Countway Cinema: Run from Rain
Join Countway Library and the HMS Department of Global Health and Social Medicine for a film screening followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers of “Run from Rain!” This powerful short documentary captures one boy’s resilience amid displacement and instability.
Directed by journalists and filmmakers Jess DiPierro Obert and Jacki Huntington, Run from Rain offers an intimate portrait of survival, hope, and belonging in a country under siege. Follow 16-year-old Macul Nelson as he rebuilds his life after losing his parents to gang violence in Haiti.
Speaker Information
Jacki Huntington
Jess DiPierro Obert
Organizers
20th Kolokotrones Symposium – Acetaminophen During Pregnancy and Autism: What Does Causal Inference Take?
CAUSALab is thrilled to invite you to the 20th Kolokotrones Symposium at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health!
“Acetaminophen During Pregnancy and Autism: What Does Causal Inference Take?” features four expert talks and a panel discussion.
The symposium will provide an introduction to the epidemiology of autism, present what is currently known about the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism, describe possible explanations for this association, and explore the challenges and opportunities to design better studies to estimate the causal effect. The symposium will conclude with an expert panel that will consider the question: where do we go from here?
NOTE: In-person attendance is limited to Harvard ID holders due to space restrictions. Online attendance is free and open to the public. Limited spots are available, so please register now to reserve your spot.
Speakers
Marc Weisskopf
Krista Huybrechts
Brian Lee
Sonia Hernández-Díaz
Alec Walker
Organizers
Warren Alpert prize symposium- Cracking the Capsid: Lenacapavir and the Next Chapter in HIV Treatment and Prevention
The Warren Alpert Foundation and Harvard Medical School invite you to the 2025 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize Symposium honoring Tomáš Cihlář PhD, John O. Link, PhD, and Wesley Sundquist, PhD for their critical contributions to the discovery and development of lenacapavir, the first approved drug to disrupt a viral capsid. The high potency of lenacapavir and its twice-yearly dosing regimen have the potential to significantly accelerate the end of the HIV epidemic.
Speaker Information
Invited Speakers
George Q. Daley, MD, PhD
Bruce Walker, MD
Tomáš Cihlář, PhD
John Link, PhD
Wesley Sundquist, PhD
Conversation with Bill Gates (by video recording)
Linda-Gail Bekker, MD, PhD
Organizers
First, Do No Harm: A Symposium in Memory of Lucian Leape
Join us for a symposium and reception in honor and memory of Lucian Leape, who passed away this past summer at the age of 94. The Department of Health Policy and Management will celebrate Lucian’s impact and look ahead to the challenges and opportunities for the patient safety movement he did so much to advance. Read his New York Times obituary here.
Symposium: 2:00PM – 5:15PM, Kresge G1 & Online (Livestream)
Reception: 5:15PM-6:30PM, Kresge Atrium
This event is open to the public. Registration is required for all in-person attendees. All in-person attendees who do not already have Harvard University ID access to the Kresge Building will be required to bring a photo ID and check in at the Kresge security desk. Registration ensures that you will be on the guest list when you check in.
This event will be in-person and livestreamed online. The livestream link will become active as the date nears. You will also receive the link to the livestream in your email after registering for this event, if you choose to register in advance (not required for those joining via livestream).
Keynote Speakers
Don Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP, KBE
This event will also feature two panels:
Panel 1: “Lucian Leape – Navigating the Ship of Patient Safety”
Panelists: David Bates, Tejal Gandhi, David Blumenthal
Moderator: Joel Weissman
Panel 2: “Achieving Zero Harm: Paths Forward”
Panelists: Michelle Anderson, Patricia Dykes, Michaela Kerrissey
Moderator: Eric Schneider
Panelists & Moderators
Michelle Anderson, BSN, RN
David Bates, MD, MSc
Heat, Health and the City: Community, Housing, and Health System Solutions
The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) invites you to join us for this in-person breakout session as part of Harvard Climate Action Week. Breakout sessions are first come, first served. Please plan to arrive early to the session.
