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Unraveling injustice and power structures

Smith Campus Center, 10th Floor 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Massachusetts, United States

In partnership with the Romani Studies Program at Central European University, the Center on Forced Displacement at Boston University, the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee and the Women, Gender, and Health (WGH) Concentration and Working Group at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Carr Center for...

Fine-Mapping Causal Tissues and Genes at Disease-Associated Loci

Virtual

Abstract: Complex diseases often have distinct mechanisms spanning multiple tissues. We propose Tissue-Gene Fine-Mapping (TGFM), which infers the posterior probability (PIP) for each gene-tissue pair to mediate a disease locus by analyzing summary statistics and eQTL data; TGFM also assigns PIPs to non-mediated variants. TGFM accounts for co-regulation across genes and tissues and models uncertainty...

Event Series GHP Thursday Brown Bag Series

Why should we care about sex disparity in cardiovascular health?

Watch here Join the Department of Global Health and Population for our weekly Thursday Brown Bag Series! On April 10, Jane Zhao, PhD, will present, "Why should we care about sex disparity in cardiovascular health?" Dr. Zhao is a Takemi Fellow in the Takemi Program in International Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public...

Building a Learning Health System: the VA-CAUSAL Enterprise (19th Kolokotrones Symposium)

HSPH, Kresge G1, Snyder Auditorium 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United States

CAUSALab is thrilled to invite you to the 19th Kolokotrones Symposium at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health! This hybrid symposium celebrates the 100th anniversary of research for our VA-CAUSAL collaborator, the VA Office of Research & Development. “Building a Learning Health System: the VA-CAUSAL Enterprise” will explore how VA-CAUSAL may serve as a...

Helping Hands: The Mississippi Delta Food Community

Kresge G2, Harvard Chan School 677 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA

Join us for a preview of the documentary Helping Hands followed by a conversation with the filmmaker Jack Thomas Spears on the resilience of the Mississippi Delta’s food community and how neighbors are fighting food insecurity despite the challenges. Light Refreshments will be provided. Poverty in the Delta has been written on, researched, and is now the...

Radiological Emergency Management

Virtual

Join us for a webinar on the Radiological Emergency Management program offered by Harvard Chan School Executive and Continuing Education, hosted by Program Director Steven B. Goldman, EdD. Mr. Goldman will share valuable insights into the program, outlining what participants can expect to learn and achieve. As radiological threats continue to pose global challenges, this...

Building Foundations: Addressing Housing Insecurity to Improve Child Health

Virtual

Abstract: The ongoing housing affordability crisis in the US poses significant challenges to the wellbeing of children. In this presentation, I will provide an overview of the relationship between housing instability and children's health drawing on a range of recent studies. I will also describe evidence from both quasi-experimental and experimental research to demonstrate how...

Noticing Nature

Kresge 202A

On Wednesday, April 16th, from 1-1:50 PM in Kresge 202A, we invite all Harvard students, faculty, and staff to join us for a workshop exploring the role of nature in well-being. This event will be led by Center Student Steering Committee member Niharika Jhingan, MPH '26. Explore the connection between nature and well-being, learn about...