Please join us for a talk by Jill Escher, JD, MA, on December 4, 2024 at 2 pm ET on Zoom. In a seeming paradox, research has found steadily increasing rates of autism while also finding the condition is strongly heritable. These phenomena may be at least partly reconciled, however, when viewed through the lens...
Please join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health for a talk by Jill Escher, JD, MA, on December 4, 2024 at 2 pm ET on Zoom. Visit hsph.me/NIEHS-seminar to register. In a seeming paradox, research has found steadily increasing rates of autism while also finding the condition is strongly heritable. These phenomena may...
Dorit Stein, PhD candidate, Population Health Sciences, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Harvard Pop Center Graduate Student Affiliate (GSA), will present “Modeling the impact of cardiovascular disease prevention on health equity and financial protection in low- and middle-income countries.” The Population Research Exchange (PRX) series delivers...
The President’s Innovation Challenge is more than a startup competition. It’s a global call for Harvard students and alumni entrepreneurs to imagine new solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. The Harvard Innovation Labs invites student founders from all 13 Harvard schools to apply by December 5 for a chance to win a share of...
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...
Jennifer Glass, PhD, Centennial Commission Professor of Liberal Arts in the department of sociology and research associate in the Population Research Center at the University of Texas, Austin, and current president of the Population Association of America (PAA), presents “The motherlode: Why most mothers end up financially supporting their children.” The Social Demography Seminar (SDS)...
Countway Library and the MCPHS Center for Health Humanities are thrilled to welcome Deena Mohamed to campus while she is in town for the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE)! Deena Mohamed is an Egyptian designer, illustrator, and writer, including of the award-winning urban fantasy comic Shubeik Lubeik, and loves to focus on work involving community...
Both helping others and maintaining a sense of optimism and gratitude in our personal lives can yield numerous mental and physical health benefits, from improving our mood to reducing blood pressure. Recent research has shown that people who frequently volunteer tend to live longer lives and that practicing gratitude can reduce smoking cravings. Our panelists...
Join Dominic Hall, Manager, Curation and Stewardship, Anatomy and Artifact Collections, for a guided tour of the Gallery of the Center for the History of Medicine. A permanent exhibition on the 5th floor of the Countway Library, the Gallery covers the history of anatomical teaching at Harvard Medical School, the technological innovations of the Harvard...
Helping others and practicing gratitude can yield numerous mental and physical health benefits. Our panelists will discuss ways to encourage prosocial behaviors, such as altruism, cooperation, compassion, and empathy, and, in turn, improve the health of both individuals and their communities.
2024 Harvard Research Cores Showcase, Thursday Dec. 5 Core Presentations from 2:00-4:00.m. Poster Session and Reception from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Sponsored by the HMS Foundry and the Office for Research Initiatives and Global Programs For more information regarding the HMS Research Cores, please refer to the following website: https://corefacilities.hms.harvard.edu/ For questions about the event, please contact...
