The Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health welcomes students, staff, and faculty to come together for an afternoon mindfulness practice throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. We will meet twice monthly on Thursdays from 1 to 2 pm beginning September 5th, 2024. We will usually meet in the Kresge building, room 110 (right...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q89pHi6ajR0 As the nation’s public health chief, CDC Director Mandy Cohen faces a world of challenges. In this fireside chat, she will discuss a range of pressing issues, including bird flu, extreme heat, health equity, loneliness, and gun violence. She’ll also describe her career journey from an MPH student at Harvard Chan to head of...
Join us for in-person social gathering at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative office to kick off the academic year. This event is a great opportunity to connect with others from across Harvard’s Interfaculty Initiatives, schools, and teaching hospitals. Come build connections, foster collaboration, and grow our community together. Register for our Community Gathering here. Registration is...
Africa.com is excited to present “Meet the Scientist,” a special event featuring Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire, the remarkable scientist behind the COVID vaccine that has impacted the world. Dr. Corbett-Helaire will be interviewed by Thulani Khanyile, Chair of the St. John’s College Council.
Program runs: September 23-27, 2024 Deadline to register: September 20, 2024 Health care systems around the world face growing pressures to provide more effective programs, treatments, and interventions. Health outcomes research is the scientific inquiry that provides the evidence required for optimally developing new therapies, implementing quality of care improvement protocols, and enhancing public health...
Program runs: September 23 – 27, 2024 Deadline to register: September 20, 2024 at 12pm ET Improving environmental health and safety performance within your organization requires an in-depth understanding of management principles and the leadership skills to drive change. You need to be able to build leadership buy-in for health, safety, and environmental initiatives, lead...
Are you passionate about Child Protection and interested in increasing your skills and building your professional network across sectors? The FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University is accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Child Protection Certificate cohort. This interdisciplinary qualification is open to students from any Harvard graduate school, but admission is...
Open inquiry and the ability to engage constructively in challenging dialogues about important topics is essential to teaching, learning, and research. The Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (VPAL)’s 2024 HILT Conference will center this year’s theme on “Open Minds in Dialogue”, focusing on challenges to free inquiry and how best to...
A panel of editors-in-chief from leading medical journals will discuss their publications' roles in addressing social issues that impact health. This session will conclude with a live Q&A moderated by Michael Mensah from Yale School of Medicine. Register here. Speakers: Co-sponsored by the Research Theme in Health Equity & Translational Social Science(HETSS); the Rangell Social...
Title: Environmental Exposure to Ciguatoxin: Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Management Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to:
Environmental Exposure to Ciguatoxin: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management Presenter: Christopher Leopardi, DO, MPH, Second-year Resident in the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Discussant: Rose H. Goldman, MD, MPH, Director of Faculty Affairs, Department of Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Professor...
