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SUMMARY:IID Research Updates: Rubin Lab & Gopinath Lab
DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday Nutrition Seminar | To organic\, or not to organic\, that is the question\n\n\n\n	Food\, Nutrition\, Diet\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type: Seminar Series \n\n\n\n	From Around the School\, Lectures/Seminars/Forums\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		Register Today	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTalk 1\n\n\n\n\n\nWesley Parker\, Graduate Student\n\n\n\n(Rubin Lab)  \n\n\n\nTalk Title: “A Novel Factor Links the Clp Protease to Transcriptional Regulation of Cell Division in Mycobacteria“\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTalk 2\n\n\n\n\n\nSmita Gopinath\, Assistant Professor\n\n\n\n(Gopinath Lab)  \n\n\n\nTalk Title: “Antiviral activity of bacterial cell walls”\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nTHE SPEAKERS WILL BE IN PERSON IN  FXB 301. The event will be hybrid. Light lunch will be provided. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n		\n			\n				\n					\n						Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School.					\n					In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted executive and continuing education\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n											\n																															\n									\n										Degree Programs									\n								\n																															\n									\n										How to Apply									\n								\n																															\n									\n										Executive and Continuing Education
URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/immunology-infectious-diseases/events/iid-research-updates-rubin-lab-gopinath-lab/
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SUMMARY:Cross-Disorder Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders: Findings and Methodologic Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday Nutrition Seminar | To organic\, or not to organic\, that is the question\n\n\n\n	Food\, Nutrition\, Diet\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n	From Around the School\, Lectures/Seminars/Forums\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		Register Today	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us on Wednesday\, March 11th for the Department of Epidemiology seminar series featuring Dr. Jordan Smoller discussing Cross-Disorder Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders: Findings and Methodologic Challenges. \n\n\n\nAbstract: Psychiatric disorders are highly comorbid\, heritable\, and genetically correlated\, raising fundamental questions about the nature of shared versus disorder-specific genetic influences. Large-scale genome-wide association studies and multivariate genetic models now provide compelling evidence for both pervasive pleiotropy and meaningful etiologic differentiation across major psychiatric disorders. This seminar will review key findings from recent cross-disorder genetic analyses including recent work characterizing shared and disorder-specific genetic architecture using multivariate genomic approaches. We will also discuss methodological challenges that complicate cross-disorder inference\, including heterogeneity in phenotypic assessment\, differences in case and control ascertainment\, and selection biases inherent in clinical cohorts\, electronic health records\, and population biobanks. Addressing these challenges will be important for robust and clinically-meaningful inferences about the underlying structure of psychopathology.   \n\n\n\nBio: Dr. Jordan Smoller is a psychiatrist\, epidemiologist\, and geneticist whose research focus has been understanding the genetic and environmental determinants of psychiatric disorders across the lifespan and using big data to advance precision mental health including improved methods to reduce risk and enhance resilience.    \n\n\n\nDr. Smoller is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Professor in Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. At Massachusetts General Hospital\, he is the Jerrold F. Rosenbaum Endowed Chair in Psychiatry\, Director of the Center for Precision Psychiatry\, Director of the Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit in the Center for Genomic Medicine\, and co-Director of the Center for Suicide Research and Prevention at MGH and Harvard.  Dr. Smoller is a Tepper Family MGH Research Scholar and also serves as Director of the Omics Unit of the MGH Division of Clinical Research and co-Director of the Mass General Brigham Training Program in Precision and Genomic Medicine. He is an Associate Member of the Broad Institute and past President of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics.    \n\n\n\nHe has played a leading role in national and international efforts to advance precision and genomic medicine. He is a Principal Investigator (PI) in the eMERGE (Electronic Medical Records and Genomics) network\, founding PI of the PsycheMERGE Consortium and lead PI of the New England Precision Medicine Consortium as part of the NIH All of Us Research Program. He is also co-Chair of the Cross-Disorder Workgroup of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC). He is an author of more than 650 scientific publications and is also the author of The Other Side of Normal (HarperCollins/William Morrow\, 2012).  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n\n	\n		\n							Jordan Smoller\, MD\, ScD					\n				Professor of Psychiatry\, Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor in the Department of Epidemiology\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \n			\n			\n					\n	\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDepartment of Epidemiology\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n		\n			\n				\n					\n						Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School.					\n					In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted executive and continuing education\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n											\n																															\n									\n										Degree Programs									\n								\n																															\n									\n										How to Apply									\n								\n																															\n									\n										Executive and Continuing Education
URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology/events/cross-disorder-genetics-of-psychiatric-disorders-findings-and-methodologic-challenges/
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SUMMARY:The Big Joy Project: Using Daily Microacts to Promote Global Well-Being
DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday Nutrition Seminar | To organic\, or not to organic\, that is the question\n\n\n\n	Food\, Nutrition\, Diet\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n	From Around the School\, Lectures/Seminars/Forums\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		Register Today	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn Wednesday\, March 11th\, 2026\, from 1-1:50 PM in FXB G13 and online\, we held the fifth installment in our Virtues for Well-being seminar series\, featuring leading expert on joy Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas. \n\n\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\nEvent Description\n\n\n\nGreater well-being predicts better health\, more satisfying relationships\, and overall success in life – and it is of utmost importance to most people. Recent scholarship has yielded a growing canon of empirically-tested interventions to enhance well-being\, though few are multifaceted or widely\, freely accessible. This presentation will share insights from the Big JOY project\, an interactive public online program that offers 7 daily well-being micro-acts alongside individualized feedback about momentary and pre-to-post impact. A global\, collaborative Citizen Science initiative\, analysis of voluntary single-arm Big JOY participant responses sheds light on key patterns of engagement and impact; financial strain predicts drop off\, younger people report greater benefit to well-being\, and greater adherence ties to stronger endorsement of prosocial mores. Published findings and ongoing examination of the Big JOY dataset promise to inform continued efforts to promote well-being effectively\, sustainably\, and at scale. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biography\n\n\n\nDr. Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas is the Science Director at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center (GGSC). She runs the GGSC’s annual research fellowship program as well as major research initiatives on topics like gratitude\, humility\, and love. She teaches the science of well-being widely\, including open online courses that have enrolled over 1M learners worldwide. Dr. Simon-Thomas leads collaborative efforts to give widespread access to well-being insights and practical strategies for improvement\, and also investigate impact on individuals\, interpersonal dynamics\, and biological processes. She co-edited the 2017 Oxford Handbook of Compassion Science\, and co-authored the 2025 Daily Flourish: A Science Backed Journal to Build Positivity\, Connection\, and Resilience. Dr. Simon-Thomas serves as an expert voice on the neuroscience and social implications of prosocial states like compassion and awe and the well-being benefits of generous and nurturing behaviors. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n\n	\n		\n							Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas					\n				Science Director of the Greater Good Science Center\n			\n			\n												\n	\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n		\n			\n				\n					\n						Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School.					\n					In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted executive and continuing education\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n											\n																															\n									\n										Degree Programs									\n								\n																															\n									\n										How to Apply									\n								\n																															\n									\n										Executive and Continuing Education
URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/health-happiness/events/virtues-for-well-being-a-seminar-with-dr-emiliana-simon-thomas/
LOCATION:FXB G13 or online\, 677 Huntington Ave\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02115
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SUMMARY:Exogenous probe drug strategy effectively identifies MASH: From environmental toxicology to biomarker success with Nathan Cherrington\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday Nutrition Seminar | To organic\, or not to organic\, that is the question\n\n\n\n	Food\, Nutrition\, Diet\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n	From Around the School\, Lectures/Seminars/Forums\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		Register Today	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health and the Department of Environmental Health for a talk by Nathan Cherrington\, PhD\, Director of the University of Arizona’s Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center. Dr. Cherrington will discuss “Exogenous probe drug strategy effectively identifies MASH: From environmental toxicology to biomarker success.” \n\n\n\nThis event will be held in person (HSPH Bldg. 1\, 1302) and via Zoom. Register here \n\n\n\nTrainee meeting for students and postdocs immediately following the seminar\, 2-2:30 pm! Come in-person to discuss research interests\, career plans\, and funding opportunities. RSVP here! \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker\n\n\n\nNathan J. Cherrington\, PhD\, is the Musil Family Endowed Chair and 1885 Society Distinguished Scholar in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Arizona. He is the Associate Dean for Research in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy\, Director of the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center\, and Director of the Arizona Board of Regents Center for Toxicology. He received a B.S. in Zoology from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in Toxicology from North Carolina State University with an emphasis on xenobiotic metabolism. He then moved to the University of Kansas Medical Center to pursue postdoctoral training in drug metabolism and disposition.  \n\n\n\nHe has taught Drug Metabolism and Disposition\, Systems Toxicology\, Environmental Health Science\, and Advanced Toxicology courses since joining the faculty at the University of Arizona in 2002. Nathan has published over 140 original research papers on the sources of inter-individual variability in drug response. He serves as an associate editor for Toxicological Sciences and for Drug Metabolism and Disposition. He was made a fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences where he currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer. He has served on numerous NIH study sections including chair of the NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Review Committee and Severe Adverse Drug Reactions panel\, as well as several committees for the Society of Toxicology and the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics. He was awarded the Alumni Achievement Award from Brigham Young University and the Achievement Award (2011)\, Paper of the Year (2024)\, and Toxicology Mentor of the Year (2025) by the Society of Toxicology. His current research is on the effect of underlying disease states and environmental stressors on an individual’s ability to metabolize and eliminate drugs.  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n\n	\n		\n						\n							Nathan Cherrington\, PhD						\n					\n				Musil Family Endowed Chair\, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology\, University of Arizona\n			\n			\n												\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health\n\n\n\nDepartment of Environmental Health\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n		\n			\n				\n					\n						Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School.					\n					In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted executive and continuing education\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n											\n																															\n									\n										Degree Programs									\n								\n																															\n									\n										How to Apply									\n								\n																															\n									\n										Executive and Continuing Education
URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/events/exogenous-probe-drug-strategy-effectively-identifies-mash-from-environmental-toxicology-to-biomarker-success-with-nathan-cherrington-phd/
LOCATION:HSPH\, Bldg. 1\, 1302 and Zoom
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SUMMARY:Pathways to Impact through Environmental Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday Nutrition Seminar | To organic\, or not to organic\, that is the question\n\n\n\n	Food\, Nutrition\, Diet\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n	From Around the School\, Lectures/Seminars/Forums\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		Register Today	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Climate Change & Planetary Health Concentration invites you to their next Brown Bag Lunch Seminar: \n\n\n\nTitle: Pathways to Impact through Environmental Sustainability \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Tom Polton \n\n\n\nLocation: FXB G-12 \n\n\n\nEveryone is welcome\, whether or not you are a part of the concentration. This seminar is in-person only. \n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker: \n\n\n\nTom joined Pfizer immediately after finishing his master’s degree from the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in 1983. He began his tenure at Pfizer by leading their global occupational hygiene and process safety programs. From 2009 on\, he oversaw the environmental sustainability and product stewardship programs. Since leaving Pfizer\, Tom has been involved with the Climate Reality Project\, former Vice President Al Gore’s grassroots climate organization serving on the NY State Leadership Team. He also has been active with the 3000+ member Harvard Alumni for Climate and Environment (HACE) co-chairing a Climate and Health series for the alumni members. At the 2024 HSPH Alumni weekend he moderated a panel on Extreme Heat with Professors Gaurab Basu and Barrak Alahmad. Tom is a member of the Harvard Salata Institute’s Alumni Working Group\, and an adjunct professor teaching “Enterprise Sustainability” to Clarkson University graduate students pursuing a MS in Engineering Management and has been lecturing at Harvard Chan for the past 20 years. And lastly\, he advises organizations on sustainability strategy at NV Sustainability LLC\, a consulting firm he founded with the motto “become green with NV.” \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n\n	\n		\n							Tom Polton					\n				Harvard Alumni for Climate and Environment (HACE)\n			\n			\n												\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClimate Change & Planetary Health Concentration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n		\n			\n				\n					\n						Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School.					\n					In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted executive and continuing education\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n											\n																															\n									\n										Degree Programs									\n								\n																															\n									\n										How to Apply									\n								\n																															\n									\n										Executive and Continuing Education
URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/climate-planetary-health/events/pathways-to-impact-through-environmental-sustainability/
LOCATION:FXB – Room G12\, 677 Huntington Ave\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02115
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