Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

• General
• Education
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• 2008 Sichuan Earthquake
• Darfur, Sudan
• Hurricanes Katrina & Rita
• 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

General

• "In the Trenches: Science for Humanitarian Aid," Science Careers in the journal Science, April 17, 2009.
  
• "Newly Recognized Burden of Breast Cancer in Poorer Women Featured in First of Participatory Panels on Public Health Priorities,"  Harvard Public Health NOW, April 17, 2008.
• "Science catalyst for social change, Lancet editor tells Humanitarian Summit," Harvard Public Health NOW, April 17, 2008.
• "Experts get down to business at 2009 Humanitarian Action Summit," Harvard University Gazette, April 2, 2009.
  
• "Lancet Steering Group on the occupied Palestinian territory ," The Lancet, March 7, 2009.
  
• "Twelve Myths and Misconceptions in Disaster Response," Harvard Public Health NOW, February 1, 2008.
• "Think Tank for Aid Workers," Harvard Magazine, November 2007.
• "The Science of Doing Good," Sheri Fink, Scientific American, October 2007.
• "Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Brought Together Representatives of Leading NGOs and Relief Agencies to Build Consensus on Disaster Aid, Harvard Public Health NOW, September 14, 2007.
• "Challenges of Medical Relief in War Discussed," Harvard Public Health NOW, April 13, 2007.
• "Harvard does something to you: It opens the door to the world," Harvard University Gazette, June 7, 2007.
• "A Virtual Academy of Disaster Responders," Harvard Public Health Review, Winter 2006.
• "100,000 Flee Ethiopia Strife," The Boston Globe, August 26, 2006.
• "Parker State Forest Site of Elaborate Mock Disaster," Harvard Public Health NOW, May 12, 2006.
• "A Doctor Without Borders," The Boston Globe, July 19, 2004.
• "MPH Student First to Receive New AAAS Fellowship," Harvard Public Health NOW, May 17, 2002.
• "Leaning Reviews Wartime Relief Efforts in Afghanistan," Harvard Public Health NOW, October 19, 2001.

Education

• "Simulation of Darfur Refugee Camp Trains Future Humanitarian Leaders." Harvard Public Health NOW, May 15 2009
• "Simulating chaos to teach order: Weekend workshop puts humanitarian students to the test." Harvard University Gazette, April 30, 2009
• "Local 'refugee camp' offers lessons for aid workers" The Boston Globe, April 26, 2008
• "Disaster in Berini: Mock humanitarian relief exercise gives students a reality check" Harvard Public Health Review, Summer Fall 2006
• "Parker State Forest Site of Elaborate Mock Disaster" Harvard Public Health NOW, May 12, 2006

Democratic Republic of Congo .

• Harvard World Media's coverage of HHI's research and work in the Democratic Republic of Congo including stories, videos, and photos.
• "Mass Stigma Scars Congo’s Rape Survivors," Women’s eNews, October 5, 2008.
• "Help for Congolese rape victims," Public Radio International, The World, January 9, 2008.
• "Atrocities attract healing hands to the Congo," Harvard Gazette, November 28, 2007.
• "Responding to Congo’s epidemic of violence against women," Harvard Science, November 21, 2007.
• "Congo War Invisible and Deadly Crisis," Harvard Public Health NOW, February 17, 2006.

2008 Sichuan Earthquake

• "A Tale of Two Countries," Harvard Public Health Review, Fall 2008..

Darfur, Sudan

• "Tracking the war on women in Darfur: boston doctors detail accounts of rape, assault." The Boston Globe, May 31, 2009
• "Panelists Discuss Sudan Referendum, " The Harvard Crimson, October 10, 2008.
• Jennifer Leaning interview, "Crisis in Sudan: Victims of Sexual Violence in Darfur Face Stigma, Unresponsive Justice System," Online NewsHour, June 15, 2007.
• Jennifer Leaning interviewed for The Online NewsHour: The Darfur Crisis, by Talea Miller, June 15, 2007.
• "A Seasoned Traveler, MS Student to Conduct HIV/AIDS Programs in Chad after Graduation," Harvard Public Health NOW, June 8, 2006.
• Michael VanRooyen interview, WBUR Morning Edition, January 30, 2006.
• "Professor Writes in Report on Sudan, " The Harvard Crimson, Online Edition, July 23, 2004.
• "Genocide in Sudan, " Harvard University Gazette, July 22, 2004.
• Jennifer Leaning as a guest on The Jim Lehrer News Hour: Crisis in Sudan, July 20, 2004 (video/audio, transcript included).
• Jennifer Leaning as a guest on The Kathleen Dunn Show, Wisconsin Public Radio, July 5, 2004 (audio only).
• Jennifer Leaning as a guest on The Jim Lehrer News Hour: Crisis in Sudan, June 24, 2004 (video/audio, transcript included).
• Jennifer Leaning as a guest on the WBUR program, "On Point," June 15, 2004.

Hurricanes Katrina & Rita

• "The Deadly Choices at Memorial," The New York Times Magazine, August 30, 2009.
• "New Orleans Deaths Up to 42%," USA Today, June 22, 2007.
• "The Eye of the Storm," Harvard Public Health Review, Winter 2006.
• "Hurricane Katrina Lessons Must Be Learned to Avoid Repeat, Say Speakers," Harvard Public Health NOW, October 14, 2005.
• "It's Psychologically Healthy to Prepare," Karen Springen, Newsweek, September 21, 2005.
• "Katrina’s Mental Toll to Be Huge," Matthew Herper, Forbes, September 6, 2005.
• OnPoint: Hurricane Katrina – Special Coverage (WBUR), September 4, 2005.
• "Hospitals struggling to evacuate patients," Boston Globe, September 3, 2005.
• "Specialists warn of health disaster," Boston Globe, September 2, 2005.
• "Refugees Still Waiting for Relief,” Chicago Tribune, September 2, 2005.
• "The Hospital Versus the Hurricane,” Forbes, September 1, 2005.
• "Health crisis looms in bayou," Boston Herald, September 1 2005.
• Springer on the Radio (listen online), August 31, 2005.
• NECN: Katrina Breeds Health Risks, August 31, 2005.
• Abrams Report. Television program. MSNBC Television, August 30, 2005.

2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

• "Lessons from December Tsunami Revealed at Lecture," Harvard Public Health NOW, April 1, 2005.
• "In Disaster’s Wake," Harvard Public Health Review, Spring 2005.
• "Fifteen Minutes with a Tsunami Relief Doctor," BMJ Career Focus 2005; 331:52.