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May 2024 Graduation Applications Close
HU CFAR Annual Scientific Symposium & Poster Session: Immunodysregulation in Human Diseases
HU CFAR Annual Scientific Symposium & Poster Session: Immunodysregulation in Human Diseases
PURPOSE: Nationally recognized experts will discuss the roles of immunoregulation in human diseases. Short talks will additionally be selected from submitted abstracts. Our goal is to coalesce discussions of immune dysfunction in pathogenesis and treatment of HIV infection. SPEAKERS: REGISTER HERE: HU CFAR Annual Scientific Symposium & Poster Session SUBMIT ABSTRACTS HERE: Call for Abstracts...
A Conversation with Dr. Petra Khoury
A Conversation with Dr. Petra Khoury
Join the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) for an engaging and insightful discussion featuring Dr. Petra Khoury, Global Director of Health and Care at the International Federation of Red Cross and...
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Environmental Exposures and Their Lifelong Legacy: How Air Pollutants and PFAS Influence the Gut Microbiome and Impact Human Health
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Environmental Exposures and Their Lifelong Legacy: How Air Pollutants and PFAS Influence the Gut Microbiome and Impact Human Health
With Tanya Alderete, PhD, Assistant Professor Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
2 events,
Saturday Morning Run/Walk Meetup
Saturday Morning Run/Walk Meetup
Harvard on the Move is a university-wide initiative that promotes various forms of physical activity in an effort to promote holistic wellbeing across the Harvard community. This Spring semester, there...
Harvard Climate Connect: Challenges and Opportunities for Building Equitable Climate Resilience in the Boston Area
Harvard Climate Connect: Challenges and Opportunities for Building Equitable Climate Resilience in the Boston Area
Please join the Harvard Environmental Law Society and the Harvard Chan Public Health School's Environmental Justice Student Organization for an interdisciplinary symposium discussing Boston's unique challenges and opportunities in building climate resilience. The symposium will feature interdisciplinary panel discussions on water and coastal management and intersectional climate policy from academics and government officials. María Belén...
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6 events,
12th Annual Workshop to Increase Diversity in Mathematical Modeling & Public Health
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Advancing Next-Generation Exposomics: From Population to Cellular
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Advancing Next-Generation Exposomics: From Population to Cellular
With Peng Gao, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Advancing Next-Generation Exposomics: From Population to Cellular
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Advancing Next-Generation Exposomics: From Population to Cellular
With Peng Gao, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
Tackling the loneliness epidemic: A Q&A with Sen. Chris Murphy
Tackling the loneliness epidemic: A Q&A with Sen. Chris Murphy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INAfe81nR2Q Social isolation and loneliness have emerged as a public health crisis, with links to elevated risks of cardiovascular disease, dementia, stroke, depression, and anxiety. U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is calling for a public policy response — including proposing an Office of Social Connection Policy in the White House. During this event, Sen. Murphy...
6 events,
March 2024 Degree Conferral
MELD T32 Seminar: How oxidative stress promotes telomere dysfunction
MELD T32 Seminar: How oxidative stress promotes telomere dysfunction
With Patricia Opresko, Ph.D. Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
MELD T32 Seminar: How oxidative stress promotes telomere dysfunction
MELD T32 Seminar: How oxidative stress promotes telomere dysfunction
With Patricia Opresko, Ph.D. Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
Best Practices and Federal Policies; Lab Notebooks: Note taking and Data Retention Requirements
Best Practices and Federal Policies; Lab Notebooks: Note taking and Data Retention Requirements
Julie Goldman, Research Data Services Librarian and Meghan Kerr, LMA Records Manager and Archivist, both from the Contway Library, will present on Best Practices and Federal Policies for Lab Notebooks: Notetaking and Data Retention Requirements.
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Harvard Chan Giving Day
Harvard Chan Giving Day
Our fifth annual Giving Day is Wednesday, March 6, 2024! Each year, this day provides an opportunity to make a tremendous collective impact and advance our mission to build a world where everyone can thrive. This year, a generous alum will match every gift, dollar-for-dollar, up to $100K, with their own gift to financial aid....
Using Metadata to Find, Interpret & Share Your Data
Using Metadata to Find, Interpret & Share Your Data
Ever struggle to find that file you saved last semester (or last week)? Having trouble remembering details to re-use your own data? Need others to understand & use your data?...
