BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - ECPv6.11.2.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260518T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260518T170000 DTSTAMP:20260518T065348 CREATED:20260306T015716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T052816Z UID:111360005897-1779093000-1779123600@hsph.harvard.edu SUMMARY:HCMPH Center Annual Symposium DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStrategies for improving women’s health explored at student-led summit\n\n\n\n Health Policy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Hide caption\n \n \n \n \n \n Show caption\n \n \n\n\n From left: Robin Vergouwen\, Bridget O’Kelly\, Christina Nielsen\, Aracely Guzman\, and Betzael Bravo. Photo: Miladin Balos / Oculux\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are delighted to welcome everyone to the eighth annual Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health Center (HCMPH) symposium. As microbial community science expands across industry\, clinical research\, biotech\, and pharma\, this year’s theme – translating the microbiome – focuses on turning discovery into implementation. From the first approved live biotherapeutics to microbiome-informed cancer immunotherapy\, the field is already reshaping how we understand health and develop therapies. \n\n\n\nThe symposium will highlight recent advances while looking ahead to future opportunities\, including microbial biochemistry in small-molecule drug development and engineering of microbial community members. As always\, we hope to be joined by an audience that is both topically and geographically diverse\, online and in person. The symposium program will include keynotes\, invited talks\, and selected presentations from poster submissions. We collect a nominal fee for in-person registration\, with virtual attendance available for free. Refreshments and a poster presentation are offered on-site\, and support for social media and interactive participation are provided for online attendees. \n\n\n\nFor more information on the event and the poster reception\, please visit this link. For questions: levesque@hsph.harvard.edu  \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nIn-person registration is available: HEREVirtual registration continues to be free and is available here: virtual attendance only \n\n\n\nLocation:Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthSnyder Auditorium – Kresge G1Poster Reception to be held in the Kresge CafeteriaVirtual attendance available via Zoom webinar (link emailed to you after completing registration for virtual attendance) \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n Eric Rubin\, MD\, PhD \n \n Professor of Medicine\, Harvard Medical School\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital\, Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine with opening remarks\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Michael Fischbach\, PhD \n \n Liu (Liao) Family Professor\, Stanford University presents "Commensal vaccines”\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Laura Cox \n \n Assistant Professor\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital presents “Dissecting strain-specific roles of the gut microbiome in neurologic diseases”\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Robert Britton\, PhD \n \n Professor of Molecular Virology and Microbiology\, Baylor College of Medicine presents “The impact of the infant microbiome on brain development and cognition”\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Jose Clemente\, PhD \n \n Associate Professor\, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai presents “A tale of two trials: microbiome interventions in early life”\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Jean McGee\, MD\, PhD\, MS \n \n Associate Professor\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital presents
“The gut feeling behind healthy skin: Expanding the role of the gut microbiome in dermatology”\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n James Collins\, PhD \n \n Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology presents “Microbiome-friendly medicine: engineering live therapeutics and AI-designed antibiotics”
\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDepartment of Biostatistics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School. \n In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted programs through our Advanced Learning Academy\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n \n \n \n Degree Programs \n \n \n \n How to Apply \n \n \n \n Advanced Learning Academy URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/biostatistics/events/hcmph-center-annual-symposium/ LOCATION:Kresge G1 & Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Banner_1920-x-1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260518T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260518T130000 DTSTAMP:20260518T065348 CREATED:20250819T150102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250819T150106Z UID:111360005635-1779105600-1779109200@hsph.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Cutter Distinguished Lecture on Molecular Metabolism and Preventative Medicine DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStrategies for improving women’s health explored at student-led summit\n\n\n\n Health Policy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Hide caption\n \n \n \n \n \n Show caption\n \n \n\n\n From left: Robin Vergouwen\, Bridget O’Kelly\, Christina Nielsen\, Aracely Guzman\, and Betzael Bravo. Photo: Miladin Balos / Oculux\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuest Lecture \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnton Bennett\, PhD\nProfessor of Pharmacology and Professor of Comparative MedicineYale School of Medicine \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School. \n In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted programs through our Advanced Learning Academy\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n \n \n \n Degree Programs \n \n \n \n How to Apply \n \n \n \n Advanced Learning Academy URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/molecular-metabolism/events/cutter-distinguished-lecture-on-molecular-metabolism-and-preventative-medicine-21/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/24_05_03-Cutter-lecture_093.