Complex Mixtures Working Group
Join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Centerâs working group on complex mixtures, held in HSPH Kresge 202A! Note – the “October” meeting will be held one week later than usual, on November 3, 2025 at 1 pm.
This monthly working group meeting is held in person. Members discuss a wide range of issues related to analyzing health effects of complex mixtures of exposures in environmental health. During the 2025-2026 academic year, the group will also work through complex mixtures challenges faced by individual members.
Please email niehsctr@hsph.harvard.edu to RSVP!
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Complex Mixtures Working Group
Join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Centerâs working group on complex mixtures, held the last Monday of each month in HSPH Kresge 202A!
This monthly working group meeting is held in person. Members discuss a wide range of issues related to analyzing health effects of complex mixtures of exposures in environmental health. During the 2025-2026 academic year, the group will also work through complex mixtures challenges faced by individual members. The September meeting will focus on air pollution/climate variables as a mixture.
Please email niehsctr@hsph.harvard.edu to RSVP!
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Americaâs declining birth rate: A public health perspective
As birth rates decline in the U.S., policymakers are debating whether to encourage a baby boomâand if so, how. Ideas range from funding bank accounts for newborns to lowering the cost of in vitro fertilization to changing tax policy to encourage larger families. This panel brings together health and policy experts to explore the drivers of declining fertility, consider whether the U.S. needs more births, and discuss innovative strategies to improve the health of moms and babies.
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Veronica Adamson
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Smart Solutions, Hidden Costs: Weighing AIâs Climate and Health Impact
The Department of Environmental Health and the Harvard Chan Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) hosted this live webinar as part of Harvard Climate Action Week.
Smart Solutions, Hidden Costs: Weighing AIâs Climate and Health Impact
The AI boom introduces new possibilities for identifying and implementing innovative climate solutions that can protect communities and improve health. At the same time, the water and energy resources â and resulting fossil fuel emissions â needed to cool and power AIâs data centers create new and growing threats to health. In this webinar, Harvard experts will address AI’s complex relationship with both climate and health outcomes, acknowledging both the transformative potential and the real costs involved.
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Hot Topics Seminar Series: Understanding Medicaid Work Requirements – Research Evidence and the Current Debate
Join us for a timely Hot Topics session with Dr. Benjamin Sommers. A leading voice in health policy and economics, Dr. Sommers will unpack the latest research and policy debates on Medicaid work requirements amid todayâs shifting political landscape.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A session, and light lunch will be served. Harvard ID required to enter the venue.
Dr. Sommers is a health economist and a primary care physician whose research interests are health policy for marginalized populations, the uninsured, and the health care safety net. He is the Huntley Quelch Professor of Health Care Economics at Harvard Chan and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His research has been published in leading journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and Health Affairs, and his work has been profiled in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and National Public Radio. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2019. From 2021 to 2023, he served in the Biden Administration as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), at the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Benjamin Sommers
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Addressing the Impact of Extreme Heat on Young Children
Excessive heat can impact young childrenâs development and health both in the moment and across the lifespan. Implementing strategies to reduce exposure to extreme heat benefits children, caregivers, and communities.
Join us for a live conversation, Addressing the Impact of Extreme Heat on Young Children, on July 17 at 1 pm ET, as we explore how communities are working to reduce the effects of extreme heat on early childhood development.
The discussion will be led by Lindsey Burghardt, MD, MPH, FAAP, the Centerâs Chief Science Officer and Founding Director of the Early Childhood Scientific Council on Equity and the Environment (ECSCEE), which authored the 2024 working paper, Extreme Heat Affects Early Childhood Development and Health. Our panelists, Michelle Kang, Chief Executive Officer of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), and Jennifer Vanos, PhD, Associate Professor in the School of Sustainability and the College of Global Futures at Arizona State University, will share innovative strategies to protect young children from extreme heat, support caregivers, and ensure healthy development of all children in our communities.
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Lindsey Burghardt, MD, MPH, FAAP
Michelle Kang
Jennifer Vanos, PhD
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Presented jointly with the Master in Health Care Management program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Drawing on research and real-world applications, this panel of physicians and health care executives will explore the transformative impact of AI on health care delivery, research, and policyâand address critical questions around data privacy and protection. Panelists will share their experiences integrating AI into workflows such as diagnostics, patient monitoring, and clinical decision-making, shedding light on both the promise and challenges of AI in health care.
Register for free to submit your questions.
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Hot Topics Seminar Series: Reproductive health inequities among LGBTQ populations
Join us as we kick off the Hot Topics Seminar Series with Dr. Brittany Charlton, a leading scholar of sexual and gender minority health inequities. In her talk, Dr. Charlton will dive into her research on reproductive health inequities faced by LGBTQ communitiesâan urgent and often overlooked public health issue.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A session, and light lunch will be served.
Dr. Charlton is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is the Founding Director of the LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence. Widely recognized for her work on health inequities, Dr. Carltonâs research centers on cancer and reproductive health among sexual and gender minority communities. She has published over 100 original research papers and leads several mentoring initiatives, particularly for underrepresented minorities.
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Brittany Charlton
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Nutrition and Infection Interventions to Promote Survival, Growth, and Development
Join the Department of Global Health and Population on Tuesday, July 22, for a seminar featuring Christopher R. Sudfeld, Associate Professor of Global Health and Nutrition in the Department of Global Health and Population. Christopher Sudfeld will present, âNutrition and Infection Interventions to Promote Survival, Growth, and Developmentâ.
This hybrid seminar will be held in Building 1, Room 1208 and via Zoom.
Please note, a Harvard ID is required for building access.
Speakers will share their own perspectives; they do not speak for Harvard
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OEMR Presentations: Second-year Resident Research Projects & Awards (Session 2)
The Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program invites you to attend the OEMR Presentation Day, on June 27, 2025. The presentations will take place at HSPH in Kresge 502 and remote attendance via ZOOM will be available.
The Session 1 runs from 9:00 am to 11:30 am, where the first year OEM Residents will present their Practicum (aka Capstone) projects. Click here for details about Session 1.
Session 2 begins at 12:30 and concludes at 2:30, where the second-year residents will give the final presentations of their Residency Research Projects, and awards will be announced around 1:55 pm.
CMEs will be available for US-licensed physicians.*
Click here to register to attend Session 2 via ZOOM.
Session 2: Second-year Resident Research Projects & Awards
Title: Respiratory Symptoms and Pulmonary Function in Veterans Deployed to Afghanistan and Southwest Asia
Presenter: Chris Leopardi, MD, MPH
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to:
- Describe the prevalence of respiratory symptoms among post-9/11 Veterans.
- Evaluate the impact of deployment-related environmental exposures on respiratory health.
- Compare pulmonary function outcomes between veterans with and without asthma.
- Evaluate the potential role of oscillometry as a diagnostic tool for early detection of small airway disease.
Title: âF!reF!ghterF!tâ: A randomized controlled trial of lifestyle coaching interventions for obese firefighters: Current data and intervention review.
Presenter: Derek Stewart, DO, MHSA and Kangwook Huh, DO, MPH
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to:
- Describe the current data collected through the onboarding process.
- Analyze the study design used to evaluate the effectiveness of the lifestyle medicine intervention.
- Discuss the specific lifestyle interventions implemented in the study, including the six lifestyle medicine pillars.
- Evaluate the potential implications of the study for clinical practice and future research in lifestyle medicine.
Awards Presentation & Closing Remarks
Presenter: Stefanos Kales, MD
*CE/CME Information
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 and hybrid activity for 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditsâ˘. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Note: the morning session carries 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. The afternoon session carries 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.