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Making Tradeoffs Explicit: Advancing Decision Science for Public Health Policy
Making Tradeoffs Explicit: Advancing Decision Science for Public Health Policy
Public health decision-making is increasingly complex, involving tradeoffs between competing considerations such as length versus quality of life, health gains versus economic costs, and efficiency versus equity. Health decision science provides structured, transparent approaches to evaluating these tradeoffs and informing decisions in the face of constrained budgets for health care and public health. Dr. Pandya's...
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Art@Countway Opening Reception: Do You See Me?
Art@Countway Opening Reception: Do You See Me?
Please join us to celebrate the opening of our newest art exhibition: Do You See Me?Paintings of Postpartum Trauma and Healingby S. Abbas Shobeiri The opening reception will feature remarks by the artist, a guided tour of the exhibition, and light refreshments. All are welcome! Please RSVP in advance. About the Exhibition Presented through Countway's...
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Mortality Displacement: Sixty Years of Debate and Consequences
Mortality Displacement: Sixty Years of Debate and Consequences
Join us on Wednesday, September 9th for the Department of Epidemiology seminar series featuring Dr. David Jones. Abstract: As scrutiny of air pollution epidemiology increased in the 1960s, researchers wondered whether pollution crises mostly killed people with preexisting cardiac or respiratory disease who would have died soon anyway. This idea, named “mortality displacement,” “harvesting,” or...
A world without lead exposure: Pursuing the path forward with Mary Jean Brown, ScD
A world without lead exposure: Pursuing the path forward with Mary Jean Brown, ScD
Please join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health and the Department of Environmental Health for a talk by Mary Jean Brown, ScD, Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Brown will discuss “A world without lead exposure: Pursuing the path forward.” This event...
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AI and humanitarian data: Evidence on reliability, limits, and human oversight
AI and humanitarian data: Evidence on reliability, limits, and human oversight
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for this Brown Bag Seminar featuring Patrick Vinck, PhD, research director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and associate professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. We will discuss the reliability and limits of AI for qualitative humanitarian data analysis, with a...
40 Years of the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study
40 Years of the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study
Overview This year, the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS) celebrates 40 years of public health discoveries made possible by its participants. To mark this occasion, we invite you to join the HPFS 40th Anniversary Celebration livestream featuring: Livestream Details Thursday, September 10, 2026, 1:00 – 5:00 PM ET A portion of the event will be...
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Occupational Safety and Health Seminar
Occupational Safety and Health Seminar
The Department of Environmental Health and the Harvard Chan Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health invite you to the next Occupational Safety and Health Seminar on Friday, September 11, from 1:10-1:50. Title: Occupational Medicine Implications of Race-Neutral Spirometry Recent recommendations from the American Thoracic Society advocate for race-neutral spirometry reference values, a shift with...
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Crisis leadership 25 years after 9/11
Crisis leadership 25 years after 9/11
Marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11, this event is a forward-looking conversation on what it means to lead in an era of cascading crises and persistent leadership vacuums.
Future of Public Health in the age of AI
Future of Public Health in the age of AI
Join us on Monday, September 14th for a special Department of Epidemiology seminar featuring Dr. Karl Lauterbach. Abstract: While the mainstream discourse surrounding artificial intelligence in medicine remains heavily focused...
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Community Engagement Concentration Information Session
Community Engagement Concentration Information Session
Join us to learn more about the new interdisciplinary concentration. Explore how this concentration will help you: Speaker Information Organizers
Bearing Witness: Children, Health, and Human Rights in the Face of Violence – A conversation across poetry, medicine and testimony
Bearing Witness: Children, Health, and Human Rights in the Face of Violence – A conversation across poetry, medicine and testimony
Join us at FXB for an in-person fireside chat on how poetry, medicine, and testimony can help us bear witness to the experiences of children affected by violence—and explore the...
Wildfire smoke: The health and environmental impacts
Wildfire smoke: The health and environmental impacts
This discussion will cover practical steps to protect against the health and environmental impacts of wildfire smoke.
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Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Virtual Open House
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Virtual Open House
Join us for a virtual gathering to meet the HHI team and learn more about our global work. Members of the general public, as well as all members of the...
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Meet & Greet
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Meet & Greet
Join us for an in-person gathering to meet the HHI team and learn more about our global work. All members of the Harvard community are welcome to kick off the...
Special Social Demography Seminar with Maria Glymour honoring Lisa Berkman’s 18 years of leadership
Special Social Demography Seminar with Maria Glymour honoring Lisa Berkman’s 18 years of leadership
Please join us in person if you can (or online) for this special start to our Social Demography Seminar Series with Maria Glymour who will present “Evidence triangulation in dementia...
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
The Department of Environmental Health and the Harvard Chan Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health invite you to the next Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, September 18, 1:10-1:50pm. Title: Mixed Pneumoconiosis and Silicosis Learning Objectives: Discussants: Location: RSVP: Please click here to register. CMEs for US licensed physicians This activity has been...
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Introduction to the General Records Schedule
Introduction to the General Records Schedule
Do you know how long you need to keep your office records, and what you should do when you no longer need them? In this workshop, we’ll help de-mystify records...
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FXB Open House
FXB Open House
Join the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights for an in-person open house! Program directors will be available to share information about the Center's scholarship and opportunities to get...
