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 2025-2026...
Please join the Department of Nutrition for the Monday Nutrition Seminar featuring Aviva A. Musicus, ScD, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nutrition at HSPH. Dr. Musicus's talk—"Front-of-package labeling in the United States: The latest evidence informing policy"—will take place on March 30 at 1:00pm ET in FXB G-13 and via Zoom (registration is required). Healthy snacks...
Join us for a beginner crochet workshop.All material provided. Free snacks and coffee/tea. Event hosted by Office for Student Affairs
Join us on Wednesday, April 1st for the Department of Epidemiology seminar series featuring Dr. David Hunter discussing Some Recent Results on the Epidemiology of Dementia. Abstract: Studies of the epidemiology of Dementia are complicated by the fact that until recently the two main subtypes - Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia could not be readily distinguished clinically, and may...
Join us for part one of an engaging case study series led by Gabriella Stern, journalist and former 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...
Michael Emch, PhD, W.R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Geography and Epidemiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, presents “Population, environment, and infectious disease ecology: History, progress, and innovation.” 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...
David A. Barnes, DVM, PhD, is a veterinarian and infectious disease researcher from Ghana, with a PhD in infectious diseases from Hokkaido University, Japan. His research focuses on zoonotic and bovine tuberculosis (zTB/bTB) within the One Health framework, examining the epidemiology and genomic diverstiy of Mycobacterium bovis to inform public health strategies in Africa. Barnes...
The Department of Environmental Health and the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program invite you to the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds. Topic: “Impact of Repeated Blast Exposure on Military Special Operations Personnel” Learning objectives: Presenter: Kiel von Khan, MD, 1st year OEM Resident Discussant: Brian Edlow, MD, Director, Laboratory for Neuroimaging of Coma and Consciousness (NICC);...
21st Kolokotrones Symposium - a CAUSALab event in Collaboration with the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research CAUSALab is thrilled to invite you to the 21st Kolokotrones Symposium at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “External Controls for Causal Inference: Study Design and Analysis" features four expert talks and a panel discussion. The...
Join the Center on the Developing Child's upcoming webinar to explore why stability plays a critical role in shaping young children’s health and development. Drawing on insights from the new working paper, From Resources to Routines: The Importance of Stability in the Developmental Environment, the conversation will examine how stability—or the lack of it—across children’s...
Join the Center on the Developing Child's upcoming webinar to explore why stability plays a critical role in shaping young children’s health and development. Drawing on insights from the new working paper, From Resources to Routines: The Importance of Stability in the Developmental Environment, the conversation will examine how stability—or the lack of it—across children’s...
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 April 6, 1-2:00 pm. April agenda:...
The Climate Change & Planetary Health Concentration invites you to their next Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, featuring Dr. Susan Abookire discussing the health benefits of nature. Topic: Nature and Health Speaker: Susan Abookire, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; & Founder, Nature Systems Institute Date: April 8, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. Location: FXB G-12, Harvard T.H....
Join us on Wednesday, April 8th for the Department of Epidemiology featuring Dr. Rulla Tamimi discussing Research Addressing Cancer Disparities in New York City. Abstract: Dr. Tamimi will describe the catchment area of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center in New York City. New York City (NYC) is a region of extremes with some of the richest and poorest living...
Benjamin Rader is a computational epidemiologist who currently serves as the scientific director of Boston Children's Hospital's Innovation and Digital Health Group and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. Rader's research focuses on leveraging digital technologies and data to improve public health and has appeared in JAMA, The New England Journal of Medicine, The Economist,...
Join Harvard Chan faculty and alumni as they share how someone’s advice, encouragement, or challenge impacted their life, and the ways they apply those lessons today. Lunch will be provided. Follow the link below to register. Organizers
Please join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health and the Department of Environmental Health for a talk by Rachel Morello-Frosch, PhD, MPH, Professor, UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Dr. Morello-Frosch will discuss “Forging better futures: Solutions-based science to address extreme weather.” This event will be held in person (HSPH Bldg. 1, 1302)...
International Roma Day has been celebrated by Romani communities around the world for decades. This year marks the 55th anniversary of the First World Roma Congress, a historic gathering at which Roma Day, the Romani flag, and the anthem “Gelem, Gelem” were adopted as key symbols of the global Roma diaspora. Across regions, neighborhoods, organizations,...
The Department of Environmental Health and the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency (OEMR) Program invite you to the next OEMR Mid-Year Research Presentations. Date: Friday, April 10, 2026 at 1:10pm Location: Building 1, 1302 and Zoom Register: Click here to register for Zoom. Presentations: Speaker Information Organizers
Navdeep S Chandel, PhD Professor, Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care), Biochemistry and Molecular GeneticsNorthwestern Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
Please join the Department of Nutrition and the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences for the Monday Seminar featuring Professor Erica Kenney, ScD, Associate Professor of Public Health Nutrition in the Department of Nutrition and Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at HSPH, and Research Director of the Harvard Prevention Research...
Join leaders across public health and public safety for a conversation that moves beyond emergency response toward prevention, housing-first strategies, and long-term solutions. Grounded in lived experience and evidence, this panel explores cross-sector solutions with a focus on dignity, safety, and sustainable housing.
