In this workshop, we will practice working through common problems that arise when preparing mapping data for spatial analysis. You will leave with strengthened foundational GIS skills. We will also provide example approaches to especially challenging GIS data problems. We will use the open source desktop software QGIS for hands-on practice and demonstrate how to...
The Initiative on Health, Spirituality and Religion (IHSR) is delighted to invite you to a webinar with Prof. Therese Lysaught (Loyola University Chicago) on Dr Paul Farmer's Witness and Theological Ethics. For further information or to RSVP contact Xavier Symons at xavier_symons@hsph.harvard.edu. This event is part of a series of webinars convened by the IHSR...
Richard Siegrist will chair.
Corporations, Chemicals, and Chicanery Jim Morris, author of The Cancer Factory, in conversation with Tamarra James-Todd, associate professor of environmental reproductive epidemiology. Chemicals are pervasive in modern life, especially in industrialized nations. But the impact of chemicals on our health and environment are often after-thoughts, especially for the companies that use them. This is true...
Mónica Robles Fontán, PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Leveraging Record Linkage To Enhance Public Health Research Abstract: Record linkage is the task of combining records from different populations that belong to a single entity to create a new single population. This task allows researchers to take advantage of...
Sarah Hayford, PhD, professor of sociology and director of the Institute for Population Research, Ohio State University, will present “Childbearing careers & women’s mid-life well-being: Preliminary evidence from a cohort study in rural Mozambique.” The Hybrid Social Demography Seminar (SDS) series at the Center for Population and Development Studies provides a lively forum for scholars...
This annual workshop provides concrete advice for planning and writing a K grant, including a timeline and a sample grant as well as summary statements from both successful and unsuccessful proposals. It is appropriate for clinical and basic science researchers from all fields.
Join the Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health for a refreshing mindfulness practice on Thursday afternoon, March 28th from 1 pm to 1:50 pm in Kresge, Room 110. The drop-in mindfulness sessions include sitting and walking meditations, learning about mindfulness, and practicing mindfulness to enhance our energy of ease and rest. The...
Join Christine Heenan, Executive Partner and Chief Communications Officer at Flagship Pioneering, for a discussion of the techniques that executive communicators use to build trust. Lunch will be served. This event is presented in collaboration with the Stanford Health Equity Media Fellowship and the Harvard Chan Health Communication Concentration.
Join Harvard Chan Student Association (HCSA) Officers for a general body meeting, hear updates on HCSA work, bring your concerns or suggestion to the officer board. A light lunch will be provided.
This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Alyssa Bilinski, Peterson Family Assistant Professor of Health Policy at Brown University School of Public Health. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G3 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Alyssa Bilinski is the Peterson Family Assistant Professor of Health Policy in...
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