On Wednesday, February 4th, 2026, from 1-1:50 p.m. in Kresge 202A, join us for a well-being workshop led by Center Student Engagement Committee member Anya Greenberg, SM ’26. Explore how tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons can boost well-being, confidence, and social connection. Lunch provided. Attendance open to Harvard-ID holders. Speaker Information Organizers
Join the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) on Thursday, February 5th for a Community Coffee Hour! Join us for an in-person gathering to meet the HHI team and learn more about their global work. All members of the Harvard community are welcome to join to kick off the new semester, build connections, and foster collaboration. This...
Erin Kelly, PhD, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management, presents “Can a voice channel improve retention and worker well-being? Evidence from a cluster-randomized trial in U.S. fulfillment centers.” The Social Demography Seminar (SDS) series at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies provides a lively forum for...
What: An in-depth look at advanced features of Open Science Framework and how to integrate them into your research process for sharing and publishing research data. This session is a follow up to "Research Management: Data Organization and Sharing in Open Science Framework." Why: Using reputable and compliant tools for research management and data sharing...
In this fireside chat, two deans of leading schools of public health will explore how to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape in public health education.
Vincenzo Bollettino is the director of the Program on Resilient Communities at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and senior research associate with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His research and professional experience include disaster resilience, humanitarian action, civil-military engagement in emergencies, and humanitarian leadership. He has spent the past 23 years of his...
Join us on Wednesday, February 11th for a Department of Epidemiology seminar featuring Dr. Timothy Lash discussing Quantitative Bias Analysis: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Abstract: Quantitative bias analysis encompasses all methods used to estimate the direction, magnitude, and uncertainty from non-randomized research. Many of these methods have been well known for decades, but are still not routinely implemented. This talk will...
The Mechanics of Public Man-Made Death: USAID’s Destruction At One Year The Trump Administration’s abrupt dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has triggered a wave of already hundreds of thousands of deaths, mostly of children, around the world. Atul Gawande—former leader of global health at the agency—draws on data, historical parallels, and...
The Mechanics of Public Man-Made Death: USAID’s Destruction At One Year The Trump Administration’s abrupt dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has triggered a wave of already hundreds of thousands of deaths, mostly of children, around the world. Atul Gawande—former leader of global health at the agency—draws on data, historical parallels, and...
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...
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. in FXB G13 or online. Lunch provided. Event Description This talk will consider scientific evidence that suggests that we can change our brains by transforming our minds and cultivate habits...
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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