David Xiang, Co-Director of Internal Development at HHPR, recently interviewed Professor Malik about her experiences in nutrition research, accomplishments, current work, and advice for people looking to follow in her footsteps.
Read MoreAmerican Indians in the United States have faced health disparities for over 500 years. Dr. David Jones, Harvard University A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine, has been a key advocate challenging immodest claims of causality regarding American Indian health.
Read MoreDr. Clifford Lo, Associate Professor Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, discusses his research, work, and impact in the field of nutrition and more generally in public and global health.
Read MoreAcross the world, two and one half billion people live with uncorrected vision, 80% of whom reside in low resource settings. Beyond the cost of not being able to see the world clearly, uncorrected refractive errors (a major source of uncorrected vision) cost a global $227 billion dollars in lost productivity per year. Currently, there exists one solution that has yet not been explored which has the potential to radically lower the cost of corrective eyewear and leap across the urban-rural divide: pinhole glasses.
Read MoreSocial Media (#SoMe) has become a global phenomenon with more than 73% of adults actively engaged online. Specific to healthcare, these applications are being included with ever increasing frequency as a complement to both patient treatment and medical training. Furthermore, #SoMe has permitted medical innovators to transcend traditional limits and collaborate via methods previously unexplored. These platforms will only become more influential in the healthcare sector as more people around the world gain internet access.
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