Leadership and Management : The Importance for Public Health Professionals
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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Applied Risk Communication for the 21st Century
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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Film screening of Ava DuVernay’s “13th”
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.
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WGH Film Screening of “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”
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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MELD Seminar
Please join the Department of Environmental Health for the Mechanisms of Environmental and Lung Diseases (MELD) T32 Seminar Series.
Date: May 6, 2025, 9:30am – 10:30am
Location: Building 1, Room 1302
Topic: Infrared Molecular Fingerprinting and Proteomic Profiling of Firefighters: Assessing Occupational Exposure-Related Biochemical Alterations
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Olivia Kline, BSc
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ERC Alumni Seminar: Enhancing our understanding of lung cancer in Asia — A Singapore perspective
Join the Harvard Chan Education & Research Center for this seminar from an ERC alumna:
Title: Enhancing our understanding of lung cancer in Asia — A Singapore perspective
Presenter: Wei Jie Seow, BSc, MSc, ScD, Assistant Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
- Identify key risk factors contributing to lung cancer in Asia.
- Compare the risk factors for lung cancer in Western versus Asian populations.
- Discuss the use of risk prediction models to identify high-risk groups for lung cancer screening.
Location: Kresge 502 and Online via Zoom.
Register: Click here to register to attend via Zoom.
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Wei Jie Seow
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Occupational Safety & Health Seminar
Title: Human exposure to airborne pathogens and secondary contaminants associated with germicidal UV lights disinfection.
Presenter: Seongjun Park, PhD, Research Fellow in the Department of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to
- Discuss the pros and cons of applying germicidal UV systems indoors.
- Describe the formation of secondary contaminants by the germicidal UV lights.
- Explain the effects of building operating conditions on indoor air quality.
- Explain the effects of germicidal UV system operating conditions on indoor air quality.
Location: Kresge 502 and Online via Zoom.
Register: Click here to register to attend via Zoom.
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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.
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Roy Cooper
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CHDS Seminar: Answering Causal Questions Through Decision Analytical Models
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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Jeremy Labrecque
Maurice Korf
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Occupational Safety & Health Seminar
Title: Work-related injuries and illnesses among public sector workers in Massachusetts
Presenters:
- Kathleen Grattan, MPH, Epidemiologist, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Mary Dozois, CIH CSP, Program Supervisor, Workplace Safety & Health Program for Public Employees, Department of Labor Standards
- Michael Flanagan, MPA, Director, Department of Labor Standards
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to
- Explain what an OSHA state plan is.
- Explain how a state plan functions in Massachusetts to protect the occupational safety and health of the public sector workforce.
- Describe patterns of work-related injury and illness among public sector workers in Massachusetts.
Location: Kresge 502 and Online via Zoom.
Register: Click here to register to attend via Zoom.