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What’s in our water? Examining risks 10 years after Flint
Kresge Buildinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEQOnFxlR_c A Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn Forum What health risks lurk in U.S. tap water? Our expert panel will explore what’s changed since the water crisis in Flint, Mich., 10 years ago and what still needs to be done to protect U.S. consumers from potentially unsafe levels of lead, arsenic, PFAS chemicals, and...
Reconsidering Population Health Science in the Post-War Era
Kresge BuildingDepartment of Epidemiology Seminar Series Speaker: Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor Boston University School of Public Health Brief abstract: Emerging from the COVID-pandemic, the worst global health shock in a century, it is worth asking: why do we do the work of population health science? How do we conduct...
CHDS Seminar with Tim Bedford: “Selecting a Structured Expert Judgement Approach: Uncertainty, Legitimation and Resource”
Abstract: Despite the large literature around Structured Expert Judgement (SEJ) approaches, there is a surprising lack of discussion around how one selects an appropriate SEJ approach for a particular context. This contrasts with the wide literature about combing multiple expert views to a single “representative” view. Here we look at the role of uncertainty, legitimation...
Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Group Seminar
Building 2, Room 426Christian Covington, PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Statistical theory and the practice of data analysis: A brief and biased history Abstract: This talk gives an account of the replication crisis and how different disciplines– namely applied sciences, statistics, and theoretical computer science (TCS), have developed their own research...
Harvard Catalyst Writing & Communication Center
VirtualFree writing and communication resources for researchers. Harvard Catalyst’s Writing and Communication Center was established in 2021 to empower clinical and translational researchers and team members throughout every stage of their careers to better articulate their science. The center includes dozens of free resources, tools, and trainings on science communication, including self-guided learning modules, videos...
Weatherhead Research Cluster on Migration Seminar
Date and Time: Thursday, April 4, 2024 | 12:00pm to 1:00pm ET Location: Zoom - register here "The everyday life of exceptional people. Displaced people from Ukraine in the Polish...
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Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: SPLIT SESSION with PhD Candidates Brian Xiao and Ana Luiza Penna
Brian Xiao, PhD candidate in sociology, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and HCPDS graduate student affiliate, presents “Non-resident motherhood in the United States: Prevalence and correlates.” Ana Luiza Penna, PhD candidate in population health sciences, Department of Global Health & Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and HCPDS graduate student affiliate,...
Drop-in Mindfulness Session
Kresge BuildingJoin the Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health for a refreshing mindfulness practice on Thursday afternoon, April 4th from 1 pm to 1:50 pm in Kresge, Room...
Climate Change Planning through a Black Feminist Ecological Lens
Francois-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Building 651 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United StatesJoin WGH and Dr. Fushcia-Ann Hoover, 2023-2024 Radcliffe-Salata Climate Justice Fellow, for a brief presentation followed by a lunch and learn-style discussion on Black Feminist Ecology theory!
Climate Change Planning through a Black Feminist Ecological Lens
FXB – Room G11 651 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, United StatesJoin WGH and Dr. Fushcia-Ann Hoover, 2023-2024 Radcliffe-Salata Climate Justice Fellow, for a brief presentation followed by a lunch and learn-style discussion on Black Feminist Ecology theory!
Empowering Healthier Communities: How Health Promotion Research Can Advance the Philippines’ Universal Health Care Journey
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for our weekly Thursday Brown Bag Series. On April 4, Katherine Ann V. Reyes, MD, MPP, will present “Empowering Healthier Communities: How Health Promotion Research Can Advance the Philippines' Universal Health Care Journey”. Katherine is a LEAD fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute at Harvard T.H....