Cutter Distinguished Lecture on Molecular Metabolism and Preventative Medicine
Matthew Potthoff, Ph.D. Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
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Cutter Distinguished Lecture on Molecular Metabolism and Preventative Medicine (Canceled)
*This event has been canceled. Please join us for the next Cutter Seminar with Scott Dixon, PhD, on May 12 Heidi McBride, Ph.D, FRSC Canada Research Chair in Mitochondrial Cell BiologyProfessor, McGill UniversityMontreal Neurological Institute
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Harvard Chan Community Day of Service
Harvard Chan Community Day of Service
Please register now to join the Harvard Chan Community Day of Service on Monday, Sept. 29. This is an annual event that brings together our full community—students, staff, faculty, trainees, and other academic appointees—to work side by side supporting nonprofits and neighborhood groups that are tackling social determinants of health across Boston. We have lined up more than 20 service projects...
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Marianne Wessling-Resnick Lecture
Marianne Wessling-Resnick Lecture
Meng Wang, Ph.D. Senior Group Leader Janelia Research Institute The Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Complex Mixtures Working Group
Complex Mixtures Working Group
Join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center’s working group on complex mixtures, held the last Monday of each month in HSPH Kresge 202A! 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 2025-2026 academic...
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Blood Drive – Harvard Chan Community Day of Service
Blood Drive – Harvard Chan Community Day of Service
Sign up by searching sponsor code HARVARDCHAN As part of the Harvard Chan Community Day of Service, sign up to donate blood with the American Red Cross on Tuesday, September 30th from 10:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m. Event is located on the second floor of Kresge in the student lounge.
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Student Meet and Greet with the Initiative on Health and Homelessness
Student Meet and Greet with the Initiative on Health and Homelessness
✨ Come meet the Initiative on Health and Homelessness at Harvard Chan! ✨ Join us for an engaging meet-and-greet with the Initiative on Health and Homelessness (IHH), a collaborative hub bringing together research, practice, and policy to address one of today’s most pressing public health challenges. This is your chance to learn about our work,...
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Fall Freecyle!
Fall Freecyle!
Join us at the Kresge atrium for an Earth-friendly community swap. Bring extra office or school supplies, books, small household items, or clothes — and take home something new-to-you for free. Please do not bring used lab equipment or consumables. For more information please reach out to mailto: susan_bottino@harvard.edu. Organizers
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The Role of Plumbing Biofilms in Healthcare Acquired Infections
The Role of Plumbing Biofilms in Healthcare Acquired Infections
IID Special Seminar with Dan Neafsey
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Zoom Town Hall with Dean Baccarelli
Zoom Town Hall with Dean Baccarelli
Dean Andrea Baccarelli will be hosting a Zoom Town Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 1 from 1-2 p.m. Please share your questions in advance using this form. Log in on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at this link: https://hsph.me/town-hall Speaker Information Organizers
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Brown Bag Seminar: Sharing experiences and discussing the future of Fukushima in radiation education at Fukushima Medical University
Brown Bag Seminar: Sharing experiences and discussing the future of Fukushima in radiation education at Fukushima Medical University
Isamu Amir is a research fellow in the Takemi Program in International Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an assistant professor in the department of radiation health management at Fukushima Medical University (FMU) School of Medicine. Amir obtained his PhD from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2018, where he specialized...
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
Topic: Clinical Approach to Occupational Dermatitis in Clinical and Lab Workers Presenter: Shannel Pegram, DO, MPH, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Discussant: Stefanos Kales, MD, MPH, Professor & Director of the Occupational Medicine Residency, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Location: Building 1, Room 1302 and Zoom Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of...
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How to get into public health content creation: Advice from leading creators
How to get into public health content creation: Advice from leading creators
What does it take to turn your expertise into meaningful, high-impact content? In this dynamic panel, leading health creators Dr. Judith Joseph, Dr. Courtney Tracy, Emma McAdam, and Victoria Browne will share how they built influential platforms that translate complex ideas into accessible, engaging storytelling. From choosing your niche to navigating platforms, partnerships, and public scrutiny, this conversation will offer...
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How to get into public health content creation: Advice from leading creators
How to get into public health content creation: Advice from leading creators
What does it take to turn your expertise into meaningful, high-impact content? In this dynamic panel, leading health creators Dr. Judith Joseph, Dr. Courtney Tracy, Emma McAdam, and Victoria Browne will share how they built influential platforms that translate complex ideas into accessible, engaging storytelling. From choosing your niche to navigating platforms, partnerships, and public scrutiny, this conversation will offer...
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Climate change: Seeking bipartisan solutions in turbulent times
Climate change: Seeking bipartisan solutions in turbulent times
Climate change poses an enormous threat to people worldwide. How can we most effectively address it? This program brings together Gina McCarthy, who led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Obama, and former Republican Congressman Bob Inglis for a dynamic conversation. They will discuss the merits of regulatory and free market solutions and explore...
