Monday Nutrition Seminar | Intermittent Fasting and Diet Quality in Cardiometabolic Health and Aging
Please join the Department of Nutrition for the Monday Nutrition Seminar featuring Courtney M. Peterson, PhD, MSc, MS, MA, Associate Professor at the Department of Nutrition, Secondary Faculty at the Department of Molecular Metabolism, Director of Harvard-Chan Research Kitchen at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Peterson will present her talk on ” Intermittent Fasting and Diet Quality in Cardiometabolic Health and Aging” on November 17, 2025 at 1:00pm ET. This seminar will take place in FXB G-13 and via Zoom (registration is required).
The Monday Nutrition Seminar Series is free and open to the public. If you plan to attend this event and do not have an active HUID, please fill out the registration form by 3:00 p.m. Friday, November 14 to request a visitor pass to access the building.
Seminar speakers share their perspectives, they do not speak for Harvard.
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Courtney M. Peterson, PhD, MSc, MS, MA
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As foreign aid landscapes shift, we’ll explore whether smarter, more strategic collaboration—rather than simply more funding—is the key to sustainable, resilient healthcare in Africa. Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin, former Minister of Health (Ethiopia), and Rosine Sori-Coulibaly, former Minister of Economy, Finance and Development (Burkina Faso), will discuss how integrated national planning, efficient donor alignment, and strengthened governance can create health sovereignty.
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Rosine Sori-Coulibaly
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Fatou Jallow
Broadening diversity in an online preconception cohort study of the environment and reproduction with Lauren Wise, ScD
Please join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health and the Department of Environmental Health for a talk by Lauren Wise, ScD, of the Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. Wise will discuss “Broadening diversity in an online preconception cohort study of the environment and reproduction.”
This event will be held in person (HSPH Bldg. 1, 1302) and via Zoom. Register here
About the speaker
Dr. Lauren Wise joined the Boston University School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology in 2004 after completing her doctorate at the Harvard School of Public Health. She has an interest in reproductive and perinatal epidemiology. Her research involves the study of benign gynecologic conditions, delayed conception, and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Dr. Wise is principal investigator of Boston University Pregnancy Study Online (PRESTO) and co-investigator of Snart Gravid (“Soon Pregnant”) and Snart Foraeldre (“Soon Parents”) studies, web-based prospective cohort studies of time-to-pregnancy and birth outcomes in North America and Denmark (http://presto.bu.edu). Dr. Wise is also principal investigator of NIH-funded studies investigating environmental and genetic determinants of uterine fibroids in African-American women, including an ancillary R01 study of endocrine-disrupting chemicals and fibroids in the Study of Environment, Lifestyle, and Fibroids (SELF) in Detroit, Michigan (http://www.detroitself.org/).
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Navigating a critical moment for public health education and research
We invite you to a faculty panel discussion exploring the current landscape and future of public health research and education. Department Chair Sarah Fortune will discuss how IID is navigating this pivotal moment, setting priorities, and looking ahead. Yonatan Grad will share insights on emerging research opportunities, while Flaminia Catteruccia will address the critical intersection of graduate education and international research. The panel will be moderated by Bailey Bowcutt, a PhD student in the Biological Sciences in Public Health Program, who will offer her perspective on building a scientific career during these uncertain times.
This 45-minute Zoom session includes 30 minutes of conversation followed by 15 minutes for your questions. Whether you’re an alumnus or friend of the department or School, we hope you’ll join us to learn about the exciting research underway in IID and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
All speakers will share their own perspectives; they do not speak for Harvard.
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Sarah Fortune
Yonatan Grad
Flaminia Catteruccia
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Bailey Bowcutt
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Three decades of the Mediterranean diet pyramid: A brief review of its history, evolution, and scientific advances
Please join the Department of Nutrition for the Monday Nutrition Seminar featuring Greg Drescher; Frank Hu, MD, MPH, PhD; Miguel A. Martínez-González, MD, PhD; Antonia Trichopoulou, MD, PhD; and Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPH. The speakers will present on “Three decades of the Mediterranean diet pyramid: A brief review of its history, evolution, and scientific advances” on November 10, 2025 at 1:00pm ET.
This seminar will take place in FXB G-13 and via Zoom (registration is required).
The Monday Nutrition Seminar Series is free and open to the public. If you plan to attend this event and do not have an active HUID, please fill out the registration form by 3:00 p.m. ET on the Friday before the seminar to request a visitor pass to access the building.
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Antonia Trichopoulou, MD, PhD
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CHDS Seminar with Darius Lakdawalla of the University of Southern California
Join the Center for Health Decision Science for a seminar with Darius Lakdawalla of the University of Southern California. Generalized Risk-Adjusted Cost-Effectiveness (GRACE) provides a direct method for measuring patient risk preferences and incorporating these into cost-effectiveness estimates. In this presentation, we will discuss: 1) the rationale for GRACE as a way of explaining discordance between traditional cost-effectiveness analysis (TCEA) and the behavior of patients and payers; 2) the economic theory behind GRACE; 3) empirical estimates of GRACE-based utility over health; and 4) a practical approach for estimating GRACE using only inputs from standard TCEA models.
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Darius Lakdawalla, PhD
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Things we have learned about TB transmission and progression from our cohort studies in Lima, Peru
Title Talk
“Things we have learned about TB transmission and progression from our cohort studies in Lima, Peru”
THIS SPEAKER WILL BE IN PERSON IN FXB 301.
The event will be hybrid.
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My collaborators and I have been studying TB transmission and progression in Peru through a series of cohort studies we have conducted in Peru over the past 20 years. These have uncovered both host and pathogen related factors that affect the spread of TB in that setting. I will describe the design and outcomes of these studies highlighting some unexpected findings.
Inherited trauma, inherited equity: Reparations as a determinant of health
Join the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights for a virtual conversation between Dr. L’Bertrice Solomon, LP.D., JD, MPH, MMSc, and FXB Director, Dr. Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH, to explore the intersection of reparative justice and racial trauma’s legacy. Is there a pathway to healing for the descendants of the enslaved? For instance, reparations can serve as a transformative health intervention for Black men in Jackson, Mississippi, illuminating how structural repair can advance collective well-being across the South.
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Dr. Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH
Dr. L'Bertrice Solomon, LP.D., JD, MPH, MMSc
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FXB Center work in progress seminar – Out of sight, out of mind: Myanmar’s invisible crisis
Join the FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University for a virtual work-in-progress seminar to hear from Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar and Director of the Southeast Asia Human Rights Project at Harvard University’s Asia Center. The conversation will be moderated by FXB’s Director of Research, Professor Jacqueline Bhabha, JD, MSc. Harvard ID required to attend.
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
Please note: this start time for this week’s Grand Rounds has changed from 1:10 to 3:10 PM. This is just a one-time change.
The Department of Environmental Health and the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program invite you to the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds.
Topic: Prevention of Laboratory Animal Allergy: A Case of Anaphylaxis after Laboratory Rat Bite
Presenter: Jeremy Berger, DO, MPH, MS, Second-year resident in the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Discussant: Gregg Stave, MD, JD, MPH, Medical Professor, Duke University
Location: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Building 1, Room 1302 and Zoom.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Discuss how to control Laboratory Animal Allergy Exposures using a structured hierarchy of controls.
- Explain how to identify cases of Laboratory Animal Allergy in your patients.
- Describe medical surveillance steps to assess workers for Laboratory Animal Allergy.
Register: Please click here to register to attend via Zoom.
CMEs for US licensed physicians
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Chan Education and Research Center. The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health designates this live activity for 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity