Cutter Distinguished Lecture on Molecular Metabolism and Preventative Medicine
Matthew Potthoff, Ph.D. Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
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Complex mixtures working group
Complex mixtures working group
Join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center's newest working group on complex mixtures, held the last Monday of each month in HSPH Bldg. 1, 1302! This will be a monthly working group meeting to discuss a wide range of issues related to analyzing health effects of complex mixtures of exposures in environmental health. The January meeting...
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Blooming Brushstrokes: A Spring Painting Experience
Blooming Brushstrokes: A Spring Painting Experience
The "Blooming Brushstrokes: A Spring Painting Experience" event is designed to bring together students for an afternoon of creativity, relaxation, and team building, while celebrating the vibrant season of spring in Boston. As the city comes alive with blossoming flowers and warmer weather, this event offers a unique opportunity for students to engage in a...
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Emerging Women Executives in Health Care
Emerging Women Executives in Health Care
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...
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MELD Seminar: Detailed Smoking History Informs Precision Medicine in Lung Cancer
MELD Seminar: Detailed Smoking History Informs Precision Medicine in Lung Cancer
Please join the Environmental Health department for the Mechanisms of Environmental and Lung Diseases (MELD) T32 Seminar Series. April 1, 2025, 9:30am - 10:30am Location: Building 1, Room 1302 Topic: Detailed Smoking History Informs Precision Medicine in Lung Cancer Speaker Information Organizers
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Public health and the arts: A conversation with A.R.T.’s Diane Paulus
Public health and the arts: A conversation with A.R.T.’s Diane Paulus
Presented jointly with the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University Join Diane Paulus, the Tony Award-winning Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, for a fireside chat on the power of theater to illuminate critical public health challenges. Paulus will share how A.R.T. productions including Waitress,...
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IID Seminar: Jon Runstadler
IID Seminar: Jon Runstadler
THIS SPEAKER WILL BE IN PERSON IN FXB 301. The event will be hybrid. Speaker Information
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Pandemic Preparedness: The Role of Virus-Restricted Vaccines and Universal Antiviral Drugs
Pandemic Preparedness: The Role of Virus-Restricted Vaccines and Universal Antiviral Drugs
BRIEF ABSTRACT Pandemic Preparedness as a concept has four unknowns to deal with: 1) how often can we expect a pandemic causing excess mortality and morbidity to occur, 2) what virus will cause it?, 3) are panzoonotic infections a harbinger of a human pandemic driven by human to human transmission, and 4) does the change...
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Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Intergenerational education and cognitive performance among older adults: A comparison between rural Mexico and South Africa”
Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Intergenerational education and cognitive performance among older adults: A comparison between rural Mexico and South Africa”
Erika Meza, PhD, Harvard Bell Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, presents at this Social Demography Seminar. 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 scientific and population research. Social demography includes...
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How are people suffering from the war? Story of a displaced health professional due to conflict in Myanmar
How are people suffering from the war? Story of a displaced health professional due to conflict in Myanmar
Watch here Join the Department of Global Health and Population for our weekly Thursday Brown Bag Series! On April 3, (Cindy) Su Su Lin, MB, BS, M.Med.Sc., will present “How are people suffering from the war? Story of a displaced health professional due to conflict in Myanmar”. Cindy is LEAD Fellow (2024) at the Harvard Global...
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Unraveling injustice and power structures
Unraveling injustice and power structures
In partnership with the Romani Studies Program at Central European University, the Center on Forced Displacement at Boston University, the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging...
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
Topic: We HAVS a problem: An overview of hand-arm vibration syndrome in a metal worker Presenter: Tiffany Tam, DO, First-year resident in the Occupational and Environmental Residency, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Discussant: Aaron Thompson, MD, MPH, FRCPC (Occ Med), Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; Staff Physician, Occupational & Environmental...
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Doctoral Final Oral Examination: Erika Willacy
Doctoral Final Oral Examination: Erika Willacy
Jonathan Mann Conference Room, FXB Howard Koh will chair.
7 events,
IID Research Updates: Shapiro Research Group & Fortune Lab
IID Research Updates: Shapiro Research Group & Fortune Lab
THIS SPEAKER WILL BE IN PERSON IN FXB 301. The event will be hybrid.
