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Unpacking new guidelines for health information credibility on social media
Unpacking new guidelines for health information credibility on social media
Join us for a conversation about the new Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Guidelines on “Assuring the credibility of health information sources on social media platforms.” This conversation will feature Dr. James O’Donovan, creator of the Doctor O’Donovan Medical Education channels, and Ifelola Ojuri, Strategic Partner Manager at YouTube Health. This event is presented in...
Hot Topics: It’s Time for Academia to Establish Academic Homes for Homelessness
Hot Topics: It’s Time for Academia to Establish Academic Homes for Homelessness
Homelessness is among the most pressing public health challenges in the US, and there's an urgent need for systematic research and education focused on its health impact, root causes, and potential solutions. In the 3rd Hot Topics Seminar this summer, Dr. Howard K. Koh will discuss ways in which the academic community could join in...
2 events,
Plotting like a Pro: Data Visualization with ggplot2
Plotting like a Pro: Data Visualization with ggplot2
In this one-hour hands-on workshop we will demonstrate how to create high-quality plots utilizing the ggplot2 R package. The workshop will cover different plot formats as well as many of the key options and theme layers that participants may be interested in applying to create their highly customized plots. We will also cover exporting plots...
EcoOp Green Team Meeting on Wed. July 31
EcoOp Green Team Meeting on Wed. July 31
Join us for our monthly EcoOp Green Team Meeting on Wednesday, July 31, 1:30-2:30 pm in Kresge Room 439. We'll discuss sustainability projects and hear from a guest speaker about hydroponics. Refreshments will be available. Please RSVP to susan_bottino@harvard.edu
4 events,
Exec. Ed. Online: Implementing Health Care AI into Clinical Practice Webinar
Exec. Ed. Online: Implementing Health Care AI into Clinical Practice Webinar
We are pleased to announce a webinar for an upcoming online program: Implementing Health Care AI into Clinical Practice. This live webinar will be hosted by Dr. Santiago Romero-Brufau, Harvard Professor and Director of AI and Systems Engineering at the Mayo Clinic, on August 1st at 12pm EST. To attend, please register here. During this...
Summer Mindfulness Sessions
Summer Mindfulness Sessions
The Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health invites Harvard Chan students, staff, and faculty to come together for an afternoon mindfulness practice throughout Summer 2024 (June, July, and August). We will meet twice per month on Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. beginning June 20th, 2024. Summer mindfulness sessions – weather...
Last Date to Add/Drop/Change: Summer 2 Term
Last Date to Add/Drop/Change: Summer 2 Term
This is the last date that a student can add/drop/change ANY Summer 2 course without permission. After this date, students can submit a petition to the Registrar’s Office via my.harvard to request a late drop, which will result in a WD (unless an exception is approved).
3 events,
Deadline to Register – Exec. Ed: Radiological Emergency Management: Regulations, Planning, Response, and Recovery
Program Runs: August 5 – 9, 2024 Deadline to Register: August 2, 2024 Protecting the public from harm during a radiological event requires a thorough and well-designed radiological emergency management program. Radiological Emergency Management brings together industry experts, government professionals, and renowned academic faculty in radiation protection and emergency management to provide you with skills...
Deadline to Register: Exec. Ed. Online: Implementing Health Care AI into Clinical Practice
Equipping Clinicians to Implement Successful AI Solutions in Health Care As artificial intelligence and machine learning emerge as powerful tools to transform patient care, organizations seek professionals skilled in applying these technologies within clinical settings. The successful implementation of AI solutions in clinical practice requires teams that are skilled in multiple disciplines, including data science,...
2 events,
Sustainable housing interventions to reduce environmentally-transmitted infections in low-income countries
Sustainable housing interventions to reduce environmentally-transmitted infections in low-income countries
Jade Benjamin-Chung, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor at Stanford University in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator. Her group conducts research to identify interventions to control, eliminate, or eradicate environmentally-transmitted infectious diseases, including malaria, diarrhea, soil-transmitted helminths, and influenza. Her research uses a variety of epidemiologic, computational,...
