First, Do No Harm: A Symposium in Memory of Lucian Leape
Kresge G1 & onlineJoin us for a symposium and reception in honor and memory of Lucian Leape, who passed away this past summer at the age of 94. The Department of Health Policy...
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Treating violence against children as a disease
Thompson Room, Barker Center 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MassachusettsViolence against children is pervasive, but not inevitable. It is preventable. Like pervasive diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis, we can diagnose and document violence against children, treat it and...
Health Communication Fall Social – 40th Anniversary Celebration
Kresge Atrium 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MassachusettsJoin us for a fall social celebrating the Center for Health Communication's 40th Anniversary. At the social, you will have the opportunity to learn about how the Center for Health Communication and the Health Communication Concentration can support your growth as a communicator and a leader and a chance to network with other professionals interested...
Global Health in a Fractured World, featuring Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Online2025 Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Elisabeth B. Weintz Humanitarian Award Ceremony and Lecture Presented jointly by The Studio at Harvard Chan School and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative This year’s recipient of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative 2025 Elisabeth B. Weintz Humanitarian Award is Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, who is being recognized for...
Role of viral proteases in shaping virus-host interactions
FXB 301IID Seminar - Mohsan Saeed
Health journalism case study series with Gabriella Stern
Kresge 202 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MassachusettsJoin us for part one of an engaging case study series led by Gabriella Stern, journalist and Director of Communications at the World Health Organization. In this session, we’ll dig into a compelling piece of health journalism—how complex health topics are communicated to the public, what we can learn from journalistic choices, framing, and impact,...
Prostate Cancer Screening: What’s Gone Wrong? What Can We Get Right?
VirtualJoin us on Wednesday, October 29 for the Epidemiology Seminar Series, featuring Dr. Kevin Kensler discussing Prostate Cancer Screening: What’s Gone Wrong? What Can We Get Right? Abstract: Prostate cancer screening is at a crossroads. Despite evidence that screening prostate-specific antigen (PSA) can reduce advanced disease and mortality, current practices too often overscreen older men...
CHDS Seminar with Thomas Trikalinos of Brown University
OnlineJoin The Center for Health Decision Science for a seminar with Thomas Trikalinos of Brown University, “Propagating Ambiguity into Decision Analyses of Test-and-Treat Strategies.” This presentation will discuss the basics of decision making under ambiguity, also known as “deep uncertainty” or “pervasive uncertainty.” Operationally, ambiguity is defined as uncertainty that the analyst is unwilling or...
Creative Crafting with Reuse Item
Kresge 606October Is National Zero Waste Month! Upcycle and make note cards from scrap materials. Join us to explore your inner re-use artist and build a community around sustainability. Materials provided and also feel free to bring your own to use or share.
Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Why have mortality rates become increasingly unequal across U.S. counties?”
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies 9 Bow Street, Cambridge, MassachusettsJennifer Karas Montez, PhD, University Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University, presents “Why have mortality rates become increasingly unequal across U.S. counties?” The Social Demography Seminar (SDS) series at the Center for Population and Development Studies provides a lively forum for scholars from across the university to discuss in-progress social scientific and population research. Social demography...
Brown Bag Seminar: Combating the health effects of extreme heat and air pollution in urban India
Building 1, Room 1208 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MassachusettsAmruta Nori-Sarma is an assistant professor of environmental health and population sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. As an environmental epidemiologist, Nori-Sarma studies the relationship between environmental exposures associated with climate change and health outcomes in vulnerable communities. Nori-Sarma aims to understand the impacts of interrelated extreme weather events on mental...
Beyond the Feed: Social Media, Content Creators, Mental Health, and Digital Well-being
FXB G13 or OnlineJoin us for a timely conversation at the intersection of social media and youth well-being. Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED) trainees Katrine Bønneland Tølbøll, MSc, MA, and Yuning Liu, MBBS, MS, will explore how content creators shape online spaces, the implications for mental health, and strategies for fostering healthier digital...
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