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Fine-Mapping Causal Tissues and Genes at Disease-Associated Loci
Fine-Mapping Causal Tissues and Genes at Disease-Associated Loci
Abstract: Complex diseases often have distinct mechanisms spanning multiple tissues. We propose Tissue-Gene Fine-Mapping (TGFM), which infers the posterior probability (PIP) for each gene-tissue pair to mediate a disease locus...
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Solving America’s housing crisis: A Q&A with Marcia Fudge, Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Solving America’s housing crisis: A Q&A with Marcia Fudge, Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
At least 40 million American households—including half of all renters—spend more on housing than they can afford. Many lower-income renters are just scraping by, often sacrificing necessities like food and...
Why should we care about sex disparity in cardiovascular health?
Why should we care about sex disparity in cardiovascular health?
Watch here Join the Department of Global Health and Population for our weekly Thursday Brown Bag Series! On April 10, Jane Zhao, PhD, will present, "Why should we care about...
Last Date to add/drop/change cross-registered courses – HSPH Students: Spring 2 Term
Last Date to add/drop/change cross-registered courses – HSPH Students: Spring 2 Term
This is the last date that HSPH students are able to enroll in, drop without penalty, or change cross-registered courses.
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Building a Learning Health System: the VA-CAUSAL Enterprise (19th Kolokotrones Symposium)
Building a Learning Health System: the VA-CAUSAL Enterprise (19th Kolokotrones Symposium)
CAUSALab is thrilled to invite you to the 19th Kolokotrones Symposium at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health! This hybrid symposium celebrates the 100th anniversary of research for our...
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Cutter Distinguished Lecture on Molecular Metabolism and Preventative Medicine (Canceled)
*This event has been canceled. Please join us for the next Cutter Seminar with Scott Dixon, PhD, on May 12 Heidi McBride, Ph.D, FRSC Canada Research Chair in Mitochondrial Cell BiologyProfessor, McGill UniversityMontreal Neurological Institute
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Helping Hands: The Mississippi Delta Food Community
Helping Hands: The Mississippi Delta Food Community
Join us for a preview of the documentary Helping Hands followed by a conversation with the filmmaker Jack Thomas Spears on the resilience of the Mississippi Delta’s food community and how neighbors...
4 events,
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Radiological Emergency Management
Radiological Emergency Management
Join us for a webinar on the Radiological Emergency Management program offered by Harvard Chan School Executive and Continuing Education, hosted by Program Director Steven B. Goldman, EdD. Mr. Goldman...
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Community Data Preservation: A Climate & Health Datathon
Community Data Preservation: A Climate & Health Datathon
Health and climate data are crucial to our work and our everyday lives. It is important that this public data is maintained and kept available for us now and in...
5 events,
IID Seminars: Jonathan Li
IID Seminars: Jonathan Li
IID Seminar series. Research and medical professionals come to the department to talk about their focus of expertise.
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Building Foundations: Addressing Housing Insecurity to Improve Child Health
Building Foundations: Addressing Housing Insecurity to Improve Child Health
Abstract: The ongoing housing affordability crisis in the US poses significant challenges to the wellbeing of children. In this presentation, I will provide an overview of the relationship between housing...
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Noticing Nature
Noticing Nature
On Wednesday, April 16th, from 1-1:50 PM in Kresge 202A, we invite all Harvard students, faculty, and staff to join us for a workshop exploring the role of nature in...
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Enhancing worker health and well-being at Novo Nordisk through organizational interventions
Enhancing worker health and well-being at Novo Nordisk through organizational interventions
The Center for Work, Health, and Well-being, the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness, and the Education and Research Center invite you to a jointly sponsored seminar on Thursday April 17th, 2025, from 11:00 am – noon eastern time, in FXB G10 at the Harvard Chan School or online. This seminar on enhancing...
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Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Digital data for demographic estimation: Applications to the study of environmental hazards”
Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar: “Digital data for demographic estimation: Applications to the study of environmental hazards”
Jenna Nobles, PhD, professor of demography, University of California-Berkeley, presents at this Social Demography Seminar. The Social Demography Seminar (SDS) series at the Center for Population and Development Studies provides...