Sustainable Housing Interventions to Reduce Environmentally-Transmitted Infections in Low-Income Countries
Sustainable Housing Interventions to Reduce Environmentally-Transmitted Infections in Low-Income Countries
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Jade Benjamin-Chung to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for a presentation. On Monday, August 5, 2024, Dr. Benjamin-Chung will share her research on sustainable housing interventions aimed at reducing environmentally-transmitted infections in low-income countries. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about impactful public health interventions!
2 events,
Immunity and Inflammation in Disease and Tissue
Immunity and Inflammation in Disease and Tissue
Inaugural symposium hosted by The Gene Lay Institute of Immunology and Inflammation. Speakers: Susan Kaech, Salk Institute Ruslan Medzhitov, Yale School of Medicine Fiona Powrie, University of Oxford Aviv Regev, Genetech
Demystifying Commercial LLMs for Medical Researchers
Demystifying Commercial LLMs for Medical Researchers
Join us as we delve into the world of AI, LLMs, and chatbot interfaces! This seminar will provide a comprehensive understanding of where LLMs and chatbots are appropriate in research and how to engineer strategies specifically for the medical field. We will also address security concerns and privacy related to these technologies. Don't miss this...
3 events,
Summer Mindfulness Sessions
Summer Mindfulness Sessions
The Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health invites Harvard Chan students, staff, and faculty to come together for an afternoon mindfulness practice throughout Summer 2024 (June, July, and August). We will meet twice per month on Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. beginning June 20th, 2024. Summer mindfulness sessions – weather...
2 events,
Voices from the Frontlines: A Powerful Weapon Against AMR
Voices from the Frontlines: A Powerful Weapon Against AMR
Guest author Diane Shader Smith joins us for "Voices from the Frontlines: A Powerful Weapon Against AMR" About the Event In a world where antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens the foundation of modern medicine, the power of storytelling emerges as an unexpected yet potent weapon. What is the impact of personal narrative in the fight against...
5 events,
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open!
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open! Whether you’re exploring innovation, testing an idea, or advancing a venture, becoming an i-lab member helps you go further, faster. The Harvard Student i-lab welcomes students from all 13 Harvard schools, regardless of their innovation stage. Membership provides access to expert advising, workshops, networking...
Environmental Justice Boot Camp
Join us for the next Environmental Justice Boot Camp on August 15-16, 2024 at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and online! The Environmental Justice Boot Camp is a two-day intensive course featuring seminars and applied analytical sessions on key concepts, exposure assessment techniques, epidemiologic methods, community engagement and health policy applications, and...
Environmental Justice Boot Camp
Join us for the next Environmental Justice Boot Camp on August 15-16, 2024 at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and online! The Environmental Justice Boot Camp is a two-day intensive course featuring seminars and applied analytical sessions on key concepts, exposure assessment techniques, epidemiologic methods, community engagement and health policy applications, and...
4 events,
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open!
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open! Whether you’re exploring innovation, testing an idea, or advancing a venture, becoming an i-lab member helps you go further, faster. The Harvard Student i-lab welcomes students from all 13 Harvard schools, regardless of their innovation stage. Membership provides access to expert advising, workshops, networking...
2 events,
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open!
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open! Whether you’re exploring innovation, testing an idea, or advancing a venture, becoming an i-lab member helps you go further, faster. The Harvard Student i-lab welcomes students from all 13 Harvard schools, regardless of their innovation stage. Membership provides access to expert advising, workshops, networking...
FXB Center Child Protection Certificate Program: Apply Now!
Are you passionate about Child Protection and interested in increasing your skills and building your professional network across sectors? The FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University is accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Child Protection Certificate cohort. This interdisciplinary qualification is open to students from any Harvard graduate school, but admission is...