Palestinian Women in Gaza: War, Health, and Feminist Solidarity
Palestinian Women in Gaza: War, Health, and Feminist Solidarity
In commemoration of International Women’s Day, the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights invites you to join a webinar dedicated to the Palestinian women in Gaza. The webinar will bring together three feminist scholar-activists in conversation about Gaza, Palestinian women’s health, and resistance to genocide. The webinar is co-sponsored by the Religion, Conflict, and...
10 events,
Spring 2 2024 Non-Degree Application Due
Harvard Pop Center Hybrid Social Demography Seminar: “Chaos or community: The role of social ties in shaping population health”
Harvard Pop Center Hybrid Social Demography Seminar: “Chaos or community: The role of social ties in shaping population health”
Lisa Berkman, PhD, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Director, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, will present “Chaos or community: The role of social ties in shaping population health.” The Hybrid Social Demography Seminar (SDS) series at the Center for Population...
Target Trial Emulation for Vaccine Evaluation – Possibilities and Challenges (ID Epi Seminar Series)
Target Trial Emulation for Vaccine Evaluation – Possibilities and Challenges (ID Epi Seminar Series)
This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Kayoko Shioda, Assistant Professor of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G3 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Dr. Shioda is an infectious disease epidemiologist and veterinarian. Her research aims to...
Trajectories of Risk: Early Marriage among Adolescent Girls in Displacement
Trajectories of Risk: Early Marriage among Adolescent Girls in Displacement
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for our weekly Thursday Brown Bag Series. On March 7, Sawsan Abdulrahim, PhD, MPH, will present “Trajectories of Risk: Early Marriage among Adolescent Girls in Displacement”. Sawsan is a Palestine Program Health & Human Rights Fellow at FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University....
6 events,
Spring 1 Courses End
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Resilience of Municipal Water Systems: Managing pathogens and their broader microbial communities
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Resilience of Municipal Water Systems: Managing pathogens and their broader microbial communities
With Hannah Healy, PhD ,Gaylord Donnelley Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Resilience of Municipal Water Systems: Managing pathogens and their broader microbial communities
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Resilience of Municipal Water Systems: Managing pathogens and their broader microbial communities
With Hannah Healy, PhD ,Gaylord Donnelley Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University
Legacy of Slavery: Film Screening, Debrief, and Discussion
Legacy of Slavery: Film Screening, Debrief, and Discussion
In April 2022, Harvard University published the Harvard & Legacy of Slavery Report detailing the university’s ties to slavery and the slavery economy. A short film accompanying the report was also produced by Harvard, which provides an overview of core themes and contents contained within the report. During this program, we will hold a film...
1 event,
Saturday Morning Run/Walk Meetup
Saturday Morning Run/Walk Meetup
Harvard on the Move is a university-wide initiative that promotes various forms of physical activity in an effort to promote holistic wellbeing across the Harvard community. This Spring semester, there...
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3 events,
Spring Recess
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Planetary monitoring of behavioral health responses to climate stressors
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Planetary monitoring of behavioral health responses to climate stressors
With Kelton Minor, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University Data Science Institute, Columbia University
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Planetary monitoring of behavioral health responses to climate stressors
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Planetary monitoring of behavioral health responses to climate stressors
With Kelton Minor, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University Data Science Institute, Columbia University
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6 events,
Introduction to GIS
Introduction to GIS
In this introduction to our GIS workshop series, you will learn the foundations of GIS, including common formats, software, and ways to get support on campus. We will use open data and open source desktop software QGIS to explore file types and map symbology. No experience is required. Workshop sessions are limited to 12 participants...
Lunch ’n’ Learn: Your Path to Power & Influence: Who has it? What it is? What it’s not!
Lunch ’n’ Learn: Your Path to Power & Influence: Who has it? What it is? What it’s not!
Harness Power and Influence: “Your Path to Power & Influence: Who has it? What it is? What it’s not!” dives deep into power dynamics, teaching you how to harness it effectively, overcome barriers, and apply it positively in your professional life. This session will take place on Wednesday, March 13 at 1:00pm. Please register here.
3 events,
Drop-in Mindfulness Session
Drop-in Mindfulness Session
Join the Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health for a refreshing mindfulness practice on Thursday afternoon, March 14th from 1 pm to 1:50 pm in Kresge, Room 110. The drop-in mindfulness sessions include sitting and walking meditations, learning about mindfulness, and practicing mindfulness to enhance our energy of ease and rest. The...
