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Health Professionals Follow-Up Study

The Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS) evaluates how nutrition impacts men’s health and correlates to the incidence of serious illnesses, including cancer and heart disease.

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677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Important HPFS Meeting Information

  1. If you have analysis proposals using HPFS data, complete this additional google doc prior to requesting to presenthttps://goo.gl/forms/bl1iNIKTWsf5yigN2 ALL ANALYSIS PROPOSALS USING HPFS DATA SHOULD BE PRESENTED AT AN HPFS MEETING.
  2. The following google doc link can be for all types of presentations including analysis proposals, results, grant aims, and external collaborations to be added to our meeting agenda: please go to  https://forms.gle/2tRmArHSkhaA8BQd8
  3. If you have results including HPFS, you can either
    1. present at NHS meeting and then we will circulate via email after the HPFS meeting or
    2. Present at HPFS meeting. We ask you to send the results document (as a PDF) by Wednesday morning prior to the meeting (Dr. Lorelei Mucci lmucci@hsph.harvard.edu) and CC Betsy Frost-Hawes (ehawes@hsph.harvard.edu).
  4. If you are submitting a grant application using HPFS, you MUST present your aims at an HPFS meeting (even if presented at NHS). Please fill out the google doc at least one week prior to presenting aims at an HPFS meeting.  Contact Dr. Lorelei Mucci (lmucci@hsph.harvard.edu) to discuss budgets related to the HPFS as soon as possible and at least 4-6 weeks prior to internal grant deadlines.

https://docs.google.com/a/channing.harvard.edu/forms/d/1fDdZFLku1uektiNsnsFIozNT9-M_-DwE92_V1SFNUW4/viewform?usp=send_form.

Additional information:

  • If you are an early career investigator (student, postdoc, etc.), your mentor is required to attend the meeting either in person or via teleconference.
  • We will make copies of your proposal before the meeting. You do not need to bring copies.
  • All teleconference information will be sent via email to the HPFS list serv in the agenda email that is sent the day before each HPFS meeting. It is the same link for every meeting. If you are not on the HPFS email list, please email Kathleen Florentine (kflorentine@hsph.harvard.edu) to be added.
    • You must be on the HPFS list serv in order to receive the meeting agenda and zoom information
  • Timing preferences indicated on the meeting agenda google form will be taken into account, but please note that although we try to accommodate everyone, timing during the meeting can vary
    • Typically analysis proposals and grant aims last around 3-5 minutes of presentation, followed by questions and comments
    • Typically results last 5+ minutes of presentation, followed by questions and comments
  • If you would like the zoom link to the HPFS meetings prior to the agenda email, please reach out to Betsy Frost-Hawes (ehawes@hsph.harvard.edu)
  • Results that have been presented at the Nurses’ meeting will be circulated via email after the HPFS meeting. You are not required to attend the HPFS meeting.
  • **If you sign up for a HPFS meeting date, you can assume that you are on the agenda for that date unless otherwise notified**

HPFS Meetings Schedule:

** All in-person meetings will be held in the Kresge 9th Floor Conference Room unless noted otherwise **

2024 Meetings

  • December 19, 2024 – Zoom; 2:30-4:30 PM ** In person and remote. In person location – Landmark CTR (401 Park Dr.) Join us for the HPFS Holiday luncheon at Landmark!

2025 Meetings

  • January 9, 2025 – Zoom; 3:00-5:00 PM
  • January 23, 2025 – Zoom and in person; 3:00-5:00 PM
  • February 6, 2025 – Zoom; 3:30-5:00 PM
  • February 20, 2025 – Zoom and in person; 3:30-5:00 PM
  • March 6, 2025 – Zoom; 3:30-5:00 PM
  • March 20, 2025 – Zoom and in person; 3:00-5:00 PM
  • April 3, 2025 – Zoom; 3:00-5:00 PM
  • April 17, 2025 – Zoom and in person; 3:00-5:00 PM
  • May 1, 2025 – Zoom; 3:00-5:00 PM
  • May 15, 2025 – Zoom and in person; 3:00-5:00 PM
  • May 29, 2025 – Zoom; 3:00-5:00 PM
  • June 12, 2025 – Zoom; 3:00-5:00 PM
  • July 3, 2025 – Zoom; 3:00-5:00 PM
  • July 17, 2025 – Zoom; 3:00-5:00 PM
  • July 31, 2025 – Zoom; 3:00-5:00 PM
  • August 14, 2025 – Zoom; 3:00-5:00 PM
  • August 28, 2025 – Zoom; 3:0-5:000 PM
  • September 11, 2025 – Zoom; 3:0-5:000 PM
  • September 25, 2025 – Zoom; 3:0-5:000 PM
  • October 9, 2025 – Zoom; 3:0-5:000 PM
  • October 23, 2025 – Zoom; 3:0-5:000 PM
  • November 6, 2025 – Zoom; 3:0-5:000 PM
  • November 20, 2025 – Zoom; 3:0-5:000 PM
  • December 11, 2025 – Zoom; 3:0-5:000 PM