ID Epi Seminar Series – Ted Cohen
Feb 13, 2025 | 1-2pm ET | Kresge G3
Spatial and genomic epidemiology of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Republic of Moldova
Presented by Ted Cohen, Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) at Yale School of Public Health.
Dr. Cohen is an infectious disease epidemiologist whose primary research focus is tuberculosis. He is particularly interested in understanding how drug-resistance and medical comorbidities such as HIV frustrate current efforts to control tuberculosis epidemics, with a goal of developing more effective approaches to limit the morbidity caused by this pathogen.
Each spring, the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics hosts an annual seminar series, featuring talks from experts on the latest research in infectious disease epidemiology and modeling.
Speakers will share their own perspectives and do not speak for Harvard.
Air pollution and COPD: From epidemiology to intervention with Dr. Mary Rice
Join us for a UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center Science Seminar with Mary Rice, MD, MPH. Dr. Rice will speak on Air pollution and COPD: From epidemiology to intervention.
Event Details
Date: January 21, 2025
Time: 3-4 pm ET (12-1 pm PT)
Location: Zoom (Meeting ID 992 7828 8529 and Passcode 111314)
About the speaker: Dr. Mary Rice researches how environmental exposures, especially air pollution and climate change, impact the respiratory health of children and adults and the development of interventions to mitigate these health effects. She is a pulmonary critical care physician and the Director of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) Institute for Lung Health, where she is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of Research for the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine.
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ID Epi Seminar Series – Paul Zivich
Jan 30, 2025 | 1-2pm ET | Kresge 502
Effects of Influenza Vaccination Among University Students Using Target Maximum Likelihood for Interference
Presented by Paul Zivich, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Paul Zivich is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His interests are in causal inference with potential outcomes and the computational aspects of epidemiology. His work has ranged from fusion study designs to assessing the performance of estimators through simulation studies to free and open-source software to collection of contact network data with electronic sensors to application of causal inference in the context of infectious disease and social epidemiology.
Each spring, the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics hosts an annual seminar series, featuring talks from experts on the latest research in infectious disease epidemiology and modeling.
Speakers will share their own perspectives and do not speak for Harvard.
Gambling has gone digital. Online casino games are legal in several states, and online sports betting in dozens more. But behind the flashy marketing and sign-up bonuses, what are the costs of having “a casino in your pocket” 24/7? In this discussion, our panel of experts will examine the forces driving the rise of online gambling, the emotional, health and economic harms of problem gambling, and how policy change and treatment can reduce the burden.
Register for free to submit your questions.
An on-demand video will be posted after the event.
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Moderator
Laura Haefeli
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Climate change begins in the OR: Our unsustainable future in healthcare with Kelly Wright, MD
Please join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health and the Department of Environmental Health for a talk by Kelly Wright, MD of Cedars-Sinai. Dr. Wright will discuss “Climate change begins in the OR: Our unsustainable future in healthcare.”
Dr. Wright is the Director of the Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She did her residency at Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals and her fellowship in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts. She currently serves Cedars-Sinai in several capacities, including implementing enhanced recovery after surgery, increasing telehealth utilization, and decreasing hospital waste production. Additionally, she runs the endometriosis center at Cedars-Sinai, combining bench research and high-volume surgical care to learn more about the disease. She is interested in promoting gender equity for women surgeons and their patients.
This event will be held in person (HSPH Bldg. 1, 1302) and via Zoom. Register here.
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Dr. Kelly Wright, MD, FACOG, FACS
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Responding to Climate Change – Challenges and Opportunities for Mental Health and Well-Being
On Wednesday, February 5th, from 1-1:50 PM in FXB G12 or online, please join us for the third installment in our Environments for Health and Happiness Seminar Series, featuring Dr. Gaurab Basu. In this event, titled “Responding to Climate Change – Challenges and Opportunities for Mental Health and Well-Being“, Dr. Basu will explore the mechanisms by which climate change impacts the mental health and well-being of our communities, and challenge the audience to explore the ways in which climate solutions can enable the deeper work of creating well-being.
