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This month, rapper Kanye West’s highly anticipated new album Yeezus was released at perhaps one of the coolest launch events ever. His latest single New Slaves was simultaneously featured on 66 screens…
Wrapping-up after a sensational week in Mongolia. Here to film a short-film for our recently-launched health advocacy initiative, we have spent the days profiling a young, inspiring, local, health change-maker…
A few weeks back, at the World Health Assembly, World Bank President Dr Jim Kim said the world is at a crossroads when it comes to health. A defining moment in history, from which our future trajectory…
A few weeks ago, a reader commented on my column and accused me of not paying attention to men’s health. So, men, this article is for you… And your health. It is a sad fact that in modern day society…
After many years of research, we still do not completely understand the brains of even the simplest organisms. The human brain with its 80 billion neurons is largely a mystery. But with better tools we…
This week, the eyes and ears of much of the world once again focus on Geneva for the 66th World Health Assembly. The annual, global meeting of Ministers of Health held at the World Health Organization…
To put it plainly, have we lost our connection with food? Understanding where food comes from, how it’s produced and where it has been between farm and plate is becoming a rare quality. Almost a novelty…
Well TEDMED has come to a close for this year, but not before another full and challenging day. Soon, a smorgasbord of talks and highlights will be up online for all to feast on. Before that happens, though…
There is a lot of discussion about data here at TEDMED 2013, and this is no great surprise. Big data, small data, open data, crowdsourced data - this is the information backbone of science and the key…
Well TEDMED is off and running and what a sensational start! More than a thousand innovators and thinkers from the health space worldwide have descended on the JFK Centre in Washington DC to make incredible…
All this week, the eyes and ears of the health innovation space will be firmly fixed on Washington DC, for the annual TEDMED conference. TEDMED sees the convening of technologists, business leaders, doctors…
This week, I had the pleasure of attending the Global Health Beyond 2015 Conference, in Stockholm… A vibrant and very Scandinavian event, I wanted to share some reflections and “sound bites” - as [Prof…
In the 18 months since the 2011 UN High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), increasing discussion has surrounded this vast and growing burden. Diabetes, heart diseases, cancers and lung…
Last Friday was International Women’s Day, an annual event in the calendar aiming to highlight the important role of women and girls in our society - and all societies. This day celebrates women, acknowledges…
The traditional adage in the world of medical education, is to “see one, do one, teach one”… Medicine, at its fundamental core, is a profession best learnt through experience.. Best mastered through engaging…
The concept is simple but achieving it presents an enormous challenge.. Universal Health Coverage (UHC) will be in centre spotlight for the political, development and health communities in 2013. Set to…
This article was written by Toni Kuguru, Sebastian Rodríguez Llamazares, Alessandro Demaio and A/Prof Felicia Knaul. This year more than half of the nearly 13 million new cancer cases diagnosed worldwide…
This year, America will celebrate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, a presidential decree that effectively abolished slavery in all states in rebellion during the Civil…
Fast food is marketed as exciting and family-friendly, it’s marketed using bright colours and catchy names, it’s even marketed alongside sporting events including our national sports and the Olympics…
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Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Executive Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School
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Food and Climate Policy Fellow, Harvard University
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Physician-scientist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Research Director of the People Lab, Harvard Kennedy School
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Research Scientist, Harvard University
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Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Public Health, Harvard University
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Associate, Sustainability Science, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
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Professor of Law, Harvard University
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Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
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W.E.B. Du Bois Fellow, Harvard University | DPhil Student, University of Oxford, Harvard University