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Empowering change: The role of social media in policy change
Empowering change: The role of social media in policy change
Social media has become one of the most powerful tools for civic engagement and political change—but how do we move from posts to policy? In this fireside chat, digital strategy leaders will explore how online storytelling, grassroots organizing, and platform-based activism can shape legislation, mobilize communities, and shift public discourse. Through real-world examples and behind-the-scenes insights,...
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From Signal to Noise: Addressing Multiplicity Using the Exposome-Neurodevelopment Example
From Signal to Noise: Addressing Multiplicity Using the Exposome-Neurodevelopment Example
Join us on Wednesday, October 8 for the Epidemiology Seminar Series, featuring Dr. Stefania Papatheodorou discussing From Signal to Noise: Addressing Multiplicity Using the Exposome-Neurodevelopment Example. Abstract: In epidemiologic research, investigators frequently examine numerous concurrent environmental exposures and outcomes within a single study. However, the degree of multiplicity involved is often underreported or unclear. The...
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On Thin Ice: stories of trust (and mistrust) in Arctic research and policy
On Thin Ice: stories of trust (and mistrust) in Arctic research and policy
The Office of Field Education and Practice is pleased to host the first Community Engaged Learning Seminar with colleagues from the Harvard Arctic Initiative. Moderated by Sappho Gilbert, postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Chan School and research fellow at the Arctic Initiative, this panel will explore the role of trust in research and policy with Arctic communities, focusing on...
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Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “State data and the production of quantitative knowledge: The case of police stops in the United States and France”
Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “State data and the production of quantitative knowledge: The case of police stops in the United States and France”
Michael Zanger-Tishler, PhD candidate in Sociology & Social Policy, Harvard University, and graduate student affiliate, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, presents “State data and the production of quantitative knowledge: The case of police stops in the United States and France.” The Social Demography Seminar (SDS) series at the Center for Population and Development...
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Brown Bag Seminar: The air we share: Lessons from a career in pulmonary and global health research
Brown Bag Seminar: The air we share: Lessons from a career in pulmonary and global health research
William Checkley is a physician-scientist and global health expert whose research focuses on chronic respiratory diseases, particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). He is a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University with joint appointments in International Health and Biostatistics, and he directs the Center for Global Non-Communicable Disease...
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2025 – 2026 Takemi Fellows Meet and Greet
2025 – 2026 Takemi Fellows Meet and Greet
We invite you to meet the 2025-2026 Takemi Fellows in the Department of Global Health and Population! Learn about their research, hear their experiences, and enjoy food and refreshments. Organizers
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Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Revisiting theories of marital instability in the era of gray divorce: The case of retirement”
Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Revisiting theories of marital instability in the era of gray divorce: The case of retirement”
Shiro Furuya, PhD, David E. Bell Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, presents “Revisiting theories of marital instability in the era of gray divorce: The case of retirement.” The Social Demography Seminar (SDS) series at the Center for Population and Development Studies provides a lively forum for scholars from across the university...
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The Science of Sustainable Giving: How Empathy and Generosity Support Health and Flourishing
The Science of Sustainable Giving: How Empathy and Generosity Support Health and Flourishing
Join us for the second seminar in our Virtues for Well-being series, taking place on Wednesday, October 15, from 1:00 to 1:50 p.m. in FXB G12 and online. Social psychologist Dr. Sara Konrath will present, "The Science of Sustainable Giving: How Empathy and Generosity Support Health and Flourishing." All are welcome to attend! Event Description...
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Brown Bag Seminar: Threading policy and practice: Lessons from a primary healthcare project to address hepatitis in Vietnam and the Philippines
Brown Bag Seminar: Threading policy and practice: Lessons from a primary healthcare project to address hepatitis in Vietnam and the Philippines
The STITCH project (Strengthening the Integrated Treatment and Care for Hepatitis) is a multi-country initiative to co-design, test, and scale a people-centered model of care for hepatitis B and C at the primary care level. In its fourth year, STITCH is beginning to influence national policies and programs, reflecting how pathways for translation and the...
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Know our rights: Legal updates for immigrant health
Know our rights: Legal updates for immigrant health
Event description Join the Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health Research (LZC), François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, the Health & Law Immigrant Solidarity Network (HLISN), and Massachusetts healthcare partners for a virtual update on immigration law and policy from panelists Susan Church, Chief Operating Officer & Legal Advisor at MA Office for Refugees...
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Herbert Sherman Memorial Lecture: Micky Tripathi, Mayo Clinic
Herbert Sherman Memorial Lecture: Micky Tripathi, Mayo Clinic
The Department of Health Policy and Management invites you to join the bi-annual Herbert Sherman Memorial Lecture, featuring Dr. Micky Tripathi, Chief Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer at the Mayo Clinic. The event will include an in-person lecture by Dr. Tripathi, who will be speaking about AI applications to health care delivery, followed by a reception....
