Thursday Brown Bag Series

The Department of Global Health and Population’s Thursday Brown Bag Series is a weekly seminar series featuring current research of faculty, affiliates, and guests of the department. The intent is to educate and raise awareness of our community and beyond. This series is held from 1 to 2 pm in Building 1, Room 1208. Questions regarding the series can be directed to Kim Ploeg.

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.

Visit our event archives for past Brown Bag seminars.

Spring ’26 Seminars

Seminars are held from 1 to 2 pm in Building 1, Room 1208.

February 5, 2026
Climate anxiety and disaster preparedness
Vincenzo Bollettino, PhD, Director, Resilient Communities Program, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, and Senior Research Scientist, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

February 12, 2026
Economic inequality and violent mortality: Evidence from Ecuador
Omar Galárraga, PhD, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, and Director, Center for Global Public Health, Brown University 

February 26, 2026
Maria Glymour, ScD, Chair and Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health

March 5, 2026
Beyond the buzzwords: Why implementing people-centered care is essential to achieving universal health coverage
David Duong, MD, MPH, Director, Program in Global Primary Health Care, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

March 12, 2026
Henry Cust, PhD, Research Scientist, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, and Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Global Health, University College London

March 26, 2026
Jeff Imai-Eaton, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Director, Center of Communicable Disease Dynamics (CCDD), Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

April 23, 2026
Kaori Yamaguchi, PhD, OTR, Takemi Fellow in International Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

April 30, 2026
Vikram Patel, MB, BS, PhD, Paul Farmer Professor and Chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Anuska Kalita, MPH, DrPH, Director, India Health Systems Program, Harvard University