Academics, Part 1
The study of cause, incidence and control.
What is Epidemiology?
This group studies methods to improve the health care delivery system and mitigate risks through interventions and policies that improve public health.
What is Health Policy and Management?
This Professor and former Dept Chair is single handedly responsible for the removal of Snickers bars from the vending machines in the cafeteria.
Who is Walter Willet?
In 2016 a HUIT employee was found guilty of utilizing over $80,000 of University funds for personal use. In 2017, two Law School administrators were also found guilty of using $110,000 of University funds for personal use. Both used this same mechanism in carrying out their thefts.
What is misuse of PCards? (any of the following: What is creating fake receipts? What is mis-stating business purposes? What is abuse of MRAs?)
Also acceptable: What is diverting cash receipts?
This current employee is the one of the nicest people in SPA and can be counted on to make you laugh.
Who is Pat O'Neill?
This group studies viral, bacterial and protozoan vectors.
What is Immunology and Infectious Diseases?
The interplay of biological processes with environmental factors as the apply to chronic and multifactorial illnesses.
What is Molecular Metabolism?
This former faculty member wouldn't stop talking about (and ultimately was right about) the value of rapid in-home COVID testing.
Who is Michael Mina?
In 2021 Charles Lieber, former Chair of the Dept of Chemistry was found guilty of making false statements to federal authorities, filing false tax returns and failing to report foreign bank accounts. He claimed he did not know he was doing anything wrong while engaging in this unusual behavior.
What is carrying home suitcases full of cash provided by a foreign entity?
This former employee was one of the nicest people in SPA and was sure to help you sort out whatever problem you had.
Both accepted:
Who is Elaine Kiley?
Who is Maureen Sciortino?
Theory and application of this methodology is used to analyze public health problems.
What is Biostatistics?
This group studies complex demographic patterns, disease burdens and health policies vis a vis social disparity and development.
What is Global health and Population?
The alleged bad behavior of this former member of senior leadership was exposed by the student newspaper, The Crimson.
Who is Michael Grusby?
In 2018 a Harvard doctoral student was accused of stealing these items from his mentor's research lab to bring to his home country.
What are vials of biological material?
This current employee can answer any finance questions you can think of.
Who is Dave Waxman?
This group examines pathogenesis and prevention of disease vis a vis the air, water, buildings and workplace.
What is Environmental Health?
This discipline aims to improve health, and to communicate and educate about its impact on all individuals and the public as a whole.
What is Nutrition?
This employee gives new meaning to the term "casual dress".
Who is the guy that wears short-shorts and flip flops?
In 2021, in a classic case of "Phew, we're glad it isn't us", a former employee of this university was charged with stealing $40Million worth of electronic devices.
What is Yale?
This former employee could answer any finance policy or procedure question you could think of.
Who is Vicki Johnson?
The study of interventions and policies leading to the improvement of health throughout the human lifespan.
What is Social and Behavioral Sciences?
Its mission is to advance the public’s health through learning, discovery, and communication.
What is the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.
A former professor in this department is responsible for the spotlight on effort management.
What is Epidemiology?
As just one case in this 2019 nationwide admissions scandal, a former Harvard fencing coach and a Maryland businessman were recently acquitted of charges that they schemed to secure spots on the team for the businessman's two sons in exchange for $1.5M in bribes.
What is Varsity Blues?
This former employee makes it their business to be funny.
Who is Laura Severse?