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3 events,
Seminar with Neal Fann, MPH, MPP and Caitlin Gould, DrPH, MPPA
Seminar with Neal Fann, MPH, MPP and Caitlin Gould, DrPH, MPPA
Speaker(s): Neal Fann, MPH, MPP and Caitlin Gould, DrPH, MPPA Title: Leading Research at the Nexus of Science and Policy Location: Building 1, 1302
Communicating science to a skeptical public: A conversation with “Your Local Epidemiologist” Katelyn Jetelina
Communicating science to a skeptical public: A conversation with “Your Local Epidemiologist” Katelyn Jetelina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llzir-Z9TaE A Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn Forum Presented jointly with the Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health Center for Health Communication Launched as a “direct line” to accessible information during the COVID-19 pandemic, the newsletter “Your Local Epidemiologist” has blossomed into a trusted, wide-ranging science source to more than 250,000 followers. In...
5 events,
Deadline to Apply – Exec. Ed.: Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers
Program runs: November 3-15, 2024 Deadline to apply: October 30, 2024 Academic health centers in the United States are experiencing unprecedented disruption and change as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now more than ever, institutions need physicians in leadership who have the skills and experience to lead in complex and ever-changing environments. For over...
Using highly sensitive Plasmodium molecular diagnostics to empower malaria clinical trials & understand asymptomatic infections
Using highly sensitive Plasmodium molecular diagnostics to empower malaria clinical trials & understand asymptomatic infections
Sean Murphy MD, PhD Professor and Director, Malaria Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Washington - School of Medicine Chief & Medical Director | Dept. of Laboratories, Seattle Children’s Hospital "Dr. Sean Murphy, M.D, Ph.D. is a board-certified clinical pathologist, physician-scientist, and Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology with 27 years of biomedical research experience and...
Seminar with Rémy Slama
Seminar with Rémy Slama
Event: Seminar Speaker(s): Rémy Slama, Senior Investigator at Inserm (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research) and Professor at ENS Title: Exposome: the End of Single-Exposure Studies or Still too Difficult to Tackle?
“Works in Progress” Seminar
“Works in Progress” Seminar
Department of Epidemiology Speaker Series Trends in antiretroviral therapy use among pregnant persons: 2008–2022 Speaker: Nedghie Adrien Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Epidemiology Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Abstract: Women comprise nearly a quarter of individuals diagnosed and living with HIV in the United States. Among those individuals living with HIV, 5,000 give...
4 events,
Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Beyond the nuclear family: Children’s shared living arrangements”
Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Beyond the nuclear family: Children’s shared living arrangements”
Natasha Pilkauskas, PhD, associate professor of public policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, presents “Beyond the nuclear family: Children’s shared living arrangements.” The Social Demography Seminar (SDS) series at the Center for Population and Development Studies provides a lively forum for scholars from across the university to discuss in-progress social...
Data Horror Stories: Avoid the Nightmare
Data Horror Stories: Avoid the Nightmare
Neglecting to develop and implement a file naming convention. Data hot mess. Failing to sync and back up your data. Deadly data loss. Saving your data to a proprietary file format. Walking dead data. Facing the shame of having your publication retracted. The horror. The horror. Data management is not easy, as is evidenced by...
Mindfulness Practice
Mindfulness Practice
The Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health welcomes students, staff, and faculty to come together for an afternoon mindfulness practice throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. We will usually meet in the Kresge building, room 110 (across from Sebastian's Café) twice monthly on Thursdays from 1 to 2 pm. These drop-in mindfulness sessions...
5 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...
Deadline to Apply – Exec. Ed. Online: Leadership Development to Advance Equity in Health Care
Program runs: November 5 – 8, 2024 Deadline to apply: November 1, 2024 One of the most glaring and seemingly intractable challenges facing health care organizations and professionals today is the absence of health equity for their patient population. Disparities in health care between groups defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically are, in the World...
Salata Institute Climate and Sustainability Career Expo
Salata Institute Climate and Sustainability Career Expo
Are you interested in a career in climate and sustainability? Come network with over 50 employers, including the U.S. EPA, U.S. Green Building Council, Citizens Climate Lobby, Woods Hole Group, Rockefeller Foundation, Harvard Office for Sustainability, Public Interest Network, and many more! This event is co-hosted by HPSH and other Harvard Schools.
OSH seminar – Barrak Alahmad, MD, MPH, PhD
OSH seminar – Barrak Alahmad, MD, MPH, PhD
Inside OSHA's 2024 Proposed Heat Standards: Gains, Setbacks, and Future Directions Presenter: Barrak Alahmad, MD, MPH, PhD, Research Fellow, Department of Environmental Health Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to 1) list the health impacts of hazardous heat on workers; 2) describe the core components of heat exposure...
