Department of Global Health and Population
We teach students how to effectively respond to key health challenges impacting populations around the world through outstanding teaching and research. Our expertise includes health systems and economics, global nutrition, maternal and child health, infectious and non-communicable diseases, and humanitarian studies and population ethics.
665 Huntington Avenue
Building 1, 11th and 12th Floors
Boston, MA 02115
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.
Fall ’26 Seminars
Seminars are held from 1 to 2 pm in Building 1, Room 1208.
September 10, 2026
Patrick Vinck, Research Director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
September 17, 2026
Jeff Imai-Eaton, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics (CCDD), Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
September 24, 2026
JP Onnela, Chair and Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
October 1, 2026
Christos Christou, Former International Director, Médecins Sans Frontières
October 22, 2026
Claire Leppold, Senior Research Fellow in Community Resilience, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, and Kate Brady, Co-Director of the Grassroots Project at Human Services Research Institute
October 29, 2026
Vanessa Kerry, Co-Founder and CEO, Seed Global Health, and Director of the Global Health and Climate Policy Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
November 5, 2026 – Held in collaboration with the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (Pop Center)
Heather Randell, Associate Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
November 12, 2026 – Held in collaboration with the Pop Center
Gabrielle Oliveira, Jorge Paulo Lemann Associate Professor of Education and of Brazil Studies, Harvard Graduate School of Education
November 19, 2026
Emmilie Aveling, Lecturer on Health Research and Qualitative Methods, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
December 10, 2026
Ummu Markwei, Senior Lecturer in Applied Sociology and Head, Department of Business Administration, University of Professional Studies, Accra