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The Intersection Between Health and Politics: A Conversation with Dr. Sara Naomi Bleich on Obesity, COVID-19, and the Role of the Government

HHPR Senior Editor Layla Chaaraoui interviewed Dr. Sarah Naomi Bleich, PhD. Dr. Bleich is a Professor of Public Health Policy at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management and the Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Dr. Bleich’s research focuses on obesity prevention and diet-related diseases. She is currently working on projects relating to COVID-19’s implications on food and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Her work has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the British Medical Journal, Health Affairs, and the American Journal of Public Health. She has held a number of positions, including a Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Vice Provost for Special Projects at Harvard University. Dr. Bleich earned her BA degree from Columbia University in Psychology and her PhD from Harvard University in Health Policy.

Politics, Global HealthHHPRJune 23, 2023Comment

The Haitian Cholera Outbreak and its Implications on Global Health Equity: A Conversation with Dr. Louise Ivers

HHPR Senior Editor Beier Nelson interviewed Dr. Louise Ivers, MD, MPH. She is the director of the Harvard Global Health Institute as well as the director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Global Health. Dr. Ivers has spent much of her work in Haiti, initially improving HIV treatment access, and in the last decade supporting the medical response to the cholera outbreak in the nation after the 2010 earthquake.

Global HealthHHPRMarch 28, 2023Haiti, Global Health, Equitiy, Harvard Global Health Institute, HIV, Mass GeneralComment