Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Priceless benefits: Effects of school spending on child mortality”
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Emily Rauscher, PhD
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Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Women’s socioeconomic advantage over their partners and relationship dissolution: A 29-country study”
Pilar Gonalons-Pons, PhD, Alber-Klingelfhofer Presidential Associate Professor, department of sociology, University of Pennsylvania, presents “Women’s socioeconomic advantage over their partners and relationship dissolution: A 29-country study.”
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Pilar Gonalons-Pons
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Population Research Exchange (hybrid): “The impact of structural sexism on health and healthcare: Current evidence and future research priorities”
Patricia Homan, PhD, associate professor of sociology and director of research and strategic initiatives for the public health program, Florida State University; and visiting scholar at the GenderSci Lab, History of Science Department, Harvard University, presents “The impact of structural sexism on health and healthcare: Current evidence and future research priorities.” This event is co-sponsored by the Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University.
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Patricia Homan, PhD
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Halving Premature Death by 2050: Is it Feasible? Is it Ethical?
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for our first installment in the Thursday Brown Bag Series! On February 27, Ole F. Norheim, MD, PhD will present “Halving Premature Death by 2050: Is it Feasible? Is it Ethical?” Dr. Norheim is Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Ethics and Population Health in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 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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Data-Thon: Data Preservation Event
Join us for an event focused on preserving vital public health datasets and information that are rapidly disappearing from US government websites. These resources are crucial for researchers worldwide, enabling them to generate credible insights and inform decisions in clinical care, health policy, health equity, and resource allocation. Learn how you can contribute to safeguarding public health data by identifying at-risk datasets and websites, implementing preservation measures, and ensuring proper documentation to keep information publicly accessible.
Data science skills are not necessary, but please bring your enthusiasm and your patience – we will be testing this process in real-time while fostering a supportive community!
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Do you have a question about cancer prevention, fitness, or food? Stop by our “Ask the Expert” table on World Cancer Day, February 4th between 11:30am and 1:30pm for an informal conversation with our experts while you are getting your lunch. No registration necessary! Enjoy free snacks!
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*Please note that registration is required for all attendees. WebEx links will be emailed out ahead of the event
Social media hosts an endless supply of misleading cancer information. As members of the public health community how do we keep the lines of communication open and encourage patients to follow confirmed and effective guidelines. Join our panel of experts as they discuss the latest research on how and why misinformation spreads, and our role in the conversation as health care professionals.
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Abstract:
The treatment of one individual often affects the outcomes of others. A canonical example occurs in infectious disease settings, where vaccinating one individual can reduce disease transmission and thereby influence the health outcomes of others. This type of interference implies that individuals cannot plausibly be treated as independent and identically distributed (iid).
Extensive methodological research has recently addressed interference problems and the resulting violation of conventional iid assumptions. However, despite growing interest in this topic, there remains controversy over whether and when existing methods capture causal effects of practical interest, particularly in clinical medicine and public health.
In this talk, I will present causal methodologies—motivated by infectious disease settings—for addressing interference. The central idea is to define estimands that are insensitive to the interference structure. This approach is not merely a workaround to avoid interference; rather, I will argue that these estimands have a clear interpretation and can guide decisions by doctors and patients. Specifically, these estimands can quantify vaccine waning and sieve effects, as illustrated through examples concerning COVID-19 and HIV.
Short biography:
Mats Stensrud, MD Dr philos, is an associate professor of biostatistics at the Institute of Mathematics at EPFL in Switzerland. His research focuses on methods for causal inference in medicine and epidemiology, usually in settings with exposures and outcomes that depend on time.
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Mats Stensrud, MD Dr philos
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Public Interested Conference 2025
Public Interested is a campus-wide program organized by the Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship and collaboratively planned by the Harvard Alumni Association, Advanced Leadership Initiative, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard Innovation Labs, Institute of Politics, Mignone Center for Career Success, Office for the Arts, Office for Sustainability, Phillips Brooks House Association, Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, and the Social Innovation and Change Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School. This program offers several outstanding ways for students and alums to explore public interest careers, make connections, and discuss social issues. Public Interested will take place on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Breakout networking discussions include: advising on public interest careers, education, environmental justice, immigration reform, political engagement and advocacy, public and global health, public interest law and criminal justice reform, and safety nets: housing access and food security.
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Sharrelle Barber SD '14 Director of the Ubuntu Center at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health
Jerren Chang MBA '21, MPP '21, President and CEO, Partners in Democracy
Marion Dry AB '73, Chair and Co-Founder of ClassACT HR73
Jahnavi Raos ALM '00, ALM '01, MPA '24, Co-President, Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment
Rob Watson AB '09, EdM '18, MPA '21, Executive Director, EdRedesign Lab at HGSE; Lecturer on Education, HGSE
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ID Epi Seminar Series – Gili Regev-Yochay
Feb 27, 2025 | 1-2pm ET | Kresge G3
The Sheba Pandemic Preparedness Research Institute (SPRI) – From Pandemic Preparedness to a West Nile Virus mAb
Presented by Gili Regev-Yochay, Professor, Director of the Sheba Pandemic Preparedness Research Institute, School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Gili Regev-Yochay, is a full Professor at the Tel-Aviv University, Faculty of Medicine. She is the Director of the Sheba Pandemic preparedness Research Institute (SPRI) and the Head of the Infection Prevention & Control Unit at the Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. During the COVID-19 pandemic she was a local, national and global opinion leader in the field. Her research on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness, correlates of protection and the immune response has led to major policy decisions and to the establishment of SPRI.