Leadership in a partisan age: A conversation with Gov. Andy Beshear (D-Ky.) and former Gov. Steve Beshear (D-Ky.)
Leadership in a partisan age: A conversation with Gov. Andy Beshear (D-Ky.) and former Gov. Steve Beshear (D-Ky.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5Ph9bRsZSw Fierce partisanship dominates U.S. politics at a national level. Yet in some states, bipartisan cooperation is possible. This event brings together Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who recently won re-election as the Democratic leader of a heavily Republican state, and his father, former Gov. Steve Beshear, who also served two terms. They’ll share lessons in...
4 events,
Grades Due: Spring 1 Courses
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Translating Knowledge to Action: A Roadmap for Environmental Health Literacy and Implementation Science in Environmental Health
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Translating Knowledge to Action: A Roadmap for Environmental Health Literacy and Implementation Science in Environmental Health
With Kathryn Tomsho, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Department of EH Seminar – Translating Knowledge to Action: A Roadmap for Environmental Health Literacy and Implementation Science in Environmental Health
Department of EH Seminar – Translating Knowledge to Action: A Roadmap for Environmental Health Literacy and Implementation Science in Environmental Health
With Kathryn Tomsho, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
1 event,
Saturday Morning Run/Walk Meetup
Saturday Morning Run/Walk Meetup
Harvard on the Move is a university-wide initiative that promotes various forms of physical activity in an effort to promote holistic wellbeing across the Harvard community. This Spring semester, there...
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Exec. Ed.: Management and Leadership Skills for EHS Professionals
Exec. Ed.: Management and Leadership Skills for EHS Professionals
Improving environmental health and safety performance within your organization requires an in-depth understanding of management principles and the leadership skills to drive change. You need to be able to build leadership buy-in for health, safety, and environmental initiatives, lead teams effectively, and create strategies for integrating EHS principles into the culture of your organization, including...
Spring 2 Courses Begin
Cutter Distinguished Lecture on Molecular Metabolism and Preventative Medicine
Cutter Distinguished Lecture on Molecular Metabolism and Preventative Medicine
"Identifying and exploiting cell state-dependent metabolic networks" Lydia Finley, PhD. New York Stem Cell Foundation-Robertson Investigator Geoffrey Beene Jounior Faculty Chair Associate Member, Cell Biology Program Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
EDI Fellows Office Hours
EDI Fellows Office Hours
Join the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Fellows from The Office of Diversity and Inclusion as they host drop-in hours for prospective students. No appointments necessary! Please feel free to join the conversation to learn more about the application process, summer research programs and the culture of the school. Office hours are designed for prospective students...
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Nature Contact and Public Health: Understanding Causal Pathways and Implementing the Evidence
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Nature Contact and Public Health: Understanding Causal Pathways and Implementing the Evidence
With Gregory Bratman, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nature, Health, and Recreation School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington
9 events,
New Ideas for Substance Use Condition Treatment: Could Psychedelics Help?
New Ideas for Substance Use Condition Treatment: Could Psychedelics Help?
New Ideas for Substance Use Condition Treatment: Could Psychedelics Help? will provide an overview of psychedelic treatments, including ibogaine and psilocybin, for substance use conditions. During this panel discussion, an ibogaine researcher, a certified recovery coach with lived experience, and a drug law expert will discuss existing research, potential benefits and risks, ongoing policy and...
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – “A Melting Point”: Towards Advancing Occupational Health and Precision Medicine in Climate Hotspots
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – “A Melting Point”: Towards Advancing Occupational Health and Precision Medicine in Climate Hotspots
With Barrak Alahmad, MD, MPH, PhD, Research Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
PQG Student and Postdoc Seminar
PQG Student and Postdoc Seminar
Kodi Taraszka Research Fellow in Medicine Dana-Farber Cancer Institute COX proportional hazards Mixed Model (COXMM) accurately estimates the heritability of time-to-event traits With large biobanks connecting electronic health records with genetic sequencing, our understanding of the genetic architecture of time-to-event (TTE) traits such as age-of-onset, treatment response, and disease progression has grown. As a result,...
8 events,
Repurposing and repositioning human kinase inhibitors for malaria
Repurposing and repositioning human kinase inhibitors for malaria
Kelly Chibale Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Cape Town(UCT) Neville Isdell Chair in African -centric Drug Discovery and Development Director: UCT Drug Discovery & Development (H3D) Centre, a J&J Centre for Global Health Discovery This speaker will be in person in FXB 301. The event will be hybrid and we will have lunch for...