ID Epi Seminar Series – Mathieu Maheu-Giroux
ID Epi Seminar Series – Mathieu Maheu-Giroux
ID Epi Seminar Series Mathieu Maheu-Giroux - The impact of structural factors on HIV outcomes
4 events,
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
Heart health and peak performance: Optimizing cardiovascular risk for high-risk occupations Presenter: Jeremy Berger, DO, MS, First-year resident in the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Discussant: Eddie Davenport, MD, FACC, FAsMA, Aerospace Cardiology Consultant to the USAF Surgeon General; Chair, NATO Operational Cardiology Working Group; FAA Cardiology Consultant...
Withdrawal Deadline – HSPH Students: Spring 2 Term
Withdrawal Deadline – HSPH Students: Spring 2 Term
This is the last date that an HSPH student can drop a course with special permission. Student will receive a grade of “WD” and the withdrawal will be part of their permanent academic record.
4 events,
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The Art of Well-Being
The Art of Well-Being
On Tuesday, April 22nd, from 1-1:50 PM in Kresge 202A, all Harvard students, faculty, and staff are welcome to join us for The Art of Well-Being: A Science-Backed Approach to Emotional Release. This interactive workshop will use evidence-based practices like mindfulness, expressive writing, and grounding exercises to help you release emotional overwhelm and reconnect with...
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A State of Passion Documentary Screening
A State of Passion Documentary Screening
Join us for a screening of Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi’s documentary, "A State of Passion" which captures ongoing human rights violations and the war in Gaza through the eyes of British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah. After 43 horrific days working around the clock and under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s...
5 events,
IID Seminars: Sloan Siegrist
IID Seminars: Sloan Siegrist
TALK TITLE Speaker Information "Build to Learn: Engineering the Mycobacterial Cell Envelope"
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Architecture & the 21st-Century Paradigm Shift: Designing for the Subliminal Brain – for Health, Well-being & Happiness
Architecture & the 21st-Century Paradigm Shift: Designing for the Subliminal Brain – for Health, Well-being & Happiness
On April 23rd, we held the final instalment in our Environments for Health and Happiness Seminar Series, featuring architect and author Ann Sussman. Event Description: This talk discusses the neuroscience that reframes our understanding of how architecture impacts us, including how people non-consciously take in their surroundings, and how that influences public health and placemaking....
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Center Member Research Presentation: Sonia Hernández-Díaz, MD, DrPH, and Amruta Nori-Sarma, MPH, PhD
Center Member Research Presentation: Sonia Hernández-Díaz, MD, DrPH, and Amruta Nori-Sarma, MPH, PhD
Join us for a Center Member Research Presentation by Dr. Sonia Hernández-Díaz and Dr. Amruta Nori-Sarma. Dr. Hernández-Díaz will present on Environmental exposures and health care claims: When two universes of data and methods collide and Dr. Nori-Sarma will present on Extreme weather impacts on mental health: Leveraging big data. Sonia Hernández-Díaz, MD, DrPH is a Professor of...
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Innovation in time of crisis: An inside look at HHS during the first Trump Administration
Innovation in time of crisis: An inside look at HHS during the first Trump Administration
Eric Hargan, who served as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the first Trump administration, will share an insider’s perspective into the early U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the vital work of Operation Warp Speed to deliver a vaccine in record time. This fireside chat will also...
ID Epi Seminar Series – Trevor Bedford
ID Epi Seminar Series – Trevor Bedford
ID Epi Seminar Series Trevor Bedford - Fitness flux in SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal influenza H3N2
4 events,
Application Deadline Exec. Ed.: Women on Boards: Getting On and Adding Value
Program dates: May 1-2, 2025 Application Deadline: April 25, 2025 Gender disparity on boards of directors is well recognized and documented, whether in the for-profit, non-profit, or government sectors. In the United States, fewer than 30% of corporate board directors are women. Nearly 50% of venture capital firms focused on health care have no women...
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Occupational Safety & Health Seminar
Occupational Safety & Health Seminar
Please join this special double OSH seminar with two presenters and topics: Topic 1: Ambient PM2.5 air pollution and colorectal cancer incidence in wildfire-impacted areas in the United States Presenter: Nick Falkenberg, SM candidate in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: Topic 2:...
