Join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center’s working group on complex mixtures, held the last Monday of each month in HSPH Bldg. 1, 1302! This monthly working group meeting is held in person. Members discuss a wide range of issues related to analyzing health effects of complex mixtures of exposures in environmental health. During the 2026-2027...
Join us in person for a conversation surrounding Partnerships for Community Mental Health and Immigrant Wellbeing initiative. We Will hear from MPH candidate, Paula Giraldo on her experience working with the Boston Mayor's Office for Immigration Advancement. Lunch will be provided. HUID required. Speaker Information Organizers
Advances, translation, and challenges in nutritional epidemiology, disease prevention, and public health interventions.
Join us on Wednesday, September 30th for the Department of Epidemiology seminar series featuring Dr. Shruti Mehta. Abstract: People who inject drugs (PWID) carry a disproportionate burden of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) globally and in India, yet standard models of prevention and treatment have not adequately reached this population. This seminar will highlight...
This first workshop of a two-part series offered by the NIEHS Center Science Communications Hub will provide an introduction to environmental health literacy and developing communications approaches to reach a wide variety of audiences. The second workshop will expand on these concepts and discuss the ethics and best practices of communicating results to study participants...
Christopher Michael Muller, PhD, professor of sociology at Harvard University, presents “When agricultural work disappeared: Mechanization and southern incarceration, 1945–1971.” Speaker Information Organizers
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for this Brown Bag Seminar featuring Christos Christou, former international president of MSF and visiting scholar at Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Please note that an HUID is required to attend this in-person event. Seminar description Drawing on experiences from humanitarian crises, conflict settings, and epidemic response, this talk...
Can high-quality mental health care be delivered effectively in communities with limited resources? Increasingly, the evidence suggests the answer is a resounding, "Yes."
The Department of Environmental Health and the Harvard Chan Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health invite you to the next Occupational and Environmental Health Friday Seminar on Friday, October 2, 2026, at 1:10-1:50. Title: Industrial Hygiene Approaches for Indoor Environmental Resilience Presenter: Parham Azimi, PhD, CIH, Research Scientist, Healthy Buildings Program Location: Register: Please register...
Join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center’s working group on community-engaged research in environmental health! This working group brings together faculty, trainees, students, and staff to discuss the methods and practice of conducting community-engaged research with a focus on environmental health. We'll meet in person in Building 1, 1302 on October 5, 1-2:00 pm. October agenda:...
Please join the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences for our first seminar of the academic year, Power and Privilege in Public Health Research and Practice. We will be joined...
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative is honored to present the 2026 Elisabeth B. Weintz Humanitarian Award to Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières/MSF).
Join WGH for a lunchtime panel discussion focused on reproductive & transgender health in light of the upcoming midterm elections. Prof. Liz Janiak will moderate this timely discussion with panelists Rachel Levine, MD (former...
Join us on Wednesday, October 7th for the Department of Epidemiology seminar series featuring Dr. Edward Giovannucci. Abstract: Physical activity is established as a beneficial factor for several major chronic diseases and mortality. Much of the evidence is based on epidemiological studies that have a single baseline measure. The Harvard cohorts have repeated measures, up...
Tom Lindman, PhD, David E. Bell Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, presents “Paid family leave and parental health: New evidence from state programs.” Speaker Information Organizers
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for this Brown Bag Seminar featuring Bethany-Rose (BR) Daubman. BR will describe palliative care, discuss the need for this type of care...
This is a conversation about trauma, grief, and mental health.
From Cells to Society: The Science of Extending Healthspan Please join us for the launch of the annual Healthy Aging Symposium at Harvard, hosted by the Healthy Aging Initiative at...
The Department of Environmental Health and the Harvard Chan Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health invite you to the next Occupational and Environmental Health Friday Seminar on Friday, October 9, at 1:10-1:50. Title: Catching the Flu Virus in the Air with a Controlled Human Infection Model Presenter: Dr. Linsey Marr, University Distinguished...
If you’ve been wondering how to manage your citations, but want a tool that is free, open source, and can travel with you, check out Zotero! We’ll demo how easy...
What Counts as Knowledge? Public health training teaches us how to evaluate evidence. But how do we decide what - and whose - knowledge counts as evidence when seeking to understand a community's public health issue rigorously and ethically? Drawing on their community-engaged field experiences, Rose and Winokur fellows will share moments when lived experience,...
On October 14th, 2026, we held the second installment in our Trust and Well-being Seminar Series, featuring Dr. Lauren Taylor. Event Description Dr. Taylor explores what it means for leaders...
Jung Hyun Kim, PhD, David E. Bell Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, presents “From labor market institutions to individual workplaces: Rethinking the health effects of labor...
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for this Brown Bag Seminar featuring Satchit Balsari, associate professor of emergency medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Kartikeya Bhatotia, Climate Fellow at the Mittal South Asia Institute, Harvard University. Please note that an HUID is required to attend this in-person event. Seminar description The pandemic, and...
