Fostering and conducting statistical scientific activity in clinical trials and other public health research areas in HIV disease; promoting innovative strategies for medical interventions and study design; and providing education and training relevant to statistical aspects of HIV disease research.

Helping health professionals to mobilize the power of mass communication to empower individuals to adopt healthy behaviors, to direct policy makers' attention to important health issues, and to frame those issues for public debate and resolution.

Dedicated to developing and disseminating practical methods for improving the quality of medical care.

Providing a "big picture" view of public health by comparing and ranking a wide range of hazards, analyzing the results of dealing with those hazards in various ways, and developing sound scientific data identifying policy choices that are most likely to achieve the greatest health, safety, and environmental benefits.

The FXB Center for Health and Human Rights is first academic center to focus exclusively on health and human rights, established at the Harvard School of Public Health in 1993. The Center's work combines the academic strengths of research and teaching with a strong commitment to service and advocacy.

Undertaking communication, promoting behavior change, and sponsoring cutting-edge research to enhance society's capacity to stop cancer.

Created in 1995 to translate what we know about children's health into what we do to improve children's health and well-being.

Supporting research on world population and development issues--especially those related to health, natural resources and the environment, human security, and socioeconomic development--across the university.

Established in 1958 to promote interactions among biological scientists, physical scientists and engineers working on environmental problems of human health concern.