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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 by Lorraine Dean, ScD, and Keliah Jacques, MSW, who will discuss their newly released book, Power, Privilege and Public Health: Theory and Practice. Please click...
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:...
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative is honored to present the 2026 Elisabeth B. Weintz Humanitarian Award to Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières/MSF).
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...
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 Assistant Secretary for Health of the United States Department of Health and Human Services), Clara Spera, Esq (Lecturer, Harvard Law School), Claire Decoteau, PhD (Professor, University of...
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
This is a conversation about trauma, grief, and mental health.
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 for seriously ill patients across diverse settings, and highlight a Tribal-academic partnership to advance culturally responsive palliative care across reservation communities. Please note that an...
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 Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and supported by the Danone Institute North America (DINA). The inaugural Healthy Aging Symposium will be held October 9,...
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...
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 Wednesday, October 14th from 1-1:50 PM in FXB G12 and online, please join us for the second installment in our Trust and Well-being Seminar Series, featuring Dr. Lauren Taylor. All are welcome. Lunch provided. Event Description Dr. Taylor explores what it means for leaders and institutions to remain worthy of trust when the world...
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 market conditions.” Speaker Information Organizers
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 When public health...
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...
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...
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...
Bocar Ba, PhD, Kathleen Kaylor and G. Richard Wagoner Jr. Assistant Professor of Economics, Duke University, presents “Understanding demand for police alternatives.” 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....
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...
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...
This second workshop of a two-part series offered by the NIEHS Center Science Communications Hub will expand on concepts from the first workshop and discuss the ethics and best practices of communicating results to study participants and affected communities. The first workshop provides an introduction to environmental health literacy and developing communications approaches to reach...
H.R. 1 is expected to affect health care coverage for millions of people, including those experiencing homelessness, housing instability, and residents of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) assisted housing. Join Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) for a discussion of the policy changes driving these impacts, emerging questions about the relationship between homelessness and Medicaid...
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...
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