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SUMMARY:Monday Nutrition Seminar | Food is Medicine for Improving Cancer Outcomes
DESCRIPTION:Home / Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReport-back from the 2ND Africa-CARICOM summit on reparations\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join the Department of Nutrition for the Monday Nutrition Seminar featuring Fang Fang Zhang\, MD\, PhD\, Professor and Chair of the Division of Nutrition Epidemiology and Data Science at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy\, Tufts University. Dr. Zhang’s talk—”Food is Medicine for Improving Cancer Outcomes”—will take place on May 11 at 1:00 p.m. ET in FXB G-13 and via Zoom (registration is required). \n\n\n\nHealthy snacks will be provided\, thanks to the generous support of the Wellbeing Project Fund from the Office of the Associate Provost for Student Affairs. \n\n\n\nThe Monday Nutrition Seminar Series is free and open to the public. If you plan to attend this event and do not have an active HUID\, please fill out the registration form by 3:00 p.m. ET on the Friday before the seminar to request a visitor pass to access the building. \n\n\n\nSeminar speakers share their perspectives\, they do not speak for Harvard. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n\n	\n		\n						\n							Fang Fang Zhang\, MD\, PhD						\n					\n				Professor and Chair\, Division of Nutrition Epidemiology and Data Science\, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy\, Tufts University\n			\n			\n												\n	\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDepartment of Nutrition\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/nutrition/events/food-is-medicine-for-improving-cancer-outcomes/
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SUMMARY:Screening for Major Diseases — Does it help?
DESCRIPTION:Home / Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReport-back from the 2ND Africa-CARICOM summit on reparations\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Cutter Lectures on Preventive Medicine – 10th Symposium\n\n\n\nPart of the Cutter Lectures on Preventive Medicine series\, The 10th Cutter Symposium “Screening for Major Diseases—Does It Help?” will feature three separate lectures from expert speakers on the topic of screening for colorectal cancer\, prostate cancer\, and infectious diseases followed by a moderated Q&A segment with all the speakers. This symposium is open to the public & is virtual only. \n\n\n\nSchedule of talks: \n\n\n\n1:00PM  Introducing the Cutter SymposiumAlbert Hofman\, MD\, PhD1:05PMThe Power of Colorectal Cancer ScreeningHermann Brenner\, MD. MPHAbstract: Over 30 years ago\, in 1993\, a groundbreaking analysis of the US National Polyp Study was published\, which suggested that colonoscopic removal of colorectal polyps was associated with an 88% reduction of colorectal cancer incidence. Since then\, numerous observational studies and randomized trials have confirmed effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening\, even though most of them substantially underestimated screening effects for various reasons. Large heterogeneity in introduction of and adherence to screening programs across countries in the last three decades is mirrored in large heterogeneity of trends in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality. Modelling studies based on the accumulated evidence confirm that the vast majority of the approximately one million colorectal cancer deaths per year globally could be prevented by screening. 1:35PMControversies and Innovations in Screening for Prostate Cancer Lorelei Mucci\, ScD    Abstract: More than 1.6 million men across the globe are diagnosed with prostate cancer annually\, and it is the leading cause of cancer death in more than 50 countries. In randomized controlled trials\, screening with prostate specific antigen (PSA) has been shown to reduce cancer mortality over two decades. However\, PSA screening also has led to overdiagnosis of prostate cancers that have a low potential for metastasis and concomitant overtreatment of patients. What has ensued over the past two decades has been an active debate about the harms and benefits of screening\, guidelines that are often in conflict with one another\, and in the United States\, a substantial reduction in prostate cancer screening that is now tied to an uptake in incidence of metastatic prostate cancer. This talk will provide an overview of the history of PSA screening\, the evidence around risks and harms\, the controversies\, and recent innovations in approaches to accelerate a risk stratified approach to screening. 2:05PM       Diagnostics\, Screening\, and Surveillance in Pandemics Marc Lipsitch\, DPhilAbstract: This talk will describe challenges and opportunities for surveillance during large infectious disease events\, with lessons from COVID-19 and earlier pandemics. Active testing of population-based random samples provide numerous advantages over passive case detection in many situations\, while linked data on demographics\, severity\, and pathogen variant among other characteristics are far more valuable for decision making than the same data if unlinked. Better data can inform more efficient decisions about control measures that improve the ratio of disease control effectiveness to cost and disruption.2:35PMGeneral Discussion3:00PMClosing by Albert Hofman\n\n\n\nSpeakers will share their own perspectives; they do not speak for Harvard. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n\n	\n		\n							Hermann Brenner\, MD\, MPH					\n				Professor of Epidemiology\, Heidelberg University\, Scientific Coordinator\, National Cancer Prevention Graduate School\, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)\, Heidelberg\, Germany\n			\n			\n												\n	\n\n\n\n	\n		\n						\n							Lorelei Mucci\, ScD						\n					\n				Professor of Epidemiology\, Head of the Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Track\, Department of Epidemiology\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\n			\n			\n							\n					\n	\n\n\n\n	\n		\n						\n							Marc Lipsitch\, DPhil 						\n					\n				Berberian Professor and Senior Fellow\, Center for International Security and Cooperation Professor of Medicine\, and Professor of Biology\, Stanford University\, Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\n			\n			\n												\n	\n\n\n\n	\n		\n						\n							Albert Hofman\, MD\, PhD						\n					\n				Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology\, Chair\, 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						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
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SUMMARY:HCMPH Center Annual Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Home / Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReport-back from the 2ND Africa-CARICOM summit on reparations\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are delighted to welcome everyone to the eighth annual Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health Center (HCMPH) symposium. As microbial community science expands across industry\, clinical research\, biotech\, and pharma\, this year’s theme – translating the microbiome – focuses on turning discovery into implementation. From the first approved live biotherapeutics to microbiome-informed cancer immunotherapy\, the field is already reshaping how we understand health and develop therapies.  \n\n\n\nThe symposium will highlight recent advances while looking ahead to future opportunities\, including microbial biochemistry in small-molecule drug development and engineering of microbial community members. As always\, we hope to be joined by an audience that is both topically and geographically diverse\, online and in person. The symposium program will include keynotes\, invited talks\, and selected presentations from poster submissions. We collect a nominal fee for in-person registration\, with virtual attendance available for free. Refreshments and a poster presentation are offered on-site\, and support for social media and interactive participation are provided for online attendees. \n\n\n\nFor more information on the event and the poster reception\, please visit this link. \n\n\n\n** REGISTRATION **\n\n\n\nIn-person registration is available: HEREVirtual registration continues to be free and is available here: virtual attendance only \n\n\n\nLocation:Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthSnyder Auditorium – Kresge G1Poster Reception to be held in the Kresge CafeteriaVirtual attendance available via Zoom webinar (link emailed to you after completing registration for virtual attendance) \n\n\n\nContact:levesque@hsph.harvard.edu \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n\n	\n		\n						\n							Eric Rubin\, MD\, PhD with opening remarks						\n					\n				Professor of Medicine\, Harvard Medical School\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital\, Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine\n			\n			\n					\n	\n\n\n\n	\n		\n						\n							Michael Fischbach\, PhD						\n					\n				Liu (Liao) Family Professor\, Stanford University presents "Commensal vaccines”</em>\n			\n			\n					\n	\n\n\n\n	\n		\n						\n							Laura Cox						\n					\n				Assistant Professor\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital presents “Dissecting strain-specific roles of the gut microbiome in neurologic diseases”</em>\n			\n			\n					\n	\n\n\n\n	\n		\n						\n							Robert Britton\, PhD						\n					\n				Professor of Molecular Virology and Microbiology\, Baylor College of Medicine presents “The impact of the infant microbiome on brain development and cognition”</em>\n			\n			\n					\n	\n\n\n\n	\n		\n						\n							Jose Clemente\, PhD						\n					\n				Associate Professor\, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai presents<em> “A tale of two trials: microbiome interventions in early life”</em>\n			\n			\n					\n	\n\n\n\n	\n		\n						\n							Jean McGee\, MD\, PhD\, MS						\n					\n				Associate Professor\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital presents<br>“The gut feeling behind healthy skin: Expanding the role of the gut microbiome in dermatology”\n			\n			\n					\n	\n\n\n\n	\n		\n						\n							James Collins\, PhD						\n					\n				Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology presents “Microbiome-friendly medicine: engineering live therapeutics and AI-designed antibiotics”<br>\n			\n			\n					\n	\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDepartment of Biostatistics\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/biostatistics/events/hcmph-center-annual-symposium/
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