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Redesigning Calm: Designing Nature-Inspired Spaces

Kresge 202A 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts

Redesigning Calm invites members of the Harvard community to explore how our surroundings shape mental and physical well-being. Drawing inspiration from organic and landscape architecture that harmonize natural light, greenery, and spatial flow, alongside modern biophilic design, this hands-on workshop encourages participants to reimagine familiar built environment, such as campus study or personal spaces, through a...

US Life Table Program: Data Challenges, Methodological Solutions, and Moving into the Future

Virtual

Join us on Wednesday, March 25th for the Department of Epidemiology seminar series featuring Dr. Elizabeth Arias discussing US Life Table Program: Data Challenges, Methodological Solutions, and Moving into the Future. Abstract: The presentation will provide a historical overview of the US Life Table Program and a summary of the data challenges and methodological solutions employed over the years. The talk will include a description of the US National Vital...

Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Tribal casinos, economic success, and intergenerational mobility for tribal reservation residents”

Harvard Pop Center & online via Zoom 9 Bow Street, Cambridge, MA, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Randall Akee, PhD, Julie Johnson Kidd Professor of Indigenous Governance and Development, Harvard Kennedy School, presents “Tribal casinos, economic success, and intergenerational mobility for tribal reservation residents.” 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...

Some Recent Results on the Epidemiology of Dementia 

Kresge 502 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts

Join us on Wednesday, April 1st for the Department of Epidemiology seminar series featuring Dr. David Hunter discussing Some Recent Results on the Epidemiology of Dementia.  Abstract: Studies of the epidemiology of Dementia are complicated by the fact that until recently the two main subtypes - Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia could not be readily distinguished clinically, and may...

Health journalism case study series with Gabriella Stern

Kresge 201 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

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...

Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Population, environment, and infectious disease ecology: History, progress, and innovation.”

Harvard Pop Center & online via Zoom 9 Bow Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Michael Emch, PhD, W.R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Geography and Epidemiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, presents “Population, environment, and infectious disease ecology: History, progress, and innovation.” 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...

Research Addressing Cancer Disparities in New York City

Virtual

Join us on Wednesday, April 8th for the Department of Epidemiology featuring Dr. Rulla Tamimi discussing Research Addressing Cancer Disparities in New York City. Abstract: Dr. Tamimi will describe the catchment area of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center in New York City. New York City (NYC) is a region of extremes with some of the richest and poorest living...

Awe on the Margins: Youth Perspectives on the (im)possibilities of Human Flourishing

FXB G13 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts

On Wednesday, April 15th, 2026, from 1-1:50 p.m. in FXB G13 and online, all are welcome to join us for the sixth and final installment in our Virtues for Well-being Seminar Series, featuring Dr. Demond Hill. Lunch provided. Seminar Description Awe—an emotional response to vastness that transcends our ordinary frames of reference—has the power to...

The Grand Challenge of Child Mental Health: Lessons from the Great Smoky Mountains Study

Virtual

Join us on Wednesday, April 15th for a joint seminar between the Department of Epidemiology and the Maternal and Child Health Concentration featuring Dr. Bill Copeland discussing The Grand Challenge of Child Mental Health: Lessons from the Great Smoky Mountains Study. Abstract: Child psychopathology is common, costly, and impairing. Indeed, the greatest burden of disease...

“Rovina’s Choice” Screening and Q&A with Atul Gawande

Kresge G1 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

You are invited to a special screening of the New Yorker film "Rovina's Choice," a harrowing account of a mother’s efforts to save her daughter from sickness and starvation in the wake of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Rovina Naboi’s devastating story represents the global impact of that...

Psychotropic Medication Safety in Pregnancy: Moving Beyond Malformation Risk

Kresge 502 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts

Join us on Wednesday, May 6th for the Department of Epidemiology seminar series featuring Dr. Krista Huybrechts discussing Psychotropic Medication Safety in Pregnancy: Moving Beyond Malformation Risk. Abstract: Psychotropic medication use during pregnancy has increased substantially, heightening the need for robust evidence to guide prescribing and to inform patients about the risks and benefits of treatment continuation. Historically,...

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