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Dark Causal Inference: Why Most Causal Inference in Epidemiology is Invisible
Dark Causal Inference: Why Most Causal Inference in Epidemiology is Invisible
Join us on Wednesday, September 23rd for the Department of Epidemiology seminar series featuring Dr. Jeremy Labrecque. Abstract: In some ways epidemiology is leading the way in the uptake of causal inference but...
Climate Change and Planetary Health Concentration Kickoff Lunch
Climate Change and Planetary Health Concentration Kickoff Lunch
Climate change, air pollution, and ecological degradation have had extreme impacts on the health of our planet. Our ability to urgently and ambitiously implement climate crisis solutions will define public health outcomes...
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Webinar: Potential Impacts of Upcoming Policy Changes on Immigrant Health
Webinar: Potential Impacts of Upcoming Policy Changes on Immigrant Health
Join scholar-practitioners from three states to learn about how health policy changes may impact immigrant health in the US. This discussion-based panel will consider topics such as federal changes to...
Harvard Pop Center Hybrid Social Demography Seminar with Minjin Chae
Harvard Pop Center Hybrid Social Demography Seminar with Minjin Chae
Minjin Chae, PhD student in sociology at Harvard University and a graduate student affiliate at Harvard Pop Center, presents “When does gender trump flexibility? Workplace flexibility and domestic task assignment.”...
Measuring health in daily life: Methods and applications of digital phenotyping
Measuring health in daily life: Methods and applications of digital phenotyping
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for this Brown Bag Seminar featuring JP Onnela, chair and professor of biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public...
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2026 HILT Conference, “The Weight of the Degree: Rigor, Responsibility, and the Modern Campus”
2026 HILT Conference, “The Weight of the Degree: Rigor, Responsibility, and the Modern Campus”
This year’s conference marks a significant milestone: for the first time, our program is drawn directly from a University-wide Call for Proposals. The exceptional response from across Harvard reflects the profound dedication of our faculty, academic leaders, and instructional staff. As higher education navigates an era of rapid technological advancement and shifting paradigms, this event...
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
The Department of Environmental Health and the Harvard Chan Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health invite you to the next Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds on September 25, 2026. Title: “Protecting the Health of Those Who Protect Us: Lifestyle Medicine, Behavior Change and Metabolic Syndrome in Firefighters” Presenter: Kiel Von Khan, MD,...
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Complex Mixtures Working Group
Complex Mixtures Working Group
Join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center’s working group on complex mixtures, held the last Monday of each month in HSPH Bldg. 1, 1302! This monthly working group meeting is held in person. Members discuss a wide range of issues related to analyzing health effects of complex mixtures of exposures in environmental health. During the 2026-2027...
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Immigrant Mental Health Matters: Lunch and learn
Immigrant Mental Health Matters: Lunch and learn
Join us in person for a conversation surrounding Partnerships for Community Mental Health and Immigrant Wellbeing initiative. We Will hear from MPH candidate, Paula Giraldo on her experience working with the Boston Mayor's Office for Immigration Advancement. Lunch will be provided. HUID required. Speaker Information Organizers
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Women’s Health Conference 2026
Advances, translation, and challenges in nutritional epidemiology, disease prevention, and public health interventions.
Innovations in Care Models and Trial Design: Two Decades of Research Improving HIV and Hepatitis C Outcomes in Key Populations in India
Innovations in Care Models and Trial Design: Two Decades of Research Improving HIV and Hepatitis C Outcomes in Key Populations in India
Join us on Wednesday, September 30th for the Department of Epidemiology seminar series featuring Dr. Shruti Mehta. Abstract: People who inject drugs (PWID) carry a disproportionate burden of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) globally and in India, yet standard models of prevention and treatment have not adequately reached this population. This seminar will highlight...
Can We Trust a Silent System? Technological Change and Relationships in Health Care
Can We Trust a Silent System? Technological Change and Relationships in Health Care
On Wednesday, September 30th, the Center held the first installment in our new Trust and Well-being Seminar Series, featuring Dr. Jodyn Platt. This seminar series will explore the role of...
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Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar with Christopher Muller
Harvard Pop Center Social Demography Seminar with Christopher Muller
Christopher Michael Muller, PhD, professor of sociology at Harvard University, presents “When agricultural work disappeared: Mechanization and southern incarceration, 1945–1971.” Speaker Information Organizers
Pressure Points: Leading mental health innovation
Pressure Points: Leading mental health innovation
Can high-quality mental health care be delivered effectively in communities with limited resources? Increasingly, the evidence suggests the answer is a resounding, "Yes."
What makes care possible? Protection, trust, and solidarity in global health
What makes care possible? Protection, trust, and solidarity in global health
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for this Brown Bag Seminar featuring Christos Christou, former international president of MSF and visiting scholar at Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Please note...
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Occupational Safety & Health Seminar
Occupational Safety & Health Seminar
The Department of Environmental Health and the Harvard Chan Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health invite you to the next Occupational and Environmental Health Friday Seminar on Friday, October 2, 2026, at 1:10-1:50. Title: Industrial Hygiene Approaches for Indoor Environmental Resilience Presenter: Parham Azimi, PhD, CIH, Research Scientist, Healthy Buildings Program Location: Register: Please register...
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