20th Annual Stare-Hegsted Lecture Dr. Jessica Fanzo, Professor of Climate and Food and Director of the Food for Humanity Initiative at Columbia University’s Climate School, serves as the distinguished speaker for the 20th Annual Stare-Hegsted Lecture. Hosted by the Department of Nutrition, Dr. Fanzo's talk on "Nourishing Humanity in the Age of Climate Change" will...
Join us on Wednesday, October 22 for the "Works In Progress" Epidemiology Seminar Series, featuring Dr. Jing Li discussing Deep Learning–Based Estimator for the Non-Iterative Conditional Expectation (NICE) g-Formula. Abstract: The g-formula can be used to estimate causal effects of sustained treatment strategies using observational data under the identifying assumptions of consistency, positivity, and exchangeability....
Erika Sabbath, ScD, associate professor, School of Social Work, Boston College, presents “Impacts of post-Dobbs state abortion restrictions on the work-related well-being of obstetrician-gynecologists.” 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...
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. With its transformative power, AI already has changed the business of health care — but not without challenges and concerns. Join leaders in technology,...
Yoshitaka Nishikawa, MD, PhD, is a physician-scientist, Takemi Fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and associate professor at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine. His work focuses...
Christina Cross, a former postdoctoral fellow and current faculty member, has authored the newly published book “Inherited Inequality: Why Opportunity Gaps Persist between Black and White Youth Raised in Two-Parent...
Join 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 and Management will celebrate Lucian’s impact and look ahead to the challenges and opportunities for the patient safety movement he did so much to advance....
Join 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...
Jennifer 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...
Amruta 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...
Join us for a conversation with colleagues from the Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee and the Somerville Public Library to learn about innovative ways in which community-based programs and services are addressing the mental health and wellbeing of immigrants. The Partnerships for Community Mental Health and Immigrant Well-being initiative is cohosted by the FXB Center for...
Early career investigators are a unique reservoir of new ideas, innovation, and excellence in cancer research. To celebrate this, we welcome you to join the Annual DF/HCC Celebration of Early...
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