Gaurab Basu, MD, MPH is a primary care physician and Director of Education and Policy at Harvard Chan C-CHANGE. He is also Assistant Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Assistant Professor of Medicine and Global Health & Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His work focuses on the intersection of climate change, global health equity, human rights, medical education, and public policy. He practices internal medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance.
Lunch will be provided.
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U.S. v Skrmetti: Arguments and Consequences for Transgender Health Care
Join us! Alejandra Caraballo will discuss how the U.S. Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti will impact access to gender-affirming health care for transgender people.
Lunch will be served.
This event is open to the public. Registration is required.
Public parking is limited, so use of public transportation or ride services is recommended.
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Alejandra Caraballo, JD
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Co-sponsored by: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Women, Gender, and Health Interdisciplinary Concentration & Department of Epidemiology & Office of Diversity and Inclusion; Harvard Medical School Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs & Office of Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership; Harvard College Office of BGLTQ Student Life; SOGIE Health Equity Research Collaborative; Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity at Dana-Farber
Harvard Chan School hosts a diverse array of speakers who are invited to share their scholarly research and perspectives; they do not speak for the School or Harvard University.
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
A Drowsy School Bus Driver – Intrinsic Sleep Disorder or Adverse Scheduling?
Location: Kresge 502 and Zoom.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to…
- Describe the physiological effects of shift work on circadian rhythms and overall
sleep quality. - Analyze the risks associated with chronic shift work.
- Evaluate evidence-based strategies to mitigate the adverse effects of shift work on sleep health.
- Discuss interventions for improving sleep hygiene.
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 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Steven W. Lockley
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Be kind, live longer? The surprising health benefits of giving back
Both helping others and maintaining a sense of optimism and gratitude in our personal lives can yield numerous mental and physical health benefits, from improving our mood to reducing blood pressure. Recent research has shown that people who frequently volunteer tend to live longer lives and that practicing gratitude can reduce smoking cravings. Our panelists will discuss ways to encourage prosocial behaviors, such as altruism, cooperation, compassion, and empathy, and, in turn, improve the health of both individuals and their communities.
Register for free to submit your questions.
An on-demand video will be posted after the event.
Speakers
Ashley Whillans
Moderator
Center Member Research Presentation: Su Chu, PhD, MS and Katie Tomsho, PhD, MPH
Join us for a Center Member Research Presentation by Dr. Su Chu and Dr. Katie Tomsho. Dr. Chu will present on Immune activation, neurodevelopment, and risk of offspring ADHD: a survey of the circulating maternal metabolome during pregnancy and Dr. Tomsho will present on Exploring associations between environmental health literacy, biomarkers of exposure, and behaviors.
Dr. Su H. Chu is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and an associate statistician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. A biostatistician and molecular epidemiologist by training, her current research focus revolves around characterizing the integrative metabolomic landscape of asthma and ADHD comorbidity observed in childhood and across the lifecourse. She has developed novel methods for integrative multiomic gene set analysis, and led one of the first epigenome-wide applications of mediation analysis. Dr. Chu also serves on the Executive Steering Committee of the Consortium of Metabolomics Studies (COMETS; supported by the National Cancer Institute), and is the chair of its Statistics Working Group.
Dr. Katie Tomsho is an Instructor and Director of the Environmental Justice and Health Program in the Environmental Health department at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She received her B.A. in Environmental Studies at Dickinson College, and her MPH at Boston University School of Public Health. Her prior experiences as a community organizer focused on environmental science led to her interest in effective communication of environmental health data. She is interested in research focused on environmental exposure data report back and environmental health literacy.
This event will be held in person in HSPH Bldg. 1, 1302 and via Zoom. Register here.
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Katie Tomsho, PhD, MPH
