards in the environment, design and test effective change strategies.
the threat of new diseases, choices of lifestyle that rob
• World health: Build human and technical capacity in
millions of many healthy years, inadequate access to
developing societies and apply new science to
health care and other necessities of life, and the great
longstanding problems. The school works toward the so-
parasitic diseases that kill and handicap millions around
lution of health problems in developing countries by
the globe.
training leaders who can confront these problems, by ap-
plying available low-cost yet effective technologies, by de-
Our Mission veloping new vaccines and other interventions, and by
The overriding mission of the Harvard School of Public strengthening policy research, economic analysis, and
Health, to advance the public's health through learning management. The school serves as a crossroads for inter-
and discovery, comprises a set of four objectives: First, to national health, attracting health policymakers and pub-
educate scientists, professionals, and leaders for public lic health professionals from dozens ofcountries.
health; second, to foster new discoveries and develop bet-
General Information
The History of HSPH tion is readily available to other parts of Boston, and a
shuttle bus runs frequently between the Longwood and
The gradual organization of professional education in
Cambridge campuses, via MIT.
public health at Harvard University was characterized by
certain important steps. The first occurred in 1909 with Cross-Registration Students at HSPH may enroll in
the establishment of the Department of P—reventive Medi- courses offered by all other Harvard graduate schools,
cine and Hygiene in the Medical School the first such such as the Medical School, the Graduate School of Arts
department in the United States. The first Doctor of Pub- and Sciences, the Graduate School of Education, the John
lic Health degree was conferred in 1911, the same year F. Kennedy School of Government, and the Graduate
the Department of Sanitary Engineering was established School of Business Administration. Students may cross-
in the Graduate School of Engineering. In 1913, the De- register at the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, and
partment of Tropical Public Medicine was organized in at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts
the Medical School, followed in 1918 by the Division of University as well. Students may not cross-register for
Industrial Hygiene. more than half their credits per semester in other schools
HSPH
without first gaining approval by petitioning the
Also in 1913, the Harvard-MIT School of Health Offic-
Committee on Admissions and Degrees.
ers was formed under the joint management of Harvard
University and the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology Credit is generally granted toward an HSPH degree for
(MIT). The School of Health Officers operated until the cross-registered courses if a course is offered for graduate
fall of 1922, when it was superseded by the Harvard credit and if the course is relevant to a degree in public
School of Public Health, made possible by an endowment health. By signing the cross-registration petition, a
from the Rockefeller Foundation. student's advisor demonstrates his or her concurrence
that the course is relevant to a degree in public health.
During the early years ofthe school's operation, several of
Courses in foreign languages and other undergraduate-
its departments functioned jointly with counterparts in the level courses will not count toward the public health de-
Medical School, sharing facilities, faculty, and budgets. In gree and will not appear on the HSPH transcript.
1946, the school was administratively and financially
separated from the Medical School and became an au- To cross-register, an HSPH student must obtain a cross-
tonomous unit of Harvard University. It continues to co- registration petition from the HSPH Registrar's Office for
operate with the Medical School in teaching and research, each school into which he/she is cross-registering, com-
and has developed close associations with other divisions plete the form, obtain the signatures from the instructor of
ofthe university, particularly the Graduate School ofArts the course and the HSPH advisor, and submit the form to
and Sciences, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the registrar at the school into which the student is cross-
and the Graduate School ofBusiness Administration. The registering. In addition to completing the cross-registra-
school also maintains a close association with a wide vari- tion form, the HSPH student must list courses for which
ety ofhealth, medical care, and welfare organizations and he/she is cross-registering on the HSPH registration form.
agencies in Massachusetts and elsewhere.
Deadlines for cross-registering vary among schools. Cross-
registering students must meet the earliest cross-registra-
Resources
tion deadline set by either the school into which cross-reg-
Location The school's main buildings for research, teach- istration is taking place or the deadline set by HSPH.
ing, and administration are located in the heart of
Information about converting credit from other schools
Boston's hospital district and Harvard University's
Longwood campus. The facilities adjoin those of to the HSPH equivalent credit is listed on the back of the
HSPH cross-registration petition. Some schools restrict
Harvard's Medical School, School of Dental Medicine,
the grading option students may choose to pass-fail grade
and Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, and are
only or ordinal grade only. The grade received from the
near Children's Hospital Medical Center, Beth Israel
Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and other school is the grade that will appear on the HSPH tran-
script. For example, the Harvard Business School reports
Harvard-affiliated hospitals. The school is also within grades by using Roman numerals. HSPH will not con-
walking distance of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and
vert these grades to letter grades or pass/fail grades and a
the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, as well as North-
Roman numeral will appear on the transcript.
eastern University and other colleges. Public transporta-
General Information