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Cutter Distinguished Lecture on Molecular Metabolism and Preventative Medicine
Cutter Distinguished Lecture on Molecular Metabolism and Preventative Medicine
Roberto Zoncu, Ph.D. Professor in the Molecular Therapeutics DivisionDepartment of Molecular & Cell BiologyUC Berkley Research
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20th Annual Stare-Hegsted Lecture
20th Annual Stare-Hegsted Lecture
Dr. Jessica Fanzo, Professor of Climate and Food and Director of the Food for Humanity Initiative at Columbia University’s Climate School, serves as the distinguished speaker for the 20th Annual Stare-Hegsted Lecture. Hosted by the Department of Nutrition, Dr. Fanzo's talk on "Nourishing Humanity in the Age of Climate Change" will take place in Kresge...
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Deep Learning–Based Estimator for the Non-Iterative Conditional Expectation (NICE) g-Formula
Deep Learning–Based Estimator for the Non-Iterative Conditional Expectation (NICE) g-Formula
Join us on Wednesday, October 22 for the "Works In Progress" Epidemiology Seminar Series, featuring Dr. Jing Li discussing Deep Learning–Based Estimator for the Non-Iterative Conditional Expectation (NICE) g-Formula. Abstract: The g-formula can be used to estimate causal effects of sustained treatment strategies using observational data under the identifying assumptions of consistency, positivity, and exchangeability....
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Center Member Research Presentation: Peng Gao, PhD
Center Member Research Presentation: Peng Gao, PhD
Join us for a Center Member Research Presentation by Dr. Peng Gao on Mapping the human exposome: From population pattern to cellular resolution. Following a brief presentation, there will be time for all participants to engage in a cross-disciplinary discussion with Dr. Gao and each other. Summary: This presentation will explore cutting-edge approaches in environmental health that...
5 events,
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Specific Aims Review Session
Specific Aims Review Session
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...
Brown Bag Seminar: Thyroid cancer prevention in radiological emergencies
Brown Bag Seminar: Thyroid cancer prevention in radiological emergencies
Yoshitaka Nishikawa, MD, PhD, is a physician-scientist, Takemi Fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and associate professor at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine. His work focuses on developing and disseminating health information to protect people from disasters and diseases, particularly cancer and gastrointestinal diseases. He leads two reporting guidelines: CAST-D (case...
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Pressure Points: Building effective AI in health care
Pressure Points: Building effective AI in health care
Pressure Points is a webinar series co-hosted by The Studio and Executive and Continuing Education at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health bringing you inside the business of health care. With its transformative power, AI already has changed the business of health care — but not without challenges and concerns. Join leaders in technology,...
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First, Do No Harm: A Symposium in Memory of Lucian Leape
First, Do No Harm: A Symposium in Memory of Lucian Leape
Join us for a symposium and reception in honor and memory of Lucian Leape, who passed away this past summer at the age of 94. The Department of Health Policy and Management will celebrate Lucian’s impact and look ahead to the challenges and opportunities for the patient safety movement he did so much to advance....
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Health Communication Fall Social – 40th Anniversary Celebration
Health Communication Fall Social – 40th Anniversary Celebration
Join us for a fall social celebrating the Center for Health Communication's 40th Anniversary. At the social, you will have the opportunity to learn about how the Center for Health Communication and the Health Communication Concentration can support your growth as a communicator and a leader and a chance to network with other professionals interested...
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Health journalism case study series with Gabriella Stern
Health journalism case study series with Gabriella Stern
Join us for part one of an engaging case study series led by Gabriella Stern, journalist and Director of Communications at the World Health Organization. In this session, we’ll dig into a compelling piece of health journalism—how complex health topics are communicated to the public, what we can learn from journalistic choices, framing, and impact,...
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Prostate Cancer Screening: What’s Gone Wrong? What Can We Get Right?
Prostate Cancer Screening: What’s Gone Wrong? What Can We Get Right?
Join us on Wednesday, October 29 for the Epidemiology Seminar Series, featuring Dr. Kevin Kensler discussing Prostate Cancer Screening: What’s Gone Wrong? What Can We Get Right? Abstract: Prostate cancer screening is at a crossroads. Despite evidence that screening prostate-specific antigen (PSA) can reduce advanced disease and mortality, current practices too often overscreen older men...
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Creative Crafting with Reuse Item
Creative Crafting with Reuse Item
October Is National Zero Waste Month! Upcycle and make note cards from scrap materials. Join us to explore your inner re-use artist and build a community around sustainability. Materials provided and also feel free to bring your own to use or share.
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Brown Bag Seminar: Combating the health effects of extreme heat and air pollution in urban India
Brown Bag Seminar: Combating the health effects of extreme heat and air pollution in urban India
Amruta Nori-Sarma is an assistant professor of environmental health and population sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. As an environmental epidemiologist, Nori-Sarma studies the relationship between environmental exposures associated with climate change and health outcomes in vulnerable communities. Nori-Sarma aims to understand the impacts of interrelated extreme weather events on mental...
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Innovations in immigrant mental health
Innovations in immigrant mental health
Join us for a conversation with colleagues from the Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee and the Somerville Public Library to learn about innovative ways in which community-based programs and services are addressing the mental health and wellbeing of immigrants. The Partnerships for Community Mental Health and Immigrant Well-being initiative is cohosted by the FXB Center for...
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