Closing Out Your Research: Managing Data Transfer Between Collaborators
Closing Out Your Research: Managing Data Transfer Between Collaborators
Knowledge transfer refers to sharing or disseminating knowledge and providing inputs to problem-solving. When employees leave, they take their skills and institutional knowledge with them. Capturing their knowledge and research...
Workshop: Promoting Inclusive Teaching and Learning Environment
Workshop: Promoting Inclusive Teaching and Learning Environment
Promoting Inclusive Teaching and Learning Environment: Impact of Bias on Learning and Approaches We Can Take How bias impacts the learning experience for students and the implications that it has...
9 events,
Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Empty chairs at the dinner table: Black-White disparities in exposure to household member deaths”
Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Empty chairs at the dinner table: Black-White disparities in exposure to household member deaths”
Angela Dixon, PhD, assistant professor of sociology, Emory University, and former Harvard Bell Fellow, HCPDS, will present “Empty chairs at the dinner table: Black-White disparities in exposure to household member deaths.” The Hybrid Social Demography Seminar (SDS) series at the Center for Population and Development Studies provides a lively forum for scholars from across the...
The Impact of Violence on Community Health Workers/Agents in Brazil: Policy Implications
The Impact of Violence on Community Health Workers/Agents in Brazil: Policy Implications
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for our weekly Thursday Brown Bag Series. On March 21, Anya P G F Vieira Meyer, DDS, MSc, PhD, will present “The Impact of Violence on Community Health Workers/Agents in Brazil: Policy Implications”. Anya is a Senior Researcher at Fundação Oswaldo Cruz – Brazil and Fellow at...
Department of Environmental Health Seminar: Are We Adapting to Climate Change?
Department of Environmental Health Seminar: Are We Adapting to Climate Change?
With Marshall Burke, PhD Associate Professor Doerr School of Sustainability Stanford University
4 events,
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Mapping the Interception Neural Circuits that Control Organ Perception of the Environment
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Mapping the Interception Neural Circuits that Control Organ Perception of the Environment
With Yujuan Su, PhD, Assistant Project Scientist, University of California San Diego
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Mapping the Interception Neural Circuits that Control Organ Perception of the Environment
Department of Environmental Health Seminar – Mapping the Interception Neural Circuits that Control Organ Perception of the Environment
With Yujuan Su, PhD, Assistant Project Scientist, University of California San Diego
Harvard Injury Control Research Center Presentations
Harvard Injury Control Research Center Presentations
Joshua Aiken will explore the relationship between the mass proliferation of handguns in America and political, economic, and cultural responses to the black freedom struggle. Using the personal papers of federal legislators, the lobbying records of firearms manufacturing companies, social survey data, and oral histories, Aiken will describe how notions of “gun control” shifted throughout...
1 event,
Saturday Morning Run/Walk Meetup
Saturday Morning Run/Walk Meetup
Harvard on the Move is a university-wide initiative that promotes various forms of physical activity in an effort to promote holistic wellbeing across the Harvard community. This Spring semester, there will be meetups for folks to run or walk together on Tuesdays at 6pm (Vanderbilt Hall) and Saturday at 9am (Gordon Hall steps). Come join...
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Deadline for Application – Exec. Ed Online: Financial Management in Health Care for Non-Financial Managers
Deadline for Application – Exec. Ed Online: Financial Management in Health Care for Non-Financial Managers
Despite having extensive medical expertise, physician leaders have not always developed the financial literacy needed to manage organizations and create financially sound strategies for delivering health care. There are many financial characteristics unique to health care that significantly enhance the importance of financial management control – and can also make it challenging to assume fiscal...
Making a health case for reparations in Boston
Making a health case for reparations in Boston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYLS6p9wFEc Presented jointly with the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights As the national conversation on reparations heats up, Boston has launched a task force to document the city's ties to slavery, examine the legacy of structural racism, and recommend paths for redress. Meanwhile, public health leaders are beginning to explore how they can...