Curated by Evelynn M. Hammonds, the Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard, the exhibition draws directly from her co-authored book, with Bates College Professor Rebecca Herzing, The Nature of Difference: Sciences of Race in the United States from Jefferson to Genomics. Her...
Strengthening eating disorder surveillance among U.S. youth Better eating disorder prevention starts with better data. Join the Eating Disorders Public Health Surveillance Working Group for a virtual webinar highlighting recent progress in strengthening eating disorder surveillance among U.S. youth and sharing lessons from national and state-level efforts. What the Webinar Covers • Efforts to advance...
The Department of Environmental Health and the Harvard Chan Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health invite you to the next Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds on October 16, 2026. Title: Clinical Management of Occupational PFAS Exposure: A Firefighter Case Discussion in Exposure Attribution, Clinical Risk, and Intervention Presenter: Gabriel Adam Carrillo,...
As the midterm elections approach, how are Americans thinking about public health.
Run out of room for files in your office that you need to keep? The Harvard Depository records center is the perfect place for your office, department, or lab to store records that you need to keep but don’t use every day. In this online workshop, we’ll review step-by-step instructions for: Workshops are about 30...
Student Government General Body Meeting Join the Harvard Chan Student Government Association (HCSGA) on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, from 1:00–2:00 p.m. for our next General Body Meeting! All students are welcome to attend in person in FXB G10 or on Zoom. Food will be provided for in-person attendees. General Body Meetings are an opportunity to...
Reduce your stress, calm your nervous system, and reset. Sit with a rotating group of some of the most influential instructors in the mindfulness space, including monastics from the Plum Village tradition. Each session offers a variety of mindfulness practices and insights to support your well-being. It’s the perfect reset to mark the middle of...
For Center members, their collaborators, affiliates, and trainees Are you preparing for an upcoming environmental health-related submission? Have your Specific Aims page reviewed by our senior NIEHS Center faculty! In a friendly, constructive, small-group open session, a panel of Center members will offer critique and suggestions to improve your Specific Aims or goals. Proposals are welcomed that...
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for this Brown Bag Seminar featuring Claire Leppold, Takemi Fellow in International Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and senior research fellow at University of Melbourne, and Kate Brady, senior research fellow at University of New South Wales. Please note that an HUID is...
The Department of Environmental Health and the Harvard Chan Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health invite you to the next Occupational Safety & Health Seminar on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 1:10-1:50. Title: From Plastic Degradation to Human Exposure: Microplastic Generation, Retention, and Release Presenter: Maryam Salehi, PhD, PE, Associate Professor in the Department of...
Dr. Bar-Peled's lab studies how cancer cells rewire metabolism and redox signaling, particularly the NRF2/KEAP1 pathway, to survive stress and fuel growth. Using chemical proteomics, his team identifies druggable targets within these metabolic networks, advancing molecular metabolism research and informing targeted intervention strategies in cancer. Speaker Information
Join Countway and HSPH for a new lunchtime brown bag series focused on common topics that come up in research and scholarly communication! We’ll provide guidance in selecting the best scholarly journal to reach your intended audience and ensure that your published research generates high impact. Learn how to ensure you retain important rights to...
Reduce your stress, calm your nervous system, and reset. Sit with a rotating group of some of the most influential instructors in the mindfulness space, including monastics from the Plum Village tradition. Each session offers a variety of mindfulness practices and insights to support your well-being. It’s the perfect reset to mark the middle of...
Scroll through social media, and you'll find no shortage of health advice: the right supplement, the best workout, the optimal diet. It’s overwhelming, and more important, it misses the big picture--factors such as access to health insurance, stable housing, and clean air.
Julia Behrman, PhD, associate professor of sociology, Northwestern University, presents “The deinstitutionalization of parenthood in the United States.” The Social Demography Seminar (SDS) series at the Harvard 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...
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for this Brown Bag Seminar featuring Vanessa Kerry, co-founder and CEO of Seed Global Health and WHO Special Envoy for Health Resilience. Please note that an HUID is required to attend this in-person seminar. Speaker bio Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc, is the co-founder and CEO of Seed...
Join us for an in-person panel discussion moderated by Dr. Margaret (Maggie) Sullivan, Director of the Program on Immigrant Families and Unhoused Communities at FXB. The event will engage researchers, community members and service providers in discussions on the state of immigrant mental health in the Greater Boston area. Dr. Sullivan will be joined by...
The Department of Environmental Health and the Harvard Chan Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health invite you to the next Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds on October 16, 2026. Title: Recognizing Occupational Disorders: A Case-Based Approach to Key Clinical Principles Speaker: Hariprasad Korsapati, MD, PhD, OEM Resident Discussant: Oyebode (Bode) Taiwo,...
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