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Building the case against ultra-processed foods
Kenny Mendoza, PhD ’25, helped document the health risks of ultra-processed foods.

Securing a federal grant: hard work that matters
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Student ventures compete in Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge
Students Shyrie Patel, of Gurus Inc., Linda Fei, of Lexi, and Sabrina Ebengho, of SAMI+ are in the Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge.

Measuring a life well lived
The first wave of findings from Harvard Chan School’s Global Flourishing Study reveals trends in who’s living well, and where, and why.

HIV care quality has been improving for older adults
More people living with HIV and enrolled in Medicare are taking modern, less toxic antiretroviral drugs than ever before, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School. This progress may be upended by recent federal funding cuts to HIV prevention and care programs, however.

Medical journals coming under scrutiny from Trump administration
After two medical journals received letters from a top U.S. attorney asking for responses to questions about alleged bias, scientists are expressing concern about potential Trump administration interference in the journals’ work.

Potential Medicaid cuts could harm health, health providers
As Congress considers cutting billions from Medicaid, experts at Harvard Chan School say such cuts could have profound negative impacts on the health of the roughly 72 million Americans with low incomes or disabilities served by the joint federal-state health insurance program, and on the health providers who serve them.

Gaining epidemiological skills to make campus healthier
Marykate Kenney, MPH ’25, is bringing new epidemiological skills to her role as an environmental public health officer at Harvard.

Faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Sara Bleich and Wendy Garrett were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

A research agenda to improve the lives of autistic people
Ari Ne’eman thinks autism research needs a big shake up—but not in the direction Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is proposing.
