Community Exposures and Health Training
The Community Exposures and Health (CEH) Training is a two-day intensive course featuring lectures on key concepts in solution-oriented, community environmental health research. Lectures will cover topics ranging from exposure assessment techniques to epidemiologic methods, community engagement practices, health policy applications, and statistical analytic approaches for doing environmental health science that is in partnership with and relevant for improving community health. Visit the event site for more information.
Registration is required to attend. Scholarships are available:
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Joan Casey, PhD
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GenAI for Exploratory Data Analysis
Generative AI has proven to reliably and rapidly develop code and data analysis. Advancements in technology have provided in-built containers for running of generated code within the AI environment, providing a streamlined experience for rapid exploratory data analysis.
This workshop aims at providing instruction on Harvard generative AI resources, best practices, and understanding of the current state of generative AI resources at Harvard in the pursuit of exploratory data analysis.
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Harvard International Office: Summer Travel Planning
Harvard students considering international travel for the summer are encouraged to attend an online meeting with Elizabeth Capuano of the Harvard International Office. Please register for the Zoom meeting using the registration link.
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Elizabeth Capuano, assistant director
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Community Data Preservation: A Climate & Health Datathon
Health and climate data are crucial to our work and our everyday lives. It is important that this public data is maintained and kept available for us now and in the future.
Join us for this climate and health datathon and learn how to save our data while having fun connecting with fellow data enthusiasts!
We’re partnering with the Climate and Health Research Coordinating Center (CAFÉ RCC), a joint partnership between Boston University School of Public Health and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, to host this preservation event. We will focus on the importance of data preservation and good data management and pivot to capturing crucial public health information, reports, and datasets for preservation in the CAFÉ Dataverse.
No data science skills are needed! Join when you can for as long as you can.
This event is open to all Harvard students, postdocs, researchers, faculty, and staff, as well as the larger concerned public health community.
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Specific Aims Review Session
For Center members, their collaborators, affiliates, and trainees
Are you preparing for an upcoming environmental health-related submission? Have your Specific Aims page reviewed by our senior NIEHS Center faculty! In a friendly, constructive, small-group open session, a panel of Center members will offer critique and suggestions to improve your Specific Aims.
Proposals are welcomed that relate to the gamut of Environmental Health research (exposure assessment, community engagement and education, epidemiology, genetics and genomics, molecular biology, etc.). Please submit your draft Aims by the Friday deadline so that we can ensure reviewers include faculty with relevant areas of expertise. Open to investigators at all levels.
If you would like your document reviewed, please send an email to niehsctr@hsph.harvard.edu by 5pm on the Friday before the session (November 28) with the following information:
- Name (first and last)
- Affiliation
- Sponsor/mentor
- Type of grant/award you are applying for
- New submission or resubmission
- Anticipated submission date
- Title of your project
- Attach your Specific Aims document and, if a resubmission, your introduction page (MS Word is preferred)
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Specific Aims Review Session
For Center members, their collaborators, affiliates, and trainees
Are you preparing for an upcoming environmental health-related submission? Have your Specific Aims page reviewed by our senior NIEHS Center faculty! In a friendly, constructive, small-group open session, a panel of Center members will offer critique and suggestions to improve your Specific Aims.
Proposals are welcomed that relate to the gamut of Environmental Health research (exposure assessment, community engagement and education, epidemiology, genetics and genomics, molecular biology, etc.). Please submit your draft Aims by the Friday deadline – July 25 – so that we can ensure reviewers include faculty with relevant areas of expertise. Open to investigators at all levels.
If you would like your document reviewed, please send an email to niehsctr@hsph.harvard.edu by 5pm on Friday, July 25 with the following information:
- Name (first and last)
- Affiliation
- Sponsor/mentor
- Type of grant/award you are applying for
- New submission or resubmission
- Anticipated submission date
- Title of your project
- Attach your Specific Aims document and, if a resubmission, your introduction page (MS Word is preferred)
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The Art of Well-Being
On Tuesday, April 22nd, from 1-1:50 PM in Kresge 202A, all Harvard students, faculty, and staff are welcome to join us for The Art of Well-Being: A Science-Backed Approach to Emotional Release. This interactive workshop will use evidence-based practices like mindfulness, expressive writing, and grounding exercises to help you release emotional overwhelm and reconnect with inner calm. Through simple guided activities and shared reflection, you’ll walk away with tools to feel more focused, clear-headed, and emotionally grounded.
This workshop will be led by Student Steering Committee member Rifka Verma, MPH ’25. Seats are limited, so RSVP today!
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Rifka Verma
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Blooming Brushstrokes: A Spring Painting Experience
The “Blooming Brushstrokes: A Spring Painting Experience” event is designed to bring together students for an afternoon of creativity, relaxation, and team building, while celebrating the vibrant season of spring in Boston. As the city comes alive with blossoming flowers and warmer weather, this event offers a unique opportunity for students to engage in a fun, instructor-led painting session that fosters collaboration and creativity.
Note: The painting session is covered by the HCSGA. However, students are responsible for arranging their transportation. If using public transit, take the Green Line from Brigham Circle; at North Station, transfer to the Orange Line; exit the train at Assembly station. From there, it’s just an 8-minute walk to Muse PaintBar.
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Data Preservation & Community Event
Event description
This preservation event will focus on compiling a list of websites that feature crucial public health information, reports, and datasets on state web pages for the Internet Archive to capture post-event. No data science skills are needed. This event is open to Harvard Chan students, postdocs, researchers, faculty, and staff, as well as the larger concerned public health community.
Connecting with community is another important component of this event. You’ll have the chance to write postcards to government officials and a silk screening station will be set up so you can express your data preservation pride! Bring your own t-shirt or tote! A small number of free t-shirts will be provided – first come first served. Bring your laptop!
For questions: datapreservationcollective@hsph.harvard.edu.
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Healing through Crafting Stories
On Wednesday, March 26th, from 1 – 1:50 PM in Kresge 202A, we invite all Harvard students, faculty, and staff to join us for a workshop exploring the role of writing in well-being, led by Student Steering Committee member Naomi Ahn, MPH ’25.
Embark on a brief journey to discover how the simple act of writing and sharing stories can nurture emotional health and resilience. Explore the powerful connection between crafting narratives and healing for both the mind and body through short, easy writing exercises.
Join us in a space of creativity, reflection, growth, and community-building through the art of storytelling. Lunch will be provided.
Disclaimer: This is not the time to feel burdened or pressured by writing long essays. You don’t need to be a fan of writing—your facilitator once disliked writing too.
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Naomi Ahn
