Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics
The Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics works to improve methods for infectious disease modeling and statistical analysis, quantify disease and intervention impact, engage with policymakers to enhance decision-making, and train the next generation of scientists.
677 Huntington Avenue
Kresge Building, Suite 506
Boston, MA 02115
ID Epi Seminar Series 2026
Each spring, the CCDD hosts the ID Epi Seminar Series featuring experts presenting the latest research in infectious disease epidemiology and modeling. The series aims to bring in speakers from various disciplines within infectious disease epidemiology, broadly defined to include the population biology of pathogens and other allied topics.
Seminars will be held on Thursdays from 1-2 p.m. ET through the Spring 2026 semester. They are offered both in-person and over Zoom. Room information for each seminar is listed below. Please register in advance for virtual attendance.
Recordings of presentations are made publicly available on this page and on our YouTube channel. We also have an archive of past seminar speakers available.
Harvard Chan School seeks to bring in speakers with a wide range of experiences and perspectives. They will share their own insights and will not speak for the School or the University.
Please check back for more information as speakers are updated.
Public Health in the Spotlight: from challenge to opportunity
Presented by Robert Goldstein, Commissioner at Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Feb 05, 2026 | Kresge 502 and Zoom
Modeling spatial heterogeneity in infectious disease outbreaks
Presented by Rachel Baker, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, and Environment and Society at Brown University
Feb 12, 2026 | Kresge G3 and Zoom
Curing More Than TB: Treating Bias in MDR/RR-TB Cohort Analyses
Presented by Molly Franke, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Feb 26, 2026 | Kresge G3 and Zoom
Causes and consequences of heterogeneous malaria infection risk
Presented by Dan Neafsey, Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Apr 30, 2026 | Kresge G3 and Zoom