Join us for a preview of the documentary Helping Hands followed by a conversation with the filmmaker Jack Thomas Spears on the resilience of the Mississippi Delta’s food community and how neighbors are fighting food insecurity despite the challenges. Light Refreshments will be provided. Poverty in the Delta has been written on, researched, and is now the...
Join us for a webinar on the Radiological Emergency Management program offered by Harvard Chan School Executive and Continuing Education, hosted by Program Director Steven B. Goldman, EdD. Mr. Goldman will share valuable insights into the program, outlining what participants can expect to learn and achieve. As radiological threats continue to pose global challenges, this...
Health and climate data are crucial to our work and our everyday lives. It is important that this public data is maintained and kept available for us now and in the future. Join us for this climate and health datathon and learn how to save our data while having fun connecting with fellow data enthusiasts!...
Abstract: The ongoing housing affordability crisis in the US poses significant challenges to the wellbeing of children. In this presentation, I will provide an overview of the relationship between housing instability and children's health drawing on a range of recent studies. I will also describe evidence from both quasi-experimental and experimental research to demonstrate how...
On Wednesday, April 16th, from 1-1:50 PM in Kresge 202A, we invite all Harvard students, faculty, and staff to join us for a workshop exploring the role of nature in well-being. This event will be led by Center Student Steering Committee member Niharika Jhingan, MPH '26. Explore the connection between nature and well-being, learn about...
Jenna Nobles, PhD, professor of demography, University of California-Berkeley, presents at this Social Demography Seminar. 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 includes work that uses demographic methods...
Presented jointly with C-CHANGE A staggering 99 percent of the world’s people live in places with dangerous levels of air pollution. Dirty air has been linked to dementia, heart disease, stroke, cancer, respiratory illnesses—and millions of premature deaths each year. And climate change is only worsening the problem. This panel brings together experts in clinical...
ID Epi Seminar Series Mathieu Maheu-Giroux - The impact of structural factors on HIV outcomes
Watch here Join the Department of Global Health and Population for our weekly Thursday Brown Bag Series! On April 17, Wanza Mbole, DSL, MBA, BSc, will present, "Financing universal health coverage through social health insurance: Kenya’s experience". Wanza Mbole is a LEAD Fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute. This seminar will be held in Building...
Join us to meet Douglas Dockery, Emeritus Professor and former chair of the Department of Environmental Health, and author of the new book, Particles of Truth (MIT Press, 2025). The Harvard COOP will be selling copies of the book at the event, and Dr. Dockery will be available to sign copies of the book (that...
On Tuesday, April 22nd, from 1-1:50 PM in Kresge 202A, all Harvard students, faculty, and staff are welcome to join us for The Art of Well-Being: A Science-Backed Approach to Emotional Release. This interactive workshop will use evidence-based practices like mindfulness, expressive writing, and grounding exercises to help you release emotional overwhelm and reconnect with...
Join us for a screening of Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi’s documentary, "A State of Passion" which captures ongoing human rights violations and the war in Gaza through the eyes of British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah. After 43 horrific days working around the clock and under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s...