Extreme heat is an increasingly urgent public health problem in cities, where dense populations and built environments can intensify health risks for vulnerable communities. This panel will showcase how local initiatives are addressing public health and climate challenges related to extreme heat in urban environments. Panelists will discuss real-life strategies that connect scientific research to equitable interventions, aiming to protect health and reduce disparities in cities. The session will highlight related Harvard Chan research, including work in Boston’s redlined communities.
Speaker Information
Organizers
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Celebration of Early Career Investigators in Cancer Research
Early career investigators are a unique reservoir of new ideas, innovation, and excellence in cancer research. To celebrate this, we welcome you to join the Annual DF/HCC Celebration of Early Investigators in Cancer Research. This symposium will showcase the talent of early career investigators at the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) who work in several areas of population science, including epidemiology, biostatistics, outcomes, diversity, and survivorship. We invite all members of the public to attend the event. We also invite students, post-docs, residents, and clinical fellows to submit abstracts for consideration as oral or poster presentations. We look forward to an exciting afternoon of discussion, sharing new discoveries, and building new collaborations.
Global Health Week Symposium: Building Sustainable Health Systems
Global Health Week returns on April 28 to May 2!
Please join the Department of Global Health and Population’s Global Health Week Symposium on “Building Sustainable Health Systems” featuring Keynote speaker Muhamad Chatib Basri, PhD, Chairman, PT Bank Mandiri tbk. and Former Minister of Finance of Indonesia, followed by a panel discussion from international experts and Harvard faculty.
This event will be held on Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM in Kresge G2.
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.
Keynote Speaker
Muhamad Chatib Basri, PhD
Panelists
Moderator
Organizers
2025 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge Awards Ceremony
Join the Harvard Innovation Labs for our annual celebration of innovation, community, and entrepreneurship at Harvard. We’ll hear live pitches from 25 finalist ventures and reveal which will receive a share of $517,000 in funding, courtesy of the Bertarelli Foundation. Get excited for this year’s event by watching highlights from last year.
We’ll hear live pitches from 25 finalist ventures and reveal which will receive a share of $517,000 in funding, courtesy of the Bertarelli Foundation.
Get excited for this year’s event by watching highlights from last year.
Register today to get the link for the livestream.
Tickets for the in-person event will open to the Harvard community on April 7 and to the general public on or before April 23.
HOW TO JOIN
In-person: Join us in person for the awards ceremony in Klarman Hall in Allston, Massachusetts. An after party will follow at Schwartz Pavillion (directly outside of Klarman Hall) with food, drinks, and a chance to meet and mingle with the finalists and our broader innovation community.
Online: Can’t make it to campus? Join us online from anywhere in the world for an immersive digital experience. Register to receive the link to view the livestream.
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Please note: By registering, you agree to receive emails about this event and future communications from the Harvard Innovation Labs.
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Building a Learning Health System: the VA-CAUSAL Enterprise (19th Kolokotrones Symposium)
CAUSALab is thrilled to invite you to the 19th Kolokotrones Symposium at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health!
This hybrid symposium celebrates the 100th anniversary of research for our VA-CAUSAL collaborator, the VA Office of Research & Development.
“Building a Learning Health System: the VA-CAUSAL Enterprise” will explore how VA-CAUSAL may serve as a helpful model for future learning health systems. Speakers will describe the program infrastructure, research use cases, and policy implications. The symposium will conclude with a panel discussion on the future of research to build learning health systems.
VA-CAUSAL is a causal inference research initiative within the U.S. Veterans Health Administration. The goal of VA-CAUSAL is to help transform the VA into a learning health system that expedites the translation of research into practice and supports decision-making by patients, clinicians, and other stakeholders to improve health.
Featured symposium speakers to be announced.
Event information including directions and building access will be sent directly to registered in-person attendees in the weeks leading up to the event. Zoom link will be distributed to all virtual attendees the week leading up to the event.
Speakers’ remarks are based on their own scholarship and experience. As such, they speak for themselves, and not for Harvard, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), or the United States government.
Organizers
Cooking Demonstration & Tasting Reception
Executive Chef Chris Kelly will demonstrate cancer-mindful recipes in conversation with Martin Breslin, Harvard University’s Director of Culinary Operations. A small-plate tasting reception will follow. Join us to improve your cooking skills, enjoy a healthy bite, and socialize.