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Developments in Postmarketing Safety Surveillance of Medical Products: Reflections from the FDA Sentinel Innovation Center

Virtual

Join us on Wednesday, January 28th for a Department of Epidemiology seminar featuring Dr. Rishi Desai discussing Developments in Postmarketing Safety Surveillance of Medical Products: Reflections from the FDA Sentinel Innovation Center.  Abstract: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Sentinel Initiative—launched in 2008 under the FDA Amendments Act as the first national active-surveillance system for medical-product safety—has grown from a proof-of-concept...

EcoOpportunity Green Team Meeting

Kresge Room 205 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

Sustainable Farming and Local Food to Promote Resilience and Community HealthPresented by Jennifer Hashley, Director, New Entry Sustainable Farming Project at Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Also available by Zoom. For more information, email susan_bottino@harvard.edu Organizers

Using Values-Based Storytelling to Shift the Public Health Conversation: A Hands-on Workshop

Kresge 110

Storytelling is one of the most powerful tools in health communication—capable of shifting beliefs, building trust, and inspiring action. In this session, led by SBS alum Elissa Scherer (MPH-HSB '24), we’ll explore why stories stick when facts alone fall flat, and how to harness narrative as a strategy for building community trust and public health...

Trial Augmentation Using External Data and Models: Toward Harmony Between Observational Studies and Trials

Kresge 502 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts

Join us on Wednesday, February 4th for the Department of Epidemiology seminar series featuring Dr. Issa Dahabreh discussing Trial Augmentation Using External Data and Models: Toward Harmony Between Observational Studies and Trials Abstract: We introduce trial augmentation, a new approach to analyzing randomized trials that leverages external data — either historical experimental data or observational data — to improve...

Health Benefits of Fighting Dragons

Kresge 202A 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts

On Wednesday, February 4th, 2026, from 1-1:50 p.m. in Kresge 202A, join us for a well-being workshop led by Center Student Engagement Committee member Anya Greenberg, SM ’26. Explore how tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons can boost well-being, confidence, and social connection. Lunch provided. Attendance open to Harvard-ID holders. Speaker Information Organizers

Community Coffee Hour

HSPH Building 1, Room 1208 (12th Floor)

Join the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) on Thursday, February 5th for a Community Coffee Hour! Join us for an in-person gathering to meet the HHI team and learn more about their global work. All members of the Harvard community are welcome to join to kick off the new semester, build connections, and foster collaboration. This...

Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Can a voice channel improve retention and worker well-being? Evidence from a cluster-randomized trial in U.S. fulfillment centers”

HCPDS, 9 Bow Street, Cambridge, MA, and Online via Zoom

Erin Kelly, PhD, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management, presents “Can a voice channel improve retention and worker well-being? Evidence from a cluster-randomized trial in U.S. fulfillment centers.” The Social Demography Seminar (SDS) series at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies provides a lively forum for...

Better Research IV: Share and Publish Data with Open Science Framework

What: An in-depth look at advanced features of Open Science Framework and how to integrate them into your research process for sharing and publishing research data. This session is a follow up to "Research Management: Data Organization and Sharing in Open Science Framework." Why: Using reputable and compliant tools for research management and data sharing...

Event Series GHP Thursday Brown Bag Series

Brown Bag Seminar: Climate anxiety and disaster preparedness

Building 1, Room 1208 665 Huntington Ave., Boston, Massachussetts

Vincenzo Bollettino is the director of the Program on Resilient Communities at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and senior research associate with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His research and professional experience include disaster resilience, humanitarian action, civil-military engagement in emergencies, and humanitarian leadership. He has spent the past 23 years of his...

Quantitative Bias  Analysis: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Virtual

Join us on Wednesday, February 11th for a Department of Epidemiology seminar featuring Dr. Timothy Lash discussing Quantitative Bias Analysis: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.  Abstract: Quantitative bias analysis encompasses all methods used to estimate the direction, magnitude, and uncertainty from non-randomized research. Many of these methods have been well known for decades, but are still not routinely implemented. This talk will...

The Samuel L. and Elizabeth Jodidi Lecture with Atul Gawande

Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Mechanics of Public Man-Made Death: USAID’s Destruction At One Year The Trump Administration’s abrupt dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has triggered a wave of already hundreds of thousands of deaths, mostly of children, around the world. Atul Gawande—former leader of global health at the agency—draws on data, historical parallels, and...

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