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Thriving with Terrariums: Nurture Nature, Nurture Yourself

Kresge 502

All Harvard students, faculty, and staff are welcome to join the Lee Kum Sheung Center Student Steering Committee (SSC) as we explore the links between nature, art, & mental health by making terrariums! This workshop will be led by Ayla Han, a member of the SSC and the Harvard Graduate School of Education Class of...

Reconciling conflicting results from target trials assessing the long-term effects of bariatric surgery

Kresge 502

Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series Speaker: Sebastian Haneuse, PhD Professor of Biostatistics; Director of Graduate Studies Program Department of Biostatistics at Harvard Chan School of Public Health Abstract: A large body of observational evidence exists to suggest that bariatric surgery is associated with reduction in risk for a wide range of outcomes, including cardiovascular disease...

Common Genetic Variation and Our Future Health

Kresge 502

Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series Speaker: David Hunter, M.B.,B.S., Sc.D. Richard Doll Professor of Epidemiology & Medicine Director of Translational Epidemiology Unit Oxford Population Health, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford Abstract: In the 1990's the "Common variant, Common diseases" hypothesis was proposed. The Human Genome Project was followed by the HapMap, and...

Evidence Triangulation in Dementia Research

Kresge 502

Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series Speaker: Maria Glymour, ScD Chair, Department of Epidemiology Boston University School of Public Health Abstract: Research on cognitive aging, including development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, is fraught with causal inference challenges. This talk will briefly review why identifying the causes and potential prevention strategies for dementia is particularly...

Project 2025’s threat to LGBTQ health equity

Kresge 502

Please join the LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence for our next event focused on Project 2025's threat to LGBTQ health equity. Sean Cahill, Director of Health Policy Research at Fenway Health, will join us Monday, September 23rd, from 1:00-1:50pm at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Kresge 502. Project 2025 coverage This presentation...

Practical Aspects of Predicting RCT Findings Using Healthcare Databases

Kresge 502

Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series Speaker: Sebastian Schneeweiss, M.D., Sc.D. Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston Department of Epidemiology of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health...