1 event,
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open!
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open! Whether you’re exploring innovation, testing an idea, or advancing a venture, becoming an i-lab member helps you go further, faster. The Harvard Student i-lab welcomes students from all 13 Harvard schools, regardless of their innovation stage. Membership provides access to expert advising, workshops, networking...
1 event,
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open!
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open! Whether you’re exploring innovation, testing an idea, or advancing a venture, becoming an i-lab member helps you go further, faster. The Harvard Student i-lab welcomes students from all 13 Harvard schools, regardless of their innovation stage. Membership provides access to expert advising, workshops, networking...
1 event,
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open!
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open! Whether you’re exploring innovation, testing an idea, or advancing a venture, becoming an i-lab member helps you go further, faster. The Harvard Student i-lab welcomes students from all 13 Harvard schools, regardless of their innovation stage. Membership provides access to expert advising, workshops, networking...
1 event,
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open!
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open! Whether you’re exploring innovation, testing an idea, or advancing a venture, becoming an i-lab member helps you go further, faster. The Harvard Student i-lab welcomes students from all 13 Harvard schools, regardless of their innovation stage. Membership provides access to expert advising, workshops, networking...
8 events,
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open!
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open! Whether you’re exploring innovation, testing an idea, or advancing a venture, becoming an i-lab member helps you go further, faster. The Harvard Student i-lab welcomes students from all 13 Harvard schools, regardless of their innovation stage. Membership provides access to expert advising, workshops, networking...
Social media cravings can be overcome with healthy habits
Social media cravings can be overcome with healthy habits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bgIgoHocs8&list=PLmRw3WVY-55lD-z_GMIOzFIMepm9bV42g Experts have identified practical ways to help young people who feel as though their lives have been “hijacked” by social media. Annie Margaret, co-founder of the Post-Internet Project and a researcher at the University of Colorado, Boulder, explains how students can free themselves from social media addiction in just one month. You can learn...
The healthcare workforce is diversifying — which will save lives
The healthcare workforce is diversifying — which will save lives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7zKJasXGZs&list=PLmRw3WVY-55lD-z_GMIOzFIMepm9bV42g&index=2 Increasingly, public health leaders are recognizing the critical importance of expanding the diversity of the health care workforce. Stanford’s Cesar Padilla explains why he’s on a mission to encourage more Latino and Black individuals to become physicians — and why he thinks he’ll succeed.
Bio-based fabrics may reduce microplastic pollution
Bio-based fabrics may reduce microplastic pollution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv_YI0xur9k&list=PLmRw3WVY-55lD-z_GMIOzFIMepm9bV42g&index=3 The fashion industry produces a huge amount of waste — but more sustainable fabrics are gaining ground. One example: TômTex, which manufactures a compostable, bio-based fabric from shrimp shells and mushrooms. Ross McBee, co-founder of TômTex, explains how such textiles could make a huge difference for the environment and human health.
3 events,
FXB Center Child Protection Certificate Program: Apply Now!
Are you passionate about Child Protection and interested in increasing your skills and building your professional network across sectors? The FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University is accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Child Protection Certificate cohort. This interdisciplinary qualification is open to students from any Harvard graduate school, but admission is...
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open!
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open! Whether you’re exploring innovation, testing an idea, or advancing a venture, becoming an i-lab member helps you go further, faster. The Harvard Student i-lab welcomes students from all 13 Harvard schools, regardless of their innovation stage. Membership provides access to expert advising, workshops, networking...
1 event,
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open!
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open! Whether you’re exploring innovation, testing an idea, or advancing a venture, becoming an i-lab member helps you go further, faster. The Harvard Student i-lab welcomes students from all 13 Harvard schools, regardless of their innovation stage. Membership provides access to expert advising, workshops, networking...
1 event,
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open!
