The landmark Belmont Report articulated key principles to protect humans in scientific studies. Nearly 50 years after the report’s publication, this distinguished panel of bioethics experts will examine the impacts of those guidelines, particularly on communities of color. What are the successes? Where are the shortcomings? And what are the actionable solutions to create a more inclusive, just, and trustworthy healthcare system for everyone?
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Rebecca Weintraub Brendel
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From Darkness to Light: Stories and Strategies to End Avoidable Blindness in Sierra Leone
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for our weekly Thursday Brown Bag Series! On April 24, Jalikatu Mustapha, MMed, MSc, BMBS, will present, “From Darkness to Light: Stories and Strategies to End Avoidable Blindness in Sierra Leone”. Jalikatu Mustapha is a LEAD Fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute and Deputy Minister of Health Ⅱ in Sierra Leone. This seminar will be held in Building 1, Room 1208. Online participation will be available via Zoom. A Harvard ID is required for building access.
The Thursday Brown Bag Series is a weekly seminar series featuring current research of faculty, affiliates, and guests of the department. Any questions regarding the series can be directed to the department at GHP@hsph.harvard.edu.
Speakers will share their own perspectives; they do not speak for Harvard
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A State of Passion Documentary Screening
Join us for a screening of Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi’s documentary, “A State of Passion” which captures ongoing human rights violations and the war in Gaza through the eyes of British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah.
After 43 horrific days working around the clock and under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals, Dr. Abu-Sittah emerged to shed light on the sixth war he has experienced while lending his medical expertise for humanitarian assistance. With news footage of him pale and shell-shocked reverberating around the world, he speaks of the unfathomable horrors he witnessed, from lacerated bodies to amputations without anesthetics, orphaned children with no surviving family, deliberate targeting of medics, hospital facilities, water and sewage systems, evidence of chemical weapons use, indiscriminate killing disproportionately affecting children, and widespread life-altering injuries among civilians.
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Springtime and Sustainability at Arnold Arboretum
“Springtime and Sustainability at Arnold Arboretum” featuring Head of Arboretum Operations and Projects Danny Schissler. Learn about Harvard’s “Museum of Trees” and what it takes to keep North America’s first public arboretum open to all. HUID required or online at https://hsph.me/arnoldarboretumsustainability.
to RSVP please email susan_bottino@harvard.edu.
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Danny Schissler
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Medical Information and Misinformation – The Role of Epidemiology
The Cutter Lectures on Preventive Medicine
The 9th Symposium
Join us as three preeminent speakers address topics on the intersection of health, misinformation, and epidemiology adapting to a rapidly changing information landscape.
- Stefanie Friedhoff will speak on Defending the Science, Losing the Narrative: A Path Forward for Health Promotion in Chaotic Information Ecosystems.
Abstract: At the heart of the information crisis that is eroding advances in health around the world lies a difficult truth: societies are not able to meet the information needs of people and communities amidst rapidly changing, increasingly weaponized information spaces. This talk will illuminate how an overfocus on atoms of misinformation can stand in the way of addressing broader narratives, and miss drivers of vulnerability to misleading information such as outdated communications practices, information inequities, polarization, and negative experiences with the healthcare system. Introducing the lens of information as a social determinant of health, Friedhoff will discuss how information can both directly and indirectly impact health outcomes. Charting a path forward, she will share emerging insights from research and practice on how public health and medicine can more effectively engage diverse publics in health promotion in a changed information landscape. - Alfredo Morabia will speak on Epidemiology at a Crossroads: History, Misinformation, and the Defense of Public Health.
Abstract: Throughout history, epidemiology has stood at the crossroads of science and political pressure, providing critical public health insights despite efforts to suppress inconvenient truths. From Cold War-era studies on radiation exposure to the politically charged investigations of the AIDS crisis, epidemiologists have navigated resistance from powerful institutions. Today, political interventions once again challenge the field’s ability to inform public health policy. This talk explores historical parallels and key differences between past and present contexts, highlighting the enduring tension between truth and misinformation, and what history teaches us about defending public health. - Issa Dahabreh will speak on Causal Inference and Causal Language for Observational Studies in Medical Journals.
Produced by the Department of Epidemiology with co-sponsors the Department of Biostatistics and Center for Health Communications.
This hybrid event offers livestream and in-person viewing options (with limited in-person seating). Seats in the main auditorium are first come, first served. There is additional seating in the overflow room. There will also be a recording of the event for those who cannot attend.
Stay for the reception 5:00-6:00PM in Sebastian’s Cafe.
Open to the public.
Speakers will share their own perspectives; they do not speak for Harvard.
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Innovation in time of crisis: An inside look at HHS during the first Trump Administration
Eric Hargan, who served as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the first Trump administration, will share an insider’s perspective into the early U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the vital work of Operation Warp Speed to deliver a vaccine in record time. This fireside chat will also explore initiatives to improve healthcare access in rural communities through telehealth expansion and remote patient monitoring.
Register for free to submit your questions.
An on-demand video will be posted after the event.
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Eric Hargan
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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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Community Data Preservation: A Climate & Health Datathon
Health and climate data are crucial to our work and our everyday lives. It is important that this public data is maintained and kept available for us now and in the future.
Join us for this climate and health datathon and learn how to save our data while having fun connecting with fellow data enthusiasts!
We’re partnering with the Climate and Health Research Coordinating Center (CAFÉ RCC), a joint partnership between Boston University School of Public Health and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, to host this preservation event. We will focus on the importance of data preservation and good data management and pivot to capturing crucial public health information, reports, and datasets for preservation in the CAFÉ Dataverse.
No data science skills are needed! Join when you can for as long as you can.
This event is open to all Harvard students, postdocs, researchers, faculty, and staff, as well as the larger concerned public health community.
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Financing universal health coverage through social health insurance: Kenya’s experience
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for our weekly Thursday Brown Bag Series! On April 17, Wanza Mbole, DSL, MBA, BSc, will present, “Financing universal health coverage through social health insurance: Kenya’s experience”. Wanza Mbole is a LEAD Fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute. This seminar will be held in Building 1, Room 1208. Online participation will be available via Zoom. A Harvard ID is required for building access.
The Thursday Brown Bag Series is a weekly seminar series featuring current research of faculty, affiliates, and guests of the department. Any questions regarding the series can be directed to the department at GHP@hsph.harvard.edu.
Speakers will share their own perspectives; they do not speak for Harvard
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Helping Hands: The Mississippi Delta Food Community
Join us for a preview of the documentary Helping Hands followed by a conversation with the filmmaker Jack Thomas Spears on the resilience of the Mississippi Delta’s food community and how neighbors are fighting food insecurity despite the challenges. Light Refreshments will be provided.
Poverty in the Delta has been written on, researched, and is now the model of economic desolation for the rest of the country. For example, Mississippi is the last state on lists such as employment, education, and opportunity. At the same time, Mississippi is the first state on lists such as obesity, crime, and poverty. Those living outside of the Delta are quick to the perspective of negativity, desolation, and decline when thinking about the Delta. These individuals are quick to point towards the looming statistics without having a thought towards the communities represented by those numbers. However, the narrative does not end there. In spite of all the mentioned struggles faced in this region, a deep sense of community continues to resiliently grow behind the shadow of poverty. A sense of community where gardens are being utilized to feed senior citizens, churches are using their buses to drive members to grocery stores, and mayors double as food pantry directors. A sense of community that anyone living in the Delta is aware of and lives with. A sense of community that is hidden by negative stereotypes to much of the nation and especially the rest of Mississippi. Helping Hands stands in the gap of research and perspective between the looming statistics of food insecurity and the community that stands defiantly in opposition.