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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Seminars in Epidemiology
The Department of Epidemiology seminar series is dedicated to the various issues in public health research and practice. A long tradition in our department, this lunchtime seminar series was developed to promote discussion, share work in progress, and summarize recently completed work.
The series typically attracts a broad audience including faculty, research scientists, postdoctoral fellows, and students from several Harvard Chan School departments, including Epidemiology, Global Health and Population, Nutrition, and Biostatistics.
This page is a work-in-progress, please check back regularly for updates.
All seminars are open to the public and will be held on Zoom unless otherwise noted.
Persons with disabilities who would like to request accommodations or have questions about physical access may contact ewilliams@hsph.harvard.edu in advance of the program or visit.
The Harvard Chan School hosts a diverse array of speakers, invited to share both scholarly research and personal perspectives. They do not speak for the School, and hosting them does not imply endorsement of their views, organizations, or employers.
Upcoming Seminars – Spring 2025
- January 29 – Are we already FAIR? The future of data sharing
Iris Pigeot, PhD
Professor for “Statistics focused on Biometry and Methods in Epidemiology” at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Bremen, Germany, Director of the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS; Head of the Department of “Biometry and Data Management” of the BIPS
Register for Zoom - February 5 – Climate, Fossil Fuel Pollution and Respiratory Health: From Epidemiology to Intervention
Mary Rice, MD, MPH
Mark and Catherine Winkler Associate Professor of Environmental Respiratory Health, Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health, Director, Center for Climate Health and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE), Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Associate Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess, Harvard Medical School
Register for in-person or Zoom - February 26 – Title Tba
Mats Stensrud, MD, DrPH
Associate Professor, Chair of Biostatistics, EPFL
Registration for virtual seminar TBA
Past seminars
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