2 events,
Rose Service Learning Fellowship Application
The Rose Service Learning Fellowship Application is now open! Harvard Chan students and post-docs are welcome to apply for funding for U.S. and global service learning projects. Full details: hsph.me/rosefellowship
We Are One: Learnings from Community Engagement
We Are One: Learnings from Community Engagement
In 2024, Dr. Balsari’s lab presented their research on the impact of the pandemic on the lives of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and their response to it as an immersive multimedia traveling exhibition, first hosted at the Center for Government and International Studies at Harvard, and next at the Clinton Global Initiative in...
1 event,
Mechanisms of Environmental and Lung Diseases (MELD) T32 Seminar Series
Mechanisms of Environmental and Lung Diseases (MELD) T32 Seminar Series
Speaker: Ellen Foxman, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Immunobiology Title: Dynamic Innate Immunity in the Respiratory Tract Location: Building 1, 1302
4 events,
Pilot funding: Up to $50K – Increasing the Impact of Clinical Research on Human Health
Proposals should focus on solutions to addressing common roadblocks that impact faculty and research staff in the conduct of research on human health. Learn more and see RFA on our website. Applications are due January 15, 2025.
Intestinal Immune Regulation by Norovirus
Intestinal Immune Regulation by Norovirus
Sanghyun Lee, PhD Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University "Dr. Sanghyun Lee has dedicated his scientific career to dissecting host-virus interactions at molecular and physiological levels, aiming to understand how these interactions contribute to viral pathogenesis." THIS SPEAKER WILL BE IN PERSON IN FXB 301. The event will be hybrid and we...
Data Discussions: Let’s Name Your Data
Data Discussions: Let’s Name Your Data
Final_v2_rev3_final_FINAL.docx got you down? How can you name your data and related files in standardized way? Discussion lead by Julie Goldman, Research Data Services Librarian, Countway Library The "Data Discussions: Let’s Talk Data!" lunch-time 30 minute webinars are your quick and easy way to learn key data management practices. Come learn, ask questions, and discuss...
Common Genetic Variation and Our Future Health
Common Genetic Variation and Our Future Health
Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series Speaker: David Hunter, M.B.,B.S., Sc.D. Richard Doll Professor of Epidemiology & Medicine Director of Translational Epidemiology Unit Oxford Population Health, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford Abstract: In the 1990's the "Common variant, Common diseases" hypothesis was proposed. The Human Genome Project was followed by the HapMap, and...
3 events,
Mental Health Literacy Among Palestinians in Israel: Insights from Current Research and Future Directions
Mental Health Literacy Among Palestinians in Israel: Insights from Current Research and Future Directions
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for our weekly Thursday Brown Bag Series! On November 7, Fareeda Abo-Rass, MSW, PhD, will present “Mental Health Literacy Among Palestinians in Israel: Insights from Current Research and Future Directions”. Fareeda Abo-Rass is a Takemi fellow in the Takemi Program in International Health at Harvard T.H. Chan...
Last Date to add/drop/change – HSPH Courses: Fall 2 Term
Last Date to add/drop/change – HSPH Courses: Fall 2 Term
This is the last date for any student to submit enrollment transactions or change the grading basis for HSPH courses. This is also the last date that an HSPH student can drop ANY course without permission. After this date, HSPH students can submit a petition to the Registrar’s Office via my.harvard to request a late...
8 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...
Deadline to Apply: Exec. Ed. Online: Mental Health Leadership: Transformation Through Innovation
Program Runs: November 12 – 15, 2024 Deadline to Apply: November 8, 2024 at 12pm ET The importance of reducing the mental health care gap has never been more critical. The current reality of limited financial resources, stigma associated with mental health problems, and too few professionals to support the vast mental health needs of...
5th Annual Health Data Science Symposium at Harvard
5th Annual Health Data Science Symposium at Harvard
Ethical Applications of AI MGB Neurosurgery and the Computational Neuroscience Outcomes Center at BWH are hosting the 5th Annual Health Data Science Symposium on November 8th, 2024. Join us for an educational conference on health data science and the ethical implications of AI in neurosurgery. Speakers include Keynote: David Blumenthal, MD, MPP Rich W. Byrne,...
Digital Health Webinar: Columbia Healthcare Ventures x Harvard AI in Healthcare
Digital Health Webinar: Columbia Healthcare Ventures x Harvard AI in Healthcare
Join us for an engaging webinar featuring esteemed professors from Columbia University and Harvard University. Catherine Foster, MPH, MBA, is a professor at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and serves on the Board of Trustees at Northwell Health, where she is the Vice Chair of their Quality and Credentials Committee. She is...
