Elizabeth Graff, PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Discussion of "Contrastive Learning Inverts the Data Generating Process" by Zimmerman et. al (2021) Abstract: Contrastive learning has recently seen tremendous success in self-supervised learning. So far, however, it is largely unclear why the learned representations generalize so effectively to a...
The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies is now accepting applications for the 2025–2027 cohort of the David E. Bell postdoctoral training program, designed for researchers and practitioners in the broad field of population sciences. Fellows conduct self-directed research and writing under the mentorship of Harvard faculty members. The program includes weekly seminars, leadership...
There are many publicly available data sources on the internet, including those maintained by government agencies or non-profit groups. Instead of cycling through lists of data portals, sites, and sources,...
HSPH courses open for enrollment for all students across the University at 11:00am.
Lift your spirits with a communal singing experience led by music theater writers the Lazours In this participatory event, designed to bring our community together through the power of music, Daniel Lazour and Patrick Lazour will teach us songs from their new musical Night Side Songs, which will premiere at American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at...
The Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health welcomes students, staff, and faculty to come together for an afternoon mindfulness practice throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. We will...
Thomas Gaziano, MD, MSc, associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School in the division of cardiovascular medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and co-principal investigator of Health and Aging in Africa: Longitudinal Studies in South Africa (HAALSA) presents “Meeting the United Nations goal of reducing premature cardiovascular disease mortality: Global trends, policies and implementation.”
The Department of Environmental Health Seminar Series* Presents: Decoding Climate Vulnerability: Harnessing the Power of Data Science Speaker: Francesca Dominici, PhD Director of the Harvard University Data Science Initiative; and the Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population, and Data Science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Location: Building 1, 1302 *Seminar...
Are you passionate about Child Protection and interested in increasing your skills and building your professional network across sectors? The FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University...
CAUSALab is thrilled to invite you to the 18th Kolokotrones Symposium at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health! “Causal Inference for Population Mental Health” will explore the various causal challenges facing mental health researchers and practitioners. Lectures will position common mental health disorders (PTSD, ADHD, Depression & more) as case studies to answer the...
Join us for an exciting celebration of the RTI Global Gender Center's 10th anniversary! This hybrid event is dedicated to advancing women and underrepresented groups, with insights from university leaders from Duke, NCCU, NCSU, and UNC, and keynote speaker Dr. Kizzmekia “Kizzy” Corbett-Helaire, co-developer of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. This is a great opportunity to...
