School News

Spring 2007

Telling Tales of Heart Disease
Heart attack and stroke were long considered an inevitable part of aging. But by the late 1940s, a group of pioneering scientists set out to understand the devastating cardiovascular disease (CVD) epidemic. They boldly went beyond their laboratories and clinics, traveling the world in search of the societal origins of the disease. In that search the field of CVD epidemiology was born.

Iceland Delegation Visits SPH
Recently the SPH and School of Nursing welcomed a delegation of faculty from the University of Iceland (U of I) and Iceland’s Landspitali National Hospital for a day-long symposium on research areas in which the two universities might collaborate.

Preeminent Epidemiologist Speaks at SPH
Preeminent epidemiologist Mervyn Susser recently delivered the 2007 Gaylord Anderson Lecture at the School of Public Health. Susser is Sergievsky Professor of Epidemiology Emeritus at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.

SPH Faculty Take Top Awards
John Connett, Rosalie Kane, Charles Oberg, Michael Osterholm, and Jim Rothenberger win prestigious awards.