Public health and the U.S. Constitution: A conversation with retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
Public health and the U.S. Constitution: A conversation with retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVKXcmvBtfg Justice Stephen Breyer served on the U.S. Supreme Court for nearly 28 years, hearing critical cases that influenced many aspects of American life, from tobacco regulation to abortion to gun laws. Just days after the 2024 presidential election, Justice Breyer will reflect on his pragmatic approach to law; the intersection of public health and...
8 events,
Chester Pierce Symposium: Well-being in the Face of Adversity
Chester Pierce Symposium: Well-being in the Face of Adversity
Overview On Tuesday, November 12th from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, join us at the Joseph Martin Conference Center Rotunda or online for the first annual Chester Pierce Symposium! Dr. Chester Pierce left a lasting impact on the fields of psychiatry and social justice and is remembered as a pioneering advocate for mental health and...
2024 Center Annual Retreat
2024 Center Annual Retreat
The 2024 Harvard Chan NIEHS Center Annual Retreat will be held on November 12 at the Arnold Arboretum. Additional details will be shared with invitees via email. Please contact niehsctr@hsph.harvard.edu with any questions.
Chester Pierce Symposium: Well-being in the Face of Adversity
Chester Pierce Symposium: Well-being in the Face of Adversity
On Tuesday, November 12th, join us at the Joseph Martin Conference Center Rotunda for the first annual Chester Pierce Symposium! Dr. Chester Pierce left a lasting impact on the fields of psychiatry and social justice and is remembered as a pioneering advocate for mental health and civil rights. This symposium seeks to honor Dr. Pierce’s...
8 events,
Pilot funding: Up to $50K – Increasing the Impact of Clinical Research on Human Health
Proposals should focus on solutions to addressing common roadblocks that impact faculty and research staff in the conduct of research on human health. Learn more and see RFA on our website. Applications are due January 15, 2025.
November Research Updates Seminar
November Research Updates Seminar
Kirstin Oliveira Roster, PhD (Grad Lab) TALK TITLE: "Modeling the spread of drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoea" Jillian Paull, PhD Candidate (Sabeti Lab) TALK TITLE: "Developing and bench-marking an unbiased metagenomic approach to identify and assemble respiratory viruses" THESE SPEAKERS WILL BE IN PERSON IN FXB 301. The event will be hybrid and we will have lunch...
Promoting Children and Youth Well-being in Mississippi: Opportunities and Challenges
Promoting Children and Youth Well-being in Mississippi: Opportunities and Challenges
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Linda Southward as she shares about the importance of intersectoral partnerships in enacting change in Mississippi. Speaker: Linda Southward, PhD, Executive Director, Children’s Foundation of Mississippi Be sure to register using the link below if you plan to attend the event. Link to Register
7 events,
Call for Applications: Harvard Bell Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for the 2025–2027 cohort
Call for Applications: Harvard Bell Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for the 2025–2027 cohort
The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies is now accepting applications for the 2025–2027 cohort of the David E. Bell postdoctoral training program, designed for researchers and practitioners in the broad field of population sciences. Fellows conduct self-directed research and writing under the mentorship of Harvard faculty members. The program includes weekly seminars, leadership...
Data Literacy: Principles of Finding and Citing Data
Data Literacy: Principles of Finding and Citing Data
There are many publicly available data sources on the internet, including those maintained by government agencies or non-profit groups. Instead of cycling through lists of data portals, sites, and sources, the more you know about the data you are looking for the easier searching will be. This webinar will provide an overview of online resources...
Enrollment Open Date – HSPH Courses: WinterSession
Enrollment Open Date – HSPH Courses: WinterSession
HSPH courses open for enrollment for all students across the University at 11:00am.
8 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...
Causal Inference for Population Mental Health
Causal Inference for Population Mental Health
CAUSALab is thrilled to invite you to the 18th Kolokotrones Symposium at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health! “Causal Inference for Population Mental Health” will explore the various causal challenges facing mental health researchers and practitioners. Lectures will position common mental health disorders (PTSD, ADHD, Depression & more) as case studies to answer the...
RTI Global Gender Center’s 10th Anniversary Celebration
RTI Global Gender Center’s 10th Anniversary Celebration
Join us for an exciting celebration of the RTI Global Gender Center's 10th anniversary! This hybrid event is dedicated to advancing women and underrepresented groups, with insights from university leaders from Duke, NCCU, NCSU, and UNC, and keynote speaker Dr. Kizzmekia “Kizzy” Corbett-Helaire, co-developer of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. This is a great opportunity to...
5 events,
Call for Applications: Harvard Bell Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for the 2025–2027 cohort
Call for Applications: Harvard Bell Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for the 2025–2027 cohort
The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies is now accepting applications for the 2025–2027 cohort of the David E. Bell postdoctoral training program, designed for researchers and practitioners in the broad field of population sciences. Fellows conduct self-directed research and writing under the mentorship of Harvard faculty members. The program includes weekly seminars, leadership...
