https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOkXqMNGLt4 U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has been shaping public health policy for decades, in keeping with his conviction that healthcare is a human right. In this fireside chat, he’ll discuss what human rights framing should mean for health care in the U.S. He’ll also share his views on critical issues including prescription drug pricing,...
Talk title: Immune imprinting of dengue and Zika viruses: immunological, epidemiological, and clinical consequences Presenter: Eva Harris, Professor and Chair of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health; Professor, Division of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley Dr. Eva Harris is Professor and...
Join the Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health for a refreshing mindfulness practice on Thursday afternoon, April 11th from 1 pm to 1:50 pm in Kresge, Room 110. The drop-in mindfulness sessions include sitting and walking meditations, learning about mindfulness, and practicing mindfulness to enhance our energy of ease and rest. The...
Tuesday, April 9 Boston, Massachusetts Formal invitation and program information to come. If you have any questions, please contact that Harvard Chan Events team at events@hsph.harvard.edu or 617-432- 8442. Fellowship Celebration is a celebratory annual stewardship event to celebrate donors to financial aid, and the students and alumni that have benefitted from their generosity. Harvard...
Join Moira O'Neil, Vice President of Research Interpretation at FrameWorks Institute, for a discussion of effective framing strategies for public health change. Lunch will be served. This event is presented in collaboration with the Harvard Chan School's Health Communication Concentration and the Stanford Health Equity Media Fellowship. Moira will share her own perspectives; she does...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlHTn1jePp8 Twenty-five years after the shootings at Columbine High School, the U.S. continues to experience outsized rates of gun violence compared to much of the world. But amid the heartbreak, there has been some progress. Researchers and policymakers have identified promising approaches to reduce firearm deaths and injuries — even in the absence of major...
For the April 5, 2024 Grand Rounds at HSPH, Drs. Derek Stewart and Debra Mulley will discuss common workplace hand injury patterns, describe which hand injuries require orthopedic surgeon evaluation, and explain options for the treatment of hand injuries in the occupational medicine clinic setting.
This year’s symposium will focus on the current challenges in choosing outcomes for clinical studies that evaluate treatments for disease and provide the necessary evidence to inform decision-making in clinical practice. Speakers from academia, the pharmaceutical industry, and the FDA will discuss the issues around creating a composite patient outcome that provides a more clinically...
Talk title: Assessing spillover effects in vaccine studies Presenter: Michael Hudgens, Professor and Chair of Biostatistics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Dr. Michael Hudgens is a professor and chair of the Department of Biostatistics at UNC-Chapel Hill. He also serves as the director of the Biostatistics Core of the UNC Center for...
Join the Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health for a refreshing mindfulness practice on Thursday afternoon, April 4th from 1 pm to 1:50 pm in Kresge, Room 110. The drop-in mindfulness sessions include sitting and walking meditations, learning about mindfulness, and practicing mindfulness to enhance our energy of ease and rest. The...
Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series Speaker: Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor Boston University School of Public Health Brief abstract: Emerging from the COVID-pandemic, the worst global health shock in a century, it is worth asking: why do we do the work of population health science? How do we conduct...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEQOnFxlR_c A Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn Forum What health risks lurk in U.S. tap water? Our expert panel will explore what’s changed since the water crisis in Flint, Mich., 10 years ago and what still needs to be done to protect U.S. consumers from potentially unsafe levels of lead, arsenic, PFAS chemicals, and...
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