Project 2025’s threat to LGBTQ health equity
Kresge 502Please join the LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence for our next event focused on Project 2025's threat to LGBTQ health equity. Sean Cahill, Director of Health Policy Research at Fenway...
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A Conversation with the Survivors of the Bhopal, India Tragedy
HSPH, Kresge G2 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United States40 years ago, 27 tons of Methyl Isocyanate leaked from a pesticide plant on to 16 square miles of the city of Bhopal, India. Thousands died because of the chemical exposure from the leak. 40 years later, over half a million people have been impacted by this event. Please come see survivors of this event...
Red Cross Blood Drive
Longwood CampusRed Cross blood drive hosted by HMS Departments of Genetics, Immunology, and Microbiology. Eligibility information available at https://www.redcross.org. Why we donate: The need for blood is constant and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of...
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The Polio Crisis in Gaza: Causes, Challenges of Vaccination, and Future Implications
Join the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights for a discussion about the outbreak of poliovirus in the Gaza Strip for the first time in 25 years. Panelists will discuss the causes of the outbreak, the health cluster vaccination program and the challenges associated with it as well as the future implications of this...
How to create social-good messaging that sticks: Lessons from the editorial team at Snapchat
Francois-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Building 651 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United StatesJoin us for a conversation about effective social messaging with Ben Reininga, Neiman Fellow and former head of editorial at Snapchat. Lunch will be served.
Student Meet and Greet: Initiative on Health and Homelessness
Kresge BuildingJoin us on September 24th at 1:00 pm for a special student meet and greet with the Initiative on Health and Homelessness (IHH)! This is a great opportunity to learn...
Better Research I: Managing Research Data Efficiently
Countway Library Room 102Research Data Management (RDM) is essential for responsible research and planning should begin early. Effective data management can increase the pace of the research process, contribute to the soundness of...
When essential isn’t good enough: new strategies for target-based drug discovery in M. tuberculosis and beyond
room FXB 301Barbara Bosch MD, PhD Instructor in Clinical Investigation The Rockefeller University As a physician-scientist with academic training in clinical medicine and research experience in basic sciences, I strongly believe that translational research is needed to bridge the gap between scientific discovery and clinical medicine.
When essential isn’t good enough: new strategies for target-based drug discovery in M. tuberculosis and beyond
room FXB 301Barbara Bosch MD, PhD Instructor in Clinical Investigation, The Rockefeller University "As a physician-scientist with academic training in clinical medicine and research experience in basic sciences, I strongly believe that translational research is needed to bridge the gap between scientific discovery and clinical medicine." THIS SPEAKER WILL BE IN PERSON IN FXB 301. The event...
Advancing LGBTQ health equity through epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series Speaker: Brittany Charlton, MSc, ScDAssociate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Abstract: One in ten people in the U.S. are LGBTQ and this population will grow as that number is twice as high among young people. LGBTQ people experience widespread...
EcoOpportunity Green Team Meeting on Wed. Sept. 25 at Countway Library
Longwood CampusJoin us for the next EcoOpportunity Green Team Meeting on Wednesday, September 25, from 2-3 pm. We'll meet at the Countway Community Garden at the Countway Library for a tour...
Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Group Seminar
Building 2, Room 426Omar Melikechi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University Integrated path stability selection Abstract: Feature selection aims to identify important features in a data set, which can lead to more accurate and interpretable results. For example, it has been used to identify genes that are associated with certain diseases. Stability selection is a popular...