Cutter Distinguished Lecture on Molecular Metabolism and Preventative Medicine
Cutter Distinguished Lecture on Molecular Metabolism and Preventative Medicine
Reuben Shaw, PhD Professor Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory William R. Brody Chair Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Thriving with Terrariums: Nurture Nature, Nurture Yourself
Thriving with Terrariums: Nurture Nature, Nurture Yourself
All Harvard students, faculty, and staff are welcome to join the Lee Kum Sheung Center Student Steering Committee (SSC) as we explore the links between nature, art, & mental health by making terrariums! This workshop will be led by Ayla Han, a member of the SSC and the Harvard Graduate School of Education Class of...
4 events,
Targeting Health: Detention, torture, and attacks on Palestinian healthcare workers
Targeting Health: Detention, torture, and attacks on Palestinian healthcare workers
Join the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights for a panel discussion on the impact of attacks, torture, detention, siege, and direct targeting of health workers in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. We will be joined by Dr. Osaid Alser, a physician and global surgery researcher from Gaza, Palestine, and Milena Ansari,...
Inside Boston’s drive for health equity: A Q&A with Bisola Ojikutu
Inside Boston’s drive for health equity: A Q&A with Bisola Ojikutu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfgvoE_MzPI All Boston residents deserve to live long and healthy lives, but health disparities among different populations persist. For example, there are stark differences in average life expectancy among neighborhoods, the most striking being a 23-year difference between those who live in a part of Back Bay compared to those who live two miles away...
Better Research II: Writing a Data Management and Sharing Plan
Better Research II: Writing a Data Management and Sharing Plan
U.S. Federal funders, and many private funders, require making data associated with grants available for further research. Grant proposals may require data management plans (or Data Management and Sharing plans) that describe how the proposal will meet those requirements. Need to write a data management plan? Join this workshop to ensure your grant proposal addresses...
6 events,
Pilot funding: Up to $50K – Increasing the Impact of Clinical Research on Human Health
Proposals should focus on solutions to addressing common roadblocks that impact faculty and research staff in the conduct of research on human health. Learn more and see RFA on our website. Applications are due January 15, 2025.
Harnessing Geospatial Methods to Prevent Atrocities
Harnessing Geospatial Methods to Prevent Atrocities
Join the Atrocity Prevention Lab (APL) at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) for a webinar that aims to explore the transformative role of geospatial methods in atrocity prevention. Through an examination of real-world examples, participants will gain insight into actionable strategies for applying geospatial tools to track violence, protect vulnerable populations, and move towards real...
IID Seminars: New Frontiers in the Fight Against Tuberculosis: Harnessing Cell Surface Innovations for Global Health Solutions
IID Seminars: New Frontiers in the Fight Against Tuberculosis: Harnessing Cell Surface Innovations for Global Health Solutions
Bavesh Kana, PhD Director of Research and Innovation Unit, Head of School: Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa "For over 13 years, my lab has focused on understanding how remodeling of the mycobacterial cell wall affects the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during cell division and pathogenesis in humans." THIS SPEAKER WILL BE IN...
1 event,
Social Demography / Thursday Brown Bag Seminar with Xi Song
Social Demography / Thursday Brown Bag Seminar with Xi Song
Xi Song, PhD, associate professor of sociology and demography, University of Pennsylvania, presents “From job descriptions to occupations: Using neural language models to code job data for population research.” This seminar is co-sponsored by the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health as part of their Thursday Brown...
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...
OSH seminar – Lawrence Sloan, MBA, FASAE, CAE
OSH seminar – Lawrence Sloan, MBA, FASAE, CAE
AIHA's new Heat Stress App Presenter: Lawrence Sloan, MBA, FASAE, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to 1) discuss the rationale for the new AIHA heat stress app, 2) describe the functionalities of the new AIHA heat stress app, 3) discuss the limitations of the AIHA...
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Seminar
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Seminar
AIHA’s new Heat Stress App Speaker: Lawrence Sloan, MBA, FASAE, CAE Chief Executive Officer, American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: Location: Kresge 502 and Zoom Register: Register for Zoom here.
1 event,
Call for Applications: Harvard Bell Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for the 2025–2027 cohort
Call for Applications: Harvard Bell Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for the 2025–2027 cohort
The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies is now accepting applications for the 2025–2027 cohort of the David E. Bell postdoctoral training program, designed for researchers and practitioners in the broad field of population sciences. Fellows conduct self-directed research and writing under the mentorship of Harvard faculty members. The program includes weekly seminars, leadership...
2 events,
Pilot funding: Up to $50K – Increasing the Impact of Clinical Research on Human Health
Proposals should focus on solutions to addressing common roadblocks that impact faculty and research staff in the conduct of research on human health. Learn more and see RFA on our website. Applications are due January 15, 2025.
2 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...