Homelessness is one of the most urgent public health challenges facing communities today, demanding coordinated, systems-level solutions. This conversation will feature the Mayors of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Eugene, Oregon, and Huntington, West Virginia, and will explore how local leaders are advancing bold strategies to address the root causes of housing instability while improving health outcomes....
Join us on Wednesday, April 15th for a joint seminar between the Department of Epidemiology and the Maternal and Child Health Concentration featuring Dr. Bill Copeland discussing The Grand Challenge of Child Mental Health: Lessons from the Great Smoky Mountains Study. Abstract: Child psychopathology is common, costly, and impairing. Indeed, the greatest burden of disease...
On Wednesday, April 15th, 2026, from 1-1:50 p.m. in FXB G13 and online, all are welcome to join us for the sixth and final installment in our Virtues for Well-being Seminar Series, featuring Dr. Demond Hill. Lunch provided. Seminar Description Awe—an emotional response to vastness that transcends our ordinary frames of reference—has the power to...
This event is designed to bring students and alumni together in conversation about career paths, job searching, and the value of professional community—particularly in today’s evolving job market. We hope to create a space where students can hear candid reflections from alumni about how they have navigated their careers, learn practical strategies for approaching the...
For more than 50 years, Jack Spengler has advanced our understanding of how environment shapes health through pioneering research on the importance of air quality, healthy buildings, and climate resilience. In conversation with longtime collaborator Linda Powers Tomasso, Spengler explores how the places we live, learn, and work shape human health.
Why elimination should be the default response for future severe pandemicPresented by Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington New Zealand. Professor Michael Baker is a public health physician, epidemiologist, and active researcher in the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, NZ. He is visiting the United States as a...
You are invited to a special screening of the New Yorker film "Rovina's Choice," a harrowing account of a mother’s efforts to save her daughter from sickness and starvation in the wake of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Rovina Naboi’s devastating story represents the global impact of that...
We invite you to join us at the 2026 Harvard Global Health Student Research Showcase, a University-wide poster session highlighting global health research conducted by Harvard undergraduate and graduate students. We encourage members of the Harvard community to join us to view posters, learn about ongoing research across the University, and support student scholarship. The...
The Department of Environmental Health and the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency (OEMR) Program invite you to the next Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Title: Aeromedical Decision-Making After Injury: A Case of Post-Trauma Flight Learning Objectives: Presenter: Erika Anderson, MD, MPH, OEMR Chief Resident Discussant: Joseph Ray, MD, FAA Deputy Regional Flight Surgeon AWP Location: Building 1, Room 1302 RSVP: Please...
Please join the Department of Nutrition for the Monday Nutrition Seminar featuring Jorge E. Chavarro, MD, ScD, ScM, Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chavarro's talk—"To organic, or not to organic, that is...
Virtual event Does it take ages to find a file in your shared drive? Are you running out of room in your email? Save yourself and your office time and money by learning to manage your electronic records. In this workshop, we’ll help you manage your email and electronic records efficiently and effectively by giving...
Join us for a webinar on the Emerging Women Executives in Health Care program offered by Harvard Chan School Executive and Continuing Education, hosted by Program Director Karen A. Curley, MSW, MPH. Ms. Curley will provide insights into the program, detailing what participants can expect to learn and gain. Although women form the majority of...
Join us for a Center Member Research Presentation by Dr. Hannah Healy. Following a brief presentation entitled "Monitoring microbial risks from tap to sewer," there will be time for all participants to engage in a cross-disciplinary discussion with Dr. Healy and each other. Summary: Drinking water and wastewater infrastructure are vital to the protection of human...
Harmonizing for Happiness: Finding Calm, Connection, and Joy Through Song is an interactive well-being workshop that invites all members of the Harvard community to explore how group singing can reduce stress, lift mood, and build a sense of connection—no musical experience required. Led by Center Student Engagement Committee member Priyam Bhushan Aturi, MPH ’26, this...
Join the Center for Health Decision Science for a seminar with Christopher Jackson from the University of Cambridge, UK, titled, "Making Semi-Markov Multistate Models for Intermittent Observations Easily Usable." Multi-state models for changes in a state (e.g. of health or illness) often assume that the transition rate is constant with time spent in the state...
Kaori Yamaguchi, PhD, OTR, is a Takemi Fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a senior researcher at the National Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Japan, the research arm of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW). Her work focuses on rehabilitation within public and global health, while also encompassing health...
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 2025-2026...
Please join the Department of Nutrition for the Monday Nutrition Seminar featuring Nima Aghaeepour, PhD, Endowed Professor and Vice Chair for Research (Data Science) in the Department of Anesthesiology, Peri-operative, and Pain Medicine; Professor in the Department of Pediatrics; and Professor in the Department of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University. Dr. Aghaeepour's talk—"AI-driven Integration...
Don’t miss our spring Freecycle! Back by popular demand and in celebration of Earth Month, this event helps build community as well as save items that might otherwise end up in the trash. Last fall, over 300 people attended and swapped hundreds of items including: clothes, socks, shoes, and accessories; books and magazines; notebooks, paper...
What does it take to craft and deliver clear, trusted public health messaging while navigating a rapidly evolving communications landscape?
Anuska Kalita, DrPH, is director of the India Health Systems Program in the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH. Chan School of Public Health. She is a health systems specialist with over 20 years of experience across academia, management consulting, multilateral agencies, and philanthropy. Her work spans 18 countries across Asia, Africa, the...
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