As part of the Yale School of Public Health centennial celebration, a collection of photographs depicting the school’s work and impact has been installed at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. The collection celebrates the legacy of Charles-Edward Amory Winslow, who launched public health at Yale in 1915.
In addition to starting the School, which now counts over 5,100 alumni, Winslow advanced public health on both local and international stages. He was involved in hygiene commissions in the State of Connecticut and was instrumental in the formation of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, the World Health Organization, and many nonprofit organizations. As early as 1929 he lobbied for access to birth control for married couples in Connecticut and in 1940 he called for single payer health insurance for all Americans.
In September 2014, photographers Bradley Clift, Harold Shapiro, Jordan Emont (MPH ‘15) and others captured photographs over a 12-day period. Their work offers insights into how the field of public health is evolving; how the faculty, students and alumni rise to meet new challenges through innovation and collaboration, and how this work touches the lives of people around the world.
The photographs depict students doing research in Brazil on leptospirosis, traveling to Liberia to implement an ebola tracking system, working in the student-run Haven Free Clinic, and analyzing data behavioral data of caregivers, and more. Faculty work in genomics, cancer survivorship, biostatistics, community health interventions and many other specialities is also shown through the 40 photos on display.
The exhibit will run through the July on the Concourse of the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn.