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Coming soon! The HGHI Burke Climate and Health Fellowship Application!

March 29, 2024

The 2024 HGHI Burke Climate and Health Fellowship will open in April 2024! The 2-year fellowship program, a partnership between the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and the Harvard Global Health Institute, offers financial support for eligible research fellows, post-doctoral scholars, and early career faculty pursuing scholarly research at the intersection of climate change and global health. [...]

Busting the Myth of the Good Billionaire

February 28, 2024

Tim Schwab, investigative journalist and author, joined Alicia Ely Yamin, JD, MPH, PhD, Lecturer on Law and Senior Fellow on Global Health and Rights at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, at an event jointly hosted by the Harvard Global Health Institute and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics to discuss why the... [...]

2024-2025 Harvard LEAD Fellowship for Promoting Women in Global Health Applications Now Open

February 8, 2024

The 2024-2025 LEAD Fellowship, a 1-year fellowship designed to advance leadership skills in individuals from low- and middle-income countries, is now open for applications. Jointly offered by the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) and the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the goal of the program [...]

2024 - 2025 HGHI Burke Global Health Fellowship Applications Now Open

January 22, 2024

The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) is accepting applications for the 2024 - 2025 HGHI Burke Global Health Fellowship. This one-year Fellowship program provides funding for Harvard junior faculty from across the University to support innovative research, curriculum development, and teaching in global health. [...]

Press Release: New Report Finds Immigration Detention Harms Children’s Mental and Physical Health

January 11, 2024

A groundbreaking investigation conducted by the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Asylum Clinic at the MGH Center for Global Health, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, and the Harvard Global Health Institute, in collaboration with RAICES, has exposed the alarming impact of prolonged detention on children’s mental and physical well-being. [...]

Bethany-Rose Daubman Joins Harvard Global Health Institute as Director of Fellowships

September 1, 2023

Bethany-Rose (BR) Daubman, MD, is joining its team as the Director of Fellowships on September 1st, 2023. [...]

Harvard Global Health Institute Welcomes New Cohorts of Fellows

August 7, 2023

The three HGHI Fellowship Programs support emerging leaders to advance their work in global health practice, education, and research. [...]

Congratulating Dr. Ingrid Katz: Director for Behavioral Sciences at the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator

June 16, 2023

The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) would like to express our sincere congratulations to Dr. Ingrid Katz, MD, MHS, on her appointment as the Director for Behavioral Sciences for PEPFAR | Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy at the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. [...]

FlairCare: Empowering Pediatric Mental Health

June 7, 2023

FlairCare: Empowering Pediatric Mental Health By Danielle Wang and Dean Wang Driven by Children While volunteering in the oncology department of the local hospital, Danielle Wang met Julia M., a little girl undergoing chemotherapy and hair loss. Struggling with self-image, Julia often felt excluded at school and protested going out in public without a hat. [...]

Response to the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023

June 2, 2023

The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) calls for a repeal of the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023. The Act is a violation of universal human rights and a threat to the health of its citizens, particularly the LGBTQIA+ community. While the Ugandan government has passed anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation over the past several decades, this bill is the [...]

HGHI’s Inaugural Global Health Symposium: April 12th, 2023

March 6, 2023

The Harvard Global Health Institute is thrilled to announce that registration is now open for virtual attendance to our Inaugural Global Health Symposium! While in person capacity is limited, we invite our longstanding global and Harvard-based community to join us virtually on April 12th, 2023 from 9:00am to 4:00pm ET for a series of conversations centered around the theme “Global... [...]

Introducing the Burke Climate and Health Fellowship

February 10, 2023

In partnership with the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, the Harvard Global Health Institute is excited to announce that we are now offering a 2-year fellowship program for eligible research fellows, post-doctoral scholars, and early career faculty pursuing scholarly research at the intersection of climate change and global health. The Burke Climate and Health [...]
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