Harvard School of Public Health - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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BIOSTATISTICS REED, DROLETTE, WORCESTER, MUENCH From its inception, the objective of the teaching program of the School of Public Health has been to provide the scientific groundwork of expert knowledge which underlies efficient health administration. The faculty has held steadily to the belief that some familiarity with statistics con¬ stitutes part of this expert knowledge , since graduates of the School work¬ ing in administration or in research find themselves in positions where theymust initiate and evaluate programs. Consequently, a basic course in statistics has been required of all students unless they have been able to demonstrate equivalent preparation. Although the name of the Depart¬ ment was changed from Vital Statistics to Biostatistics in 1946, the teaching objectives have remained the same. All departments in the School try to maintain a balance between teaching, research and community service. The research activities vary with the backgrounds of the individuals which are diverse. The Department has a unique opportunity to offer community service, since its staff consti¬ tutes the only group of statisticians in the medical area. During the course of the year many students and many members of the staff of this School, of the Medical School, and of the as sociated hospitals can be found in the offices of the Department seeking advice on their own special problems. -8-

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SECRETARIES FRONT ROW (1-r 2ND ROW: 3RD ROW: 4TH ROW: 5TH ROW: : Miss Rachel Strome (MCH); Miss Patricia Bosse (IH); Mrs. Martha Breed (PHPr. ); Miss Marjorie Hemming (Epid. ); Miss Beverly Laskey (Dean ' s Office) Miss Caroline Ritchie (Bio. ); Mrs. Helen Spaulding (PHPr.); Mrs. Alice Grove s (IH); Miss Audrey Stahl (MCH); Miss Marianne Sugerman (IH) Miss Cynthia Pense (Bio.); Miss Claire Wasserboehr (Bio.); Mrs. Margaret Barnaby (Dean ' s Office); Miss Stefana Puleo (Phys.); Miss Sylvia Lisberger (PHPr.); Miss Lucia Wright (Nut.); Miss Ruth Puff (Dean ' s Office) Miss Anne Richardson (Phys.); Miss Ann Lincoln (Dean ' s Office); Mrs . Dorothy Gibson (Dean ' s Office); Mrs. Blanche Quinlisk (Dean ' s Office); Miss Mary O ' Neill (Dean ' s Office) Miss Doris Ambrose (Dean ' s Office); Miss Mary Inglis (MCH); Miss Nancy Munms (MCH); Miss Florence Lomasney (PHPr.); Miss Helen Conant fTF -l) -7-

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EPIDEMIOLOGY O’ROURKE, INGALLS. PHILBROOK. GORDON. TAYLOR. RUBENSTEIN, PUGH The Department of Epidemiology was established in 1922 with Dr. Milton J. Rosenau as Head of the Department. Upon Dr. Rosenau ' s retirement he was succeeded by Brigadier General F rede rick F. Russell and in 1938 by Dr. John E. Gordon, the present Professor of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology. The Department has as its principal objectives: (1) to provide basic postgraduate training in epidemiology for students of public health; (2) to train a limited number of specialists in epidemiology; (3) to con¬ duct epidemiologic investigations of mass disease; (4) to conduct field studies and provide consultation for operating public health agencies and industry. Current research activities include the fields of congenital anomalies, alcoholism, diarrheas and dysenteries, accidents and whooping cough. -9-