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open! Whether you’re exploring innovation, testing an idea, or advancing a venture, becoming an i-lab member helps you go further, faster. The Harvard Student i-lab welcomes students from all 13 Harvard schools, regardless of their innovation stage. Membership provides access to expert advising, workshops, networking...
1 event,
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open!
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open! Whether you’re exploring innovation, testing an idea, or advancing a venture, becoming an i-lab member helps you go further, faster. The Harvard Student i-lab welcomes students from all 13 Harvard schools, regardless of their innovation stage. Membership provides access to expert advising, workshops, networking...
1 event,
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open!
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open! Whether you’re exploring innovation, testing an idea, or advancing a venture, becoming an i-lab member helps you go further, faster. The Harvard Student i-lab welcomes students from all 13 Harvard schools, regardless of their innovation stage. Membership provides access to expert advising, workshops, networking...
5 events,
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open!
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open! Whether you’re exploring innovation, testing an idea, or advancing a venture, becoming an i-lab member helps you go further, faster. The Harvard Student i-lab welcomes students from all 13 Harvard schools, regardless of their innovation stage. Membership provides access to expert advising, workshops, networking...
Unleashing LLM Power
Unleashing LLM Power
This session is your chance to put theory into practice! Building on our previous session, we'll guide you through applying the prompt engineering principles to real-world research tasks using a chosen LLM platform. You’ll learn how to leverage technologies effectively and responsibly while understanding the security and privacy implications specific to the medical field. This...
EcoOpportunity Green Team Meeting at the Reuse Room
EcoOpportunity Green Team Meeting at the Reuse Room
Check out the HSPH Reuse Room in its new space! On Wednesday, August 28 from 1:30-2:15 pm, drop by B-5 in the basement of Building 1 to pick up something new to you and drop off surplus office supplies, lab consumables, and household items in good, working order during our EcoOpportunity Green Team gathering. (Please...
Dissertation Defense – Yujie Wu
Dissertation Defense – Yujie Wu
Yujie will present the dissertation entitled “Statistical methods for outcome measurement error correction, and multi-study prediction and causal inference under study heterogeneity". The dissertation committee is chaired by Drs. Molin Wang and Giovanni Parmigiani, and includes Dr. Boyu Ren and Dr. Bernard Rosner.
4 events,
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open!
Fall student membership for the Harvard Innovation Labs is now open! Whether you’re exploring innovation, testing an idea, or advancing a venture, becoming an i-lab member helps you go further, faster. The Harvard Student i-lab welcomes students from all 13 Harvard schools, regardless of their innovation stage. Membership provides access to expert advising, workshops, networking...
Dissertation Defense – Jonathan Luu
Dissertation Defense – Jonathan Luu
Jonathan will present the dissertation entitled “Statistical methods for complex dependent data". The dissertation committee is chaired by Dr. Sebastien Haneuse, and includes Dr. Sharon-Lise Normand, Dr. Issa Dahabreh, and Dr. Nina Joyce.
Collaboration Agreements for Successful Team Science Processes
Collaboration Agreements for Successful Team Science Processes
Join us for a team science webinar on "Collaboration Agreements for Successful Team Science Processes" as part of Harvard Catalyst’s series on Boundary-Crossing Skills for Research Careers. Register by 12:00pm ET on August 28, 2024.
3 events,
FXB Center Child Protection Certificate Program: Apply Now!
Are you passionate about Child Protection and interested in increasing your skills and building your professional network across sectors? The FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University is accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Child Protection Certificate cohort. This interdisciplinary qualification is open to students from any Harvard graduate school, but admission is...
Dissertation Defense – Amy Zhou
Dissertation Defense – Amy Zhou
Amy will present the dissertation entitled “Statistical Analysis of Case-cohort Designs in Semi-competing Risks". The dissertation committee is chaired by Dr. Sebastien Haneuse, and includes Dr. Kyu Ha Lee, Dr. Briana Stephenson, and Dr. Stephanie Lee.