VIRTUAL Jessica Finlay, PhD, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Colorado-Boulder, presents 'Cognability: A mixed-methods approach to neighborhoods and cognitive health across the life course.' The Social Demography Seminar (SDS) series at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies provides a lively forum for scholars from across the University to discuss in-progress social scientific...
Presented jointly with the Office of Career and Professional Development Join a panel of Harvard Chan School alumni for an engaging discussion on bringing innovation and entrepreneurship to public health. Discover how they built their careers, what skills matter most, and how to apply their insights to your own professional journey in this candid conversation. ...
Join us at the 2026 Africa Health Conference to explore innovative solutions to advance health in Africa by pre-registering by Sunday, January 18 HERE. The Africa Health Conference is a dynamic platform that brings together experts, researchers, practitioners, students, and community stakeholders dedicated to advancing forward-thinking solutions for Africa’s evolving health challenges. The 2026 conference will...
Please join the Department of Nutrition for the Monday Nutrition Seminar featuring Joshua Petimar, ScD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute & Harvard Medical School. Dr. Petimar's talk—"Have federal nutrition labeling policies improved diet? Evidence from the last 10 years"—will take place on February 23 at 1:00pm ET...
Pressure Points is a webinar series co-hosted by The Studio and Executive and Continuing Education at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health bringing you inside the business of health care. As financial pressures intensify across health care, leaders face difficult choices that test their ability to protect clinical excellence while sustaining their organizations. Join leading experts for...
Join the Center for Health Decision Science for a seminar with Mark Strong of the University of Sheffield, UK, School of Medicine and Population Health, "Understanding and Managing Uncertainty in Model-Based Decision Making." We commonly use computer models to help us make decisions in healthcare resource allocation. Should we fund a particular new drug, for...
Join us on Wednesday, February 25th for the Department of Epidemiology seminar series featuring Dr. Alfredo Morabia discussing What If … Public Health Had to Be Built From Scratch? Revisiting 19th-Century Debates. Abstract: What would public health look like if it had to be invented today, without assuming the institutions, divisions, and categories we inherited? This lecture revisits...
Join us for part one of an engaging case study series led by Gabriella Stern, journalist and former 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...
All are welcome to join us for the fourth installment in our Virtues for Well-being seminar series on Wednesday, February 25th, 2026, from 1-1:50 p.m. Please note that this talk is now online only. Event Description This talk will consider scientific evidence that suggests that we can change our brains by transforming our minds and...
Brian Keegan, PhD, associate professor of information science, University of Colorado-Boulder, and visiting scientist, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, presents “Credibility laundering as a vector: Change-point detection and socio-technical afterlives of reactionary demographic knowledge.” With the aim of disseminating scholarly research, The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies hosts a diverse array of...
How can beverages increase or decrease health risks, particularly cancer?
Join us on Wednesday, March 4th for the Department of Epidemiology seminar series featuring Dr. Ronald Kessler discussing When and How Best to Use Online Panels for Epidemiologic Research. Abstract: Recent years have seen a sea change...
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