Programs and Centers

This program is dedicated to innovative research and to training the next generation of cancer epidemiologists to discover and understand cancer etiology and survivorship. 

The Research Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology promotes collaboration among researchers focusing on cardiovascular disease at Harvard Chan School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Beth lsrael Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, the Framingham Study, and other sites.

Through seminars and other events, the research program aims at facilitating critical discussions that often result in interesting and scientifically promising collaborations, research projects, mentorships, training, and grant proposals. Members are interested in a wide range of topics, including nutrition, pharmacoepidemiology, aging, women’s health, and genetics.  

The CAUSALab generates, analyzes, and interprets data so that decision makers—patients, clinicians, regulators, policymakers—can make better decisions.

By combining sound methodology and AI with high-quality data, they produce actionable causal inference with real-world impact.

They train the next generation of investigators and methodologists.

The Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics (CCDD) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is focused on improving methods for mathematical modeling and statistical inference on infectious disease data, engagement with policymakers to use the results of transmission dynamic studies to improve decisions, and outreach to multiple constituencies to provide education about communicable disease dynamics, tools for their analysis, and opportunities for interaction with scientists in the field.

The Research Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics (PGSG) focuses on the genetic dissection of complex human diseases and gives special emphasis to deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying cancer to improve diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention. We also research other chronic diseases and new methods in statistical genetics with colleagues at the School, Harvard Medical School, the Broad Institute, and elsewhere. 

Training and education: That’s how we’re fostering neuropsychiatric genetics research capacity in long-excluded communities around the world.

NeuroGAP-Psychosis endeavors to broaden our understanding of the genetic factors that contribute to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. This genome-wide association study (GWAS) is being carried out in partnership with five academic and research institutions in south and east Africa: Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia; KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kenya; Moi University, Kenya; University of Cape Town, South Africa; and Makerere University, Uganda. 

The Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) is a longitudinal cohort study investigating the long-term effects of HIV and antiretroviral (ARV) medications in infants, children, adolescents, and young adults who are living with perinatal HIV (PHIV) or were born HIV-negative to mothers living with HIV. The PHACS network follows participants at 21 clinical sites across the U.S., including Puerto Rico. 

The Zhu Center is dedicated to prevention education and research across the cancer continuum. Our mission is to support groundbreaking research that develops and implements novel methods, technologies, and tools to further the translation of this work into clinical and public health.