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...Institute was conceived more than one year ago by SPH Dean Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg '67, who says it will create an organized forum to bring together specialists on all aspects of the disease and establish a think tank for experimentation and policy making...
...Institute was originally conceived by Deanof the School of Public Health Dr. Harvey V.Fineberg '67. He presented the idea to Bok, whodiscussed it with Harvard's Council of Deans lastfall, Fineberg said...
...interview during the project's finalplanning stages, Fineberg said that the Instituteincludes five areas of research: biologicalresearch, which connects scientists in variousfields of expertise: epidemiology, which involvesthe Medical Area experts and the Departments ofMath and statistics at the Faculty of Arts andsciences: clinical research and care, whichfocuses on Harvard's teaching hospitals and theBoston AIDS Consortium, a group of many of thehealth care programs in the area; policy andeducation, which involves all areas of theUniversity; and international cooperation, whichstems from the School of Public Health andincludes health organizations in many developingnations...
...Harvard has a distinct capacity. There are very few other universities that can simultaneously effectively deal with biological, social and clinical problems," said School of Public Health Dean Dr. Harvey Fineberg '67. "As an institution that has this capacity, we have a responsibility and an unusual opportunity to deal with this disease," said Fineberg, who originally conceived of the Institute...
...highest number ever; 89% want such courses for children age 12 to deal with birth-control information, and about three-quarters say homosexuality and abortion should be included in the curriculum (see box). "AIDS will definitely change the nature of sex education as we know it," said Harvey Fineberg, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health. "It will lead to more open, explicit discussions about condoms and other strategies for safe sex." Though some people will be shocked, he said, "we are at a point where sex education is no longer a matter of morals -- it's a matter...