Department of Epidemiology
Learn how we advance public health globally by researching the frequency, distribution, and causes of human disease, and shaping health policies and practices.
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Kresge, 9th Floor,
Boston, MA 02115
Past Events
Seminars from Fall 2024

Practical Aspects of Predicting RCT Findings Using Healthcare Databases
September 4, 2024
1:00-1:50PM
Sebastian Schneeweiss, MD, ScD
Professor, Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Department of Epidemiology Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

What Can Epidemiologists Learn from Historic Heat Waves? The Case of Boston, July 1911
September 11, 2024
1:00-1:50PM
David S. Jones, MD, PhD
A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

When Gold Standards are Not So Golden: A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence on the Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening from Randomized Trials and Observational Studies
September 18, 2024
1:00-1:50PM
Prof. Dr. med. Hermann Brenner
Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research
Division Head, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Advancing LGBTQ Health Equity Through Epidemiology
September 25, 2024
1:00-1:50PM
Brittany Charlton, ScD
Associate Professor of Population Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology
Director of the LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Evidence Triangulation in Dementia Research
October 2, 2024
1:00-1:50PM
Maria Glymour, SD
Chair and Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Boston University School of Public Health

Data Impacts of Changes in U.S. Census Bureau Procedures for Race and Ethnicity Data
October 16, 2024
1:00-1:50PM
Elizabeth Arias, PhD
Statistical Analysis & Research Team, Mortality Statistics
Branch, National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Works-in-Progress Seminar
October 30, 2024
1:00-1:50PM

Trends in antiretroviral therapy use among pregnant persons: 2008–2022
Nedghie Adrien
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

First-trimester exposure to newer antiretroviral agents and congenital anomalies in a US cohort
Kelly Fung
Research ScientistDivision of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics
Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School

Common genetic variation and Our Future Health
November 6, 2024
1:00-1:50PM
David Hunter, MBBS, ScD, FRACPHM
Richard Doll Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine, University of Oxford; Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention, Emeritus, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Recording TBA

Reconciling Conflicting Results from Target Trials Assessing the Long-Term Effects of Bariatric Surgery
November 13, 2024
1:00-1:50PM
Sebastien Haneuse, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics
Department of Biostatistics
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Recording TBA

Addressing Familial Contribution to Trauma-Illness Links Using Nordic Data Resources
November 20, 2024
1:00-1:50PM
Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir, PhD
Dean of the School of Health Sciences
Professor of Epidemiology
University of Iceland