Upcoming Events
2024 Center Annual Retreat
The 2024 Harvard Chan NIEHS Center Annual Retreat will be held on November 12 at the Arnold Arboretum. Additional details will be shared with invitees via email. Please contact niehsctr@hsph.harvard.edu with any questions.
Chester Pierce Symposium: Well-being in the Face of Adversity
Joseph Martin Conference Center 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, United StatesOverview On Tuesday, November 12th from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, join us at the Joseph Martin Conference Center Rotunda or online for the first annual Chester Pierce Symposium! Dr. Chester Pierce left a lasting impact on the fields of psychiatry and social justice and is remembered as a pioneering advocate for mental health and...
Chester Pierce Symposium: Well-being in the Face of Adversity
Longwood CampusOn Tuesday, November 12th, join us at the Joseph Martin Conference Center Rotunda for the first annual Chester Pierce Symposium! Dr. Chester Pierce left a lasting impact on the fields of psychiatry and social justice and is remembered as a pioneering advocate for mental health and civil rights. This symposium seeks to honor Dr. Pierce’s...
Ukraine CBRNe Preparedness for Healthcare and Public Health in Conflict Settings
Join the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative for a panel discussion with health, public health and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNe) experts. Participating panelists are Harvard faculty and researchers who work with populations in conflict and humanitarian settings and are currently engaged with the Ukrainian CBRNe response. This webinar will focus on the impact of...
Pathways to public service
Kresge Buildinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58-z-SHYbM8 How do you move from a public health degree to a meaningful career making policies, directing programs, or implementing solutions that advance well-being for all? Join an experienced international panel of Harvard Chan School alumni and students for a candid conversation about public service careers. Panelists will share the highs, the lows, and the...
Audience-Centered Advocacy: Toward a New Model of Narrative Change
Kresge BuildingJoin Harmony Labs experts Riki Conrey and Elsie Iwase for a discussion on how to bring an audience lens to narrative intervention efforts. The discussion will include a deep dive into the Harmony Labs’ values-based audience framework and how to meet audiences where they’re at in media culture. Lunch will be served.
Pilot funding: Up to $50K – Increasing the Impact of Clinical Research on Human Health
Proposals should focus on solutions to addressing common roadblocks that impact faculty and research staff in the conduct of research on human health. Learn more and see RFA on our...
November Research Updates Seminar
room FXB 301Kirstin Oliveira Roster, PhD (Grad Lab) TALK TITLE: "Modeling the spread of drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoea" Jillian Paull, PhD Candidate (Sabeti Lab) TALK TITLE: "Developing and bench-marking an unbiased metagenomic approach to identify and assemble respiratory viruses" THESE SPEAKERS WILL BE IN PERSON IN FXB 301. The event will be hybrid and we will have lunch...
Reconciling conflicting results from target trials assessing the long-term effects of bariatric surgery
Kresge 502Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series Speaker: Sebastian Haneuse, PhD Professor of Biostatistics; Director of Graduate Studies Program Department of Biostatistics at Harvard Chan School of Public Health Abstract: A large body of observational evidence exists to suggest that bariatric surgery is associated with reduction in risk for a wide range of outcomes, including cardiovascular disease...
Heat and The Health of Mothers and Children: Impacts and Resilience in Action
ZoomCome learn from public health scientists who will tells us how high temperatures produced by climate change are affecting pregnant people and young children, and from on-the-ground practitioners how policies and programs at the local level can put the concept of ‘heat resilience’ in action. Featured speakers: Researchers: – Kari Nadeau, John Rock Professor of...