The Department of Population Medicine (DPM) resides within the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, and is an appointing department of Harvard Medical School. DPM's core mission is to improve health care delivery and population health through innovative research and teaching.

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NEWS & EVENTS

October 24, 2018

Stephen Soumerai Receives Helen Clark-JoPPP Award

The Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (JoPP) has awarded Stephen Soumerai with its inaugural Helen Clark-JoPPP Award for Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Research. The award recognizes the talents of exceptional researchers, who are making a significant contribution to the field of pharmaceutical policy and practice. It was presented to Dr. Soumerai in recognition of the scientific merit of his work, as well as its impact on patients, decision makers, and governments.

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September 26, 2018

Call for Submissions: Suzanne and Robert Fletcher Prize in Population Medicine

The HMS Department of Population Medicine (DPM) announces a call for submissions for a $1000 prize for the best paper on a topic in Population Medicine written by an HMS or HSDM student. Papers will be judged by an expert panel of DPM faculty, who will be blinded to the authors. The student who submits the most outstanding scholarly paper will be awarded the $1000 prize.

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September 10, 2018

New Institute Endowed Chairs Awarded

Congratulations to Associate Professors Ann Wu and Frank Wharam on receiving two newly created endowed Institute chairs. 

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RESEARCH PROGRAMS

 

Obesity Prevention Program
CHRONIC  DISEASE RESEARCH ACROSS THE LIFECOURSE (CoRAL)
Cancer Research
CENTER FOR CANCER POLICY AND PROGRAM EVALUATION (CarPE)
PROMoTeR GROUP
PROMoTeR
Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research
HEALTH POLICY AND INSURANCE RESEARCH
TIDE
THERAPEUTICS RESEARCH & INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY
Biostatistics Center
BIOSTATISTICS CENTER
Program in Aging
PROGRAM IN AGING
Center for Healthcare Research in Pediatrics
CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH IN PEDIATRICS

DPM TEACHING PROGRAMS

Our teaching programs leverage the Department's unique strengths to train medical students, residents, and health services researchers to improve the health of populations through clinical care, research, and delivery system and health policy leadership. All training experiences are informed by the health system and population perspectives of DPM and all faculty members teach in some capacity.