since 1968.īut these challenges will give the Class of 2024 a chance, “more than any class in recent memory,” Hundert said, “to make an impact in public health and to address disparities.” Gathering via teleconference, they were joined by fellow classmates located all around the world.Įdward Hundert, HMS dean for medical education, talked about how the students were beginning classes during not only the worst global public health crisis since the flu outbreak of 1918, but also the worst looming economic crisis since the Great Depression and the worst racial crises in the U.S.
Daley, acknowledging the uncertainty, and even anxiety, that this year’s incoming Harvard medical and dental students may be feeling as they begin their studies remotely this month, in the midst of a global pandemic.ĭaley’s remarks came during his welcoming address to members of the Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine Class of 2024 on Aug. “Your journey here begins in extraordinary times,” said Dean George Q.