2 events,
CHDS Seminar with Michael Lingzhi Li: “The Cram Method for Efficient Simultaneous Learning and Evaluation”
CHDS Seminar with Michael Lingzhi Li: “The Cram Method for Efficient Simultaneous Learning and Evaluation”
Abstract: We introduce the ‘cram' method, a general, rigorous, and efficient approach to simultaneously developing and evaluating an individualized treatment rule (ITR). In a single pass of data, the proposed method repeatedly trains an machine learning algorithm and tests its empirical performance. Because it utilizes the entire sample for both learning and evaluation, cramming is...
Tuesday Evening Run/Walk Meetup
Tuesday Evening Run/Walk Meetup
Harvard on the Move is a university-wide initiative that promotes various forms of physical activity in an effort to promote holistic wellbeing across the Harvard community. This Spring semester, there will be meetups for folks to run or walk together on Tuesdays at 6pm (Vanderbilt Hall) and Saturday at 9am (Gordon Hall steps). Come join...
13 events,
60th Annual Medical Education Conference (AMEC)
Workshop: Negotiating Your Way to Nirvana
Workshop: Negotiating Your Way to Nirvana
Effective negotiation skills help people to both land the career opportunities they seek and to build positive relationships with others. This highly interactive workshop offers participants a chance to consider what they bring to informal and formal negotiations that may help or hinder.
Lipsitch Group – Shapiro Team
Lipsitch Group – Shapiro Team
Indra Gonzalez Ojeda PhD candidate Lipsitch group- CCDD TALK TITLE: "Postvaccine population dynamics of Streptococcus pneumoniae" Rebecca Zash, MD Research Associate Shapiro group TALK TITLE: "Implementation and Safety of Long-acting Cabotegravir for PrEP in Lactation: the Tshireletso Study in Botswana" This seminar is a hybrid format. Please join us in FXB 301 if you...
Advanced Data Cleaning for GIS
Advanced Data Cleaning for GIS
In this workshop, we will practice working through common problems that arise when preparing mapping data for spatial analysis. You will leave with strengthened foundational GIS skills. We will also provide example approaches to especially challenging GIS data problems. We will use the open source desktop software QGIS for hands-on practice and demonstrate how to...
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Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Childbearing careers & women’s mid-life well-being: Preliminary evidence from a cohort study in rural Mozambique”
Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Childbearing careers & women’s mid-life well-being: Preliminary evidence from a cohort study in rural Mozambique”
Sarah Hayford, PhD, professor of sociology and director of the Institute for Population Research, Ohio State University, will present “Childbearing careers & women’s mid-life well-being: Preliminary evidence from a cohort study in rural Mozambique.” The Hybrid Social Demography Seminar (SDS) series at the Center for Population and Development Studies provides a lively forum for scholars...
HU CFAR “K Writing Workshop: Get Practical Advice”
HU CFAR “K Writing Workshop: Get Practical Advice”
This annual workshop provides concrete advice for planning and writing a K grant, including a timeline and a sample grant as well as summary statements from both successful and unsuccessful proposals. It is appropriate for clinical and basic science researchers from all fields.
How Leaders Communicate Effectively and Build Trust
How Leaders Communicate Effectively and Build Trust
Join Christine Heenan, Executive Partner and Chief Communications Officer at Flagship Pioneering, for a discussion of the techniques that executive communicators use to build trust. Lunch will be served. This event is presented in collaboration with the Stanford Health Equity Media Fellowship and the Harvard Chan Health Communication Concentration.
6 events,
Department of EH Seminar – Decoding the dark matter of the proteome: Serum protein modifications as biomarkers of environmental exposures and disease risk
Department of EH Seminar – Decoding the dark matter of the proteome: Serum protein modifications as biomarkers of environmental exposures and disease risk
With Joshua Smith, PhD, Research Associate, Department of Environmental Health & Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of EH Seminar – Decoding the dark matter of the proteome: Serum protein modifications as biomarkers of environmental exposures and disease risk
Department of EH Seminar – Decoding the dark matter of the proteome: Serum protein modifications as biomarkers of environmental exposures and disease risk
With Joshua Smith, PhD, Research Associate, Department of Environmental Health & Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2 events,
Saturday Morning Run/Walk Meetup
Saturday Morning Run/Walk Meetup
Harvard on the Move is a university-wide initiative that promotes various forms of physical activity in an effort to promote holistic wellbeing across the Harvard community. This Spring semester, there will be meetups for folks to run or walk together on Tuesdays at 6pm (Vanderbilt Hall) and Saturday at 9am (Gordon Hall steps). Come join...
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