6 events,
Registration Deadline Exec. Ed.: Leadership Strategies for Evolving Health Care Executives
Program dates: May 5 - 9, 2025 Registration Deadline: April 28, 2025 Focusing on management systems specific to health care, this program provides skill building in the critical areas of leadership and management development. The curriculum is designed to develop conflict resolution, operational analysis, employee management, and quality management techniques necessary to achieve individual and...
Complex mixtures working group
Complex mixtures working group
Join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center's newest working group on complex mixtures, held the last Monday of each month in HSPH Bldg. 1, 1302! This will be a monthly working group meeting to discuss a wide range of issues related to analyzing health effects of complex mixtures of exposures in environmental health. The January meeting...
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Global health after USAID: A conversation with Atul Gawande
Global health after USAID: A conversation with Atul Gawande
Presented jointly with the PhD Program in Population Health Sciences Join renowned surgeon, best-selling author, and public health leader Atul Gawande, MD ’95, MPH ’99, for a conversation about the future of global health. Gawande, who served as assistant administrator for global health at the U.S. Agency for International Development from January 2022 to 2025,...
3 events,
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20th Freeman-Seage Symposium on Infectious Disease Epidemiology
20th Freeman-Seage Symposium on Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Freeman-Seage Symposium on Infectious Disease Epidemiology
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IID Seminar: Lindy McBride
IID Seminar: Lindy McBride
TALK TITLE Speaker Information “Evolutionary origins of human-biting mosquitoes” THIS SPEAKER WILL BE IN PERSON IN FXB 301. The event will be hybrid.
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Epidemiologic Methods and Data Science: Stronger Together
Epidemiologic Methods and Data Science: Stronger Together
Abstract: Epidemiologic methods often focus on a statistical model as the main step to getting “the” result. This talk will attempt to widen the perspective on epidemiologic methods. How do we develop and communicate our research plans in a team? How do the numbers from a regression model make it into a table in a...
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Springtime and Sustainability at Arnold Arboretum
Springtime and Sustainability at Arnold Arboretum
“Springtime and Sustainability at Arnold Arboretum” featuring Head of Arboretum Operations and Projects Danny Schissler. Learn about Harvard’s “Museum of Trees” and what it takes to keep North America’s first public arboretum open to all. HUID required or online at https://hsph.me/arnoldarboretumsustainability. to RSVP please email susan_bottino@harvard.edu. Speaker Information Organizers
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Global Health Week Symposium: Building Sustainable Health Systems
Global Health Week Symposium: Building Sustainable Health Systems
Global Health Week returns on April 28 to May 2! Please join the Department of Global Health and Population’s Global Health Week Symposium on "Building Sustainable Health Systems" featuring Keynote speaker Muhamad Chatib Basri, PhD, Chairman, PT Bank Mandiri tbk. and Former Minister of Finance of Indonesia, followed by a panel discussion from international experts and Harvard faculty....
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Implementing Health Care AI into Clinical Practice
Implementing Health Care AI into Clinical Practice
Join us for a webinar on the Implementing Health Care AI into Clinical Practice program, offered by Harvard Chan School Executive Education and hosted by Program Director Dr. Santiago Romero-Brufau, MD, PhD. As AI technology advances, it has the potential to greatly enhance patient care efficiency by speeding up information processing. However, integrating AI into...
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Cutting through the Smoke: Climate Change and Respiratory Health
Cutting through the Smoke: Climate Change and Respiratory Health
Watch here Join the Department of Global Health and Population for our weekly Thursday Brown Bag Series! On May 1, Mary B. Rice, MD, MPH, will present “Cutting through the Smoke: Climate Change and Respiratory Health”. Dr. Rice is the Mark and Catherine Winkler Associate Professor of Environmental Respiratory Health in the Department of Environmental Health...
4 events,
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Occupational Safety & Health Seminar
Occupational Safety & Health Seminar
Title: Work-related injuries and illnesses among public sector workers in Massachusetts Presenters: Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to Location: Kresge 502 and Online via Zoom. Register: Click here to register to attend via Zoom. Speaker Information Organizers
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Longwood Festival
Longwood Festival
Join faculty, students, staff and researchers from across the Longwood Schools on the Harvard Medical School Quad Lawn for a day of games, free food, and music. Whether you want to join in for a game of soccer, be the first team to solve a puzzle, or relax by enjoying nachos, churros, and popcorn while...