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June 4

Leadership and Management : The Importance for Public Health Professionals

Two scientists in lab coats collaborate in a modern laboratory. The woman holds a clipboard, focusing on notes or data, while the man beside her holds a tablet, gesturing as he explains or discusses something. Both are engaged and serious, suggesting a professional exchange of ideas. The lab environment is filled with equipment, shelves, and bright overhead lighting, creating a high-tech and organized workspace.
Location
Virtual

Event Type

1:30 pm 2:00 pm

Improving environmental health and safety performance requires more than technical expertise—it demands strong leadership and management skills. Join us for a webinar hosted by Louis J. DiBerardinis, Instructor of Industrial Hygiene, to explore the essential capabilities EHS professionals need to drive meaningful change.

Drawing from real-world experience, Mr. DiBerardinis will share key leadership principles, recommendations for communicating with senior management, strategies for building effective performance systems, time management tips, and more. He’ll also introduce his upcoming course, Management and Leadership Skills for EHS Professionals program, offered online in September and on-site in March.

If you’re looking to strengthen your leadership skills, influence organizational culture, and elevate EHS performance, we invite you to attend this webinar.

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June 17

Applied Risk Communication for the 21st Century

A group of professionals sits around a conference table in a modern office setting. A woman in glasses and a gray blazer is speaking, gesturing with her hand as she addresses the group. Her colleagues, dressed in business attire, listen attentively, with one older man looking at her with interest. Microphones and water bottles are arranged on the table, indicating a formal meeting or discussion. The large windows in the background bring in natural light, creating an open and professional atmosphere.
Location
Virtual

Event Type

1:00 pm 1:30 pm

Join us for a webinar on the Applied Risk Communication for the 21st Century program offered by Harvard Chan School Executive and Continuing Education.

Hosted by Program Director Kasisomayajula “Vish” Viswanath, PhD, the session will highlight how the program equips professionals to communicate complex health risks clearly and effectively. Dr. Viswanath will share how the latest research in science and risk communication informs practical strategies for building trust, reducing public anxiety, and countering misinformation.

If you’re looking to sharpen your communication skills and support informed public health decision-making, we invite you to attend this webinar to see how this program can align with your goals.

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May 5

Film screening of Ava DuVernay’s “13th”

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Location
Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room
651 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Time

12:00 pm 2:00 pm

Event Type

From Around the School, Lectures/Seminars/Forums

Bring your lunch and join us for a screening of the film 13th, followed by open-ended discussion. Watch the trailer here.

About the film:
Combining archival footage with testimony from activists and scholars, director Ava DuVernay’s examination of the U.S. prison system looks at how the country’s history of racial inequality drives the high rate of incarceration in America.

May 7

WGH Film Screening of “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”

Location
Kresge G2, Harvard Chan School
677 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115

Time

5:30 pm 7:30 pm

Event Type

From Around the School, Lectures/Seminars/Forums

WGH and event co-sponsors are hosting a community screening of “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” to honor the political and humanitarian power of grassroots women-led movements in the face of war and the gendered impacts of war. This gripping documentary follows the courageous Liberian women who organized a nonviolent resistance to end a brutal civil war—ultimately paving the way for peace and the election of Africa’s first female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

This event is co-sponsored by the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, the Harvard Chan Muslim Student Association and the Africa Student Health Forum. All are welcome!

Dinner and refreshments will be provided!

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May 1

Harvard International Office: Summer Travel Planning

Time

1:00 pm 1:50 pm

Event Type

From Around the School, Trainings and Workshops

Harvard students considering international travel for the summer are encouraged to attend an online meeting with Elizabeth Capuano of the Harvard International Office. Please register for the Zoom meeting using the registration link.

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May 2

Longwood Festival

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Time

4:00 pm 7:30 pm

Event Type

From Around the School

Join faculty, students, staff and researchers from across the Longwood Schools on the Harvard Medical School Quad Lawn for a day of games, free food, and music. Whether you want to join in for a game of soccer, be the first team to solve a puzzle, or relax by enjoying nachos, churros, and popcorn while playing lawn games. There will be something for individuals of all backgrounds to enjoy while meeting other Longwood-based students from across graduate school!  

RSVP here: https://engage.sph.harvard.edu/event/11255968 

Open to ALL Harvard students, staff and faculty (we encourage everyone to join our activities or cheer your colleagues on!)

Food will include vegetarian options. Activities will run from 5 – 7 PM and include team soccer, team tug-of-war, team trivia and a team jig-saw-puzzle racing! 

Sign up to join an activity at the follow survey: https://forms.office.com/r/Gc9ah8Bw6r  We would also appreciate volunteers sign up at through this spreadsheet: Longwood Festival Volunteer Sign Up!

May 2

Longwood Festival

Longwood festival text in green writing with leaves on beige background

Time

4:00 pm 7:30 pm

Event Type

From Around the School

Join faculty, students, staff and researchers from across the Longwood Schools on the Harvard Medical School Quad Lawn for a day of games, free food, and music. Whether you want to join in for a game of soccer, be the first team to solve a puzzle, or relax by enjoying nachos, churros, and popcorn while playing lawn games. There will be something for individuals of all backgrounds to enjoy while meeting other Longwood-based students from across graduate school!  

RSVP here: https://engage.sph.harvard.edu/event/11255968 

Open to ALL Harvard students, staff and faculty (we encourage everyone to join our activities or cheer your colleagues on!)

Food will include vegetarian options. Activities will run from 5 – 7 PM and include team soccer, team tug-of-war, team trivia and a team jig-saw-puzzle racing! 

Sign up to join an activity at the follow survey: https://forms.office.com/r/Gc9ah8Bw6r  We would also appreciate volunteers sign up at through this spreadsheet: Longwood Festival Volunteer Sign Up!

May 7

Why Medicaid matters: A conversation with former NC Gov. Roy Cooper

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Location
The Studio & Online

Event Type

1:00 pm 1:30 pm

Before leaving the office of Governor due to term limits earlier this year, Roy Cooper expanded North Carolina’s Medicaid program, enrolling more than 650,000 residents, many in rural areas. He also worked with hospitals to create a medical debt relief program aimed at helping nearly 2 million residents get out from under the weight of $4 billion in medical bills that they couldn’t afford to pay. In this conversation, Gov. Cooper will explain the value he sees in Medicaid and the potential impact of federal funding cuts to public health. He will also discuss his experience building coalitions across party lines to address healthcare needs in his state.

Speaker

Moderator

May 6

CHDS Seminar: Answering Causal Questions Through Decision Analytical Models

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Location
Virtual

Time

1:00 pm 2:00 pm

Event Type

From Around the School, Lectures/Seminars/Forums

Join the Center for Health Decision Science for a Seminar with Jeremy Labrecque and Maurice Korf from Erasmus MC for a virtual seminar showing that many decision analytical models are inherently causal in nature. They explicitly present decision analytical models as causal models, highlighting that, the more a decision model deviates from its underlying causal structure, the more likely it is to result in a sub-optimal decision with all the consequences this entails.

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May 5

Trust and ethics in public health

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Location
The Studio & Online

Time

1:00 pm 1:50 pm

Event Type

From Around the School, Lectures/Seminars/Forums

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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