Taking research beyond the data. Moving education beyond the classroom.

RESEARCH: Our research spans many axes but the common thread is a focus on population health. Learn more about our work via our Divisions and Centers.

Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse

The Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse (CoRAL) division focuses on developing innovative interventions and generating new knowledge regarding the origins of chronic disease, obesity, and consequences through the lifecourse.

Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse

Health Policy and Insurance Research

The division of Health Policy and Insurance Research (HPI) research areas include understanding effects of high-cost medical care, pharmaceutical policies, health insurance innovations, personalized medicine, delivery system changes, behavioral interventions, and cost-quality trade-offs.

Health Policy and Insurance Research

Biostatistics

The Biostatistics division is the home for statistical consultation and research at the Institute. The group collaborates widely on causal inference, observational epidemiology, bioinformatics, microsimulation, statistical software and graphics, and general statistical applications.

Biostatistics

Child Health Research and Policy

The Child Health Research and Policy  (CHeRP) division leads population-based research in pediatrics. Its work in asthma, childhood infections, vaccines, and health policy has directly shaped national policy recommendations in these areas.

Division of Child Health Research and Policy

Therapeutics Research and Infectious Disease Epidemiology

The Therapeutics Research and Infectious Disease Epidemiology (TIDE) division assesses the safety and effectiveness of medical products, novel methods for illness surveillance, and control of both healthcare and community-acquired infections.

Therapeutics Research and Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Centers of Excellence

We are home to three Centers of Excellence. These centers’ primary purpose is to foster intellectual collaboration among faculty across Divisions that have shared research interests, and to promote the expertise of these individuals to the outside world.

Centers of Excellence
More than 25 Years of Innovation & Impact
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TEACHING: We give physicians and population scientists tools to become better health care leaders of the future.

NEWS & EVENTS

A rigorous evaluation of a Massachusetts opioid dosage law

As the opioid crisis continues, research on measures taken to alleviate it is much needed. Such research is one component of the Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research (HPI) portfolio.

Hefei Wen leads the division’s research on the implications of opioid regulation. Dr. Wen's work has been among the first to examine the behavioral health implications of Medicaid expansions, marijuana liberalization policies, prescription drug monitoring programs, opioid prescribing limit laws, and buprenorphine waiver requirements, especially in the context of the U.S. opioid crisis.

Call for Submissions: 2024 Suzanne and Robert Fletcher Prize in Population Medicine

The Harvard Medical School Department of Population Medicine announces a call for submissions for a $1000 prize for the best paper on a topic in Population Medicine written by an Harvard Medical School or Harvard School of Dental Medicine student. The deadline for submissions is February 16, 2024.