Environments for Health and Happiness: A Seminar with Dr. Joe Allen
On Wednesday, December 4th, from 1-1:50 PM in FXB G12 or online, please join us for the second installment in our Environments for Health and Happiness Seminar Series. This event will feature Dr. Joe Allen, Associate Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental Health.
Dr. Allen is also director of Harvard’s Healthy Buildings Program, and coauthor of Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick—or Keep You Well. He serves on Harvard’s Presidential Committee on Sustainability, he keynoted the White House’s first ever Indoor Air Quality Summit, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, served as Commissioner of The Lancet COVID-19 Commission and Chair of its Safe Work, Safe Schools, and Safe Travel Task Force. In 2023, Dr. Allen was featured on the 60 Minutes episode, The Air We Breathe, spotlighting the value of healthy indoor air quality for virus mitigation. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, and Harvard Business Review.