Archive: News Story

• Peer Reviewers Made $1 Billion in 3 Years: Dr. Fugh-Berman Featured in MedPage Today on Medical Journal Financial Conflicts

  More than half of peer reviewers for four top medical journals received payments from drug and medical device manufacturers, totaling $1.06 billion, from 2020 to 2022, according to an analysis of th

  Categories: Advocacy, News Tags: drug marketing, pharmedout, program director, Publications

• Dangerous Fentanyl “Candy” Off the Market: Program Co-Director Adriane Fugh-Berman Published in The Kansas City Star

  Last week, Program Co-Director Adriane Fugh-Berman published an opinion piece with PharmedOut colleague Judy Butler in The Kansas City Star. The piece covers the rise and fall of fentanyl lollipops,

  Categories: News, News Story Tags: drug marketing, pharmedout, program director, Publications, research

• Why Blow the Whistle

  Elliott relayed the story at a virtual seminar on whistleblowing Wednesday afternoon hosted by the Health and the Public Interest program at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He spoke about how the case turned him into a whistleblower, how he investigated other cases of whistleblowing for a recent book and offered tips for health professionals who want to call out wrongdoing.

  Category: News Story Tags: goergetown, hapi, Health Advocacy, public health, seminar

• HAPI’s Focus on Advocacy Highlighted in Health Affairs

  The HAPI Program and its advocacy course requirement was recently mentioned in the Health Affairs article "Public Health Advocacy Must Be Taught". The article notes, "of the 68 accredited schools of

  Categories: Advocacy, Announcements, News, News Story Tags: advocacy, hapi, Health Justice, Publications, Social Justice

• HAPI Students Testify at FDA Meeting

  On March 24, 2021, two of our HAPI students, Sophia Phillips and Kelvin Blade, testified at the FDA’s joint meeting of the Arthritis Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisor

  Categories: Advocacy, Announcements, News, News Story

• HAPI Student Research Public in the BMJ Health & Care Informatics Journal

  Emily Alagha '19 recently published an article "Evaluating the quality of voice assistants’ responses to consumer health questions about vaccines: an exploratory comparison of Alexa, Google Assistant

  Categories: Announcements, News, News Story Tags: publication, student spotlight

• Hey Siri, Are Vaccines Safe? Emily Alagha ’19 Published in BMJ Journals

  Emily Couvillon Alagha '19 was published in the BMJ Journal of Health & Care Informatics. The objective of the study was "to assess the quality and accuracy of the voice assistants (VAs), Amazon Alex

  Category: News Story Tags: Publications, research, student spotlight

• HAPI Students at the FDA Advisory Committee Meeting

  On September 13, 2019, the Health and Public Interest students at Georgetown University had a strong showing at FDA Peanut Allergy Advisory Committee Meeting. Students were in attendance to learn mor

  Categories: Advocacy, News Story Tags: advocacy, fda, Health Justice, student spotlight

• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Program Co-Director Adriane Fugh-Berman!

  Dr. Fugh-Berman on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

  Category: News Story Tags: faculty spotlight, Health Justice, media, program director

• Future HAPI Student Reflects on Past and Future in Harvard Podcast

  Blake Hite reflects on his experience of how the HAPI program meshes with the Faculty Aide program at Harvard Extension School

  Category: News Story Tags: hapi, news, spotlight, student