War and the public’s health

Name: War and the public’s health
Start: 2025-12-10T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-10T14:00:00-05:00
Location: Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room, FXB Building, 7th Floor

Headshots of Dr. Barry Levy, Dr. Yara Asi, and Dr. Mary Bassett.

Location

Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room, FXB Building, 7th Floor
651 Huntington Ave
Boston, Massachusetts

Event Type

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Event Type

From Around the School, Lectures/Seminars/Forums

Event Site

Join the FXB Center for Health & Human Rights for a fireside chat with physician and epidemiologist Barry Levy, MD, MPH, and discussion with FXB Visiting Scientist Yara M. Asi, PhD. They will describe the impacts of war on the health and human rights of noncombatant civilians and related issues, including forced displacement and destruction of civilian infrastructure. They will also discuss the prevention of war and the promotion of peace. Dr. Levy will draw on his book, From Horror to Hope: Recognizing and Preventing the Health Impacts of War, and Dr. Asi on her book, How War Kills: The Overlooked Threats to Our Health.

Speaker Information

Barry Levy, MD, MPH

Physician, epidemiologist

Moderator

Yara M. Asi, PhD

Visiting Scientist, FXB; Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida in the School of Global Health Management and Informatics

Opening Remarks

Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH

Director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Organizers

FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University

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