Faculty

Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.

How to Care for Patients in AI-Driven Medicine

Harvard’s Arthur Kleinman reflects on what’s lost when healthcare systems prioritize efficiency.

by Olivia Farrar

Ask a Harvard Professor with Caroline Buckee

Anonymized location data can help guide strategies for protecting public health in a pandemic.

National Academy of Medicine Elects New Members

More than a dozen Harvard faculty members are honored. 

by Jonathan Shaw

See Their Faces

Confronting “some of the most challenging images in the history of photography”

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Hospitalization for neurological disease rises with air pollution

Hospitalizations for neurological disease rise with increases in fine particle pollution.

by Jonathan Shaw

Ask a Harvard Professor with Daniel Schrag and David Keith

Some changes cannot be stopped, but reflecting sunlight back into space could slow their pace.

Economic damages of pandemic estimated at $16 trillion

Economic damage makes a compelling argument for robust federal policies to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2.

by Jonathan Shaw

Alumnus Robert B. Wilson shares Economics Nobel

A scholar and his student share their field’s best-known honor.

by Jean Martin

When spending on social programs pays

Economic analysis of U.S. government spending shows that some social programs more than pay for themselves.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Can dementia’s decline in Europe and the U.S. go global?

Dementia is decreasing in Europe and North America. Why not the rest of the world?

by Matteo Wong

Fast, accurate cancer diagnosis in the developing world

A portable, simple testing technology promises accurate breast-cancer diagnosis and treatment in low- and middle-income countries.

by Jordan Smith