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T153000 DTSTAMP:20260518T065348 CREATED:20260511T210446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T210911Z UID:111360006004-1779285600-1779291000@hsph.harvard.edu SUMMARY:EcoOp Spring into Action: Street Cleanup DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStrategies for improving women’s health explored at student-led summit\n\n\n\n Health Policy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Hide caption\n \n \n \n \n \n Show caption\n \n \n\n\n From left: Robin Vergouwen\, Bridget O’Kelly\, Christina Nielsen\, Aracely Guzman\, and Betzael Bravo. Photo: Miladin Balos / Oculux\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a spring cleaning litter pickup! Let’s make the neighborhood cleaner and greener! \n\n\n\nMeet outside the Kresge Building by the revolving door. All are welcome\, bring a friend! \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP to susan_bottino@harvard.edu. This event is weather-dependent. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEcoOpportunity\n\n\n\nOperations Office\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School. \n In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted programs through our Advanced Learning Academy\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n \n \n \n Degree Programs \n \n \n \n How to Apply \n \n \n \n Advanced Learning Academy URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/events/ecoop-spring-into-action-street-cleanup/ LOCATION:Kresge Building\, 677 Huntington Avenue\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02115 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T100000 DTSTAMP:20260518T065348 CREATED:20260513T203620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T203622Z UID:111360006006-1779789600-1779789600@hsph.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Harvard Chan Awards Presentation and Celebration DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStrategies for improving women’s health explored at student-led summit\n\n\n\n Health Policy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Hide caption\n \n \n \n \n \n Show caption\n \n \n\n\n From left: Robin Vergouwen\, Bridget O’Kelly\, Christina Nielsen\, Aracely Guzman\, and Betzael Bravo. Photo: Miladin Balos / Oculux\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAwards will be presented to staff\, faculty\, and students. Reception to follow the ceremony. \n\n\n\n\nFull schedule of graduation week events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School. \n In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted programs through our Advanced Learning Academy\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n \n \n \n Degree Programs \n \n \n \n How to Apply \n \n \n \n Advanced Learning Academy URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/events/harvard-chan-awards-presentation-and-celebration-2/ LOCATION:Kresge Cafeteria\, 677 Huntington Avenue\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02115 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026_Awards_Event-1200x800-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T133000 DTSTAMP:20260518T065348 CREATED:20260513T202328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T153519Z UID:111360006005-1779872400-1779888600@hsph.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Harvard Chan School Convocation 2026 DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStrategies for improving women’s health explored at student-led summit\n\n\n\n Health Policy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Hide caption\n \n \n \n \n \n Show caption\n \n \n\n\n From left: Robin Vergouwen\, Bridget O’Kelly\, Christina Nielsen\, Aracely Guzman\, and Betzael Bravo. Photo: Miladin Balos / Oculux\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConvocation is the formal ceremony for the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\, held at Agganis Arena. Dean Baccarelli will deliver remarks\, along with a student speaker\, a convocation speaker\, and an alumni speaker. Graduates are individually presented with a scroll of the UN Declaration of Human Rights and will walk across the stage as their names are announced. \n\n\n\nDr. Rochelle Walensky\, MPH ’01\, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, will deliver the Convocation speech for the Class of 2026. \n\n\n\n9:00 am: Graduate arrival10:00 am: General admission guest seating opens10:15 am: Live stream begins10:30 am: Procession begins11:00 am: Ceremony begins1:30 pm (approximately): Ceremony ends and reception beginsHarvard Chan School community members who are not attending the ceremony at the Agganis Arena can watch the live stream in Kresge G2\, G3\, the Kresge Atrium\, or the student lounge. \n\n\n\n\nFull schedule and livestream\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School. \n In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted programs through our Advanced Learning Academy\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n \n \n \n Degree Programs \n \n \n \n How to Apply \n \n \n \n Advanced Learning Academy URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/events/harvard-chan-school-convocation-2026/ LOCATION:Agganis Arena\, 925 Commonwealth Ave\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02215\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026_Convocation_Event-1200x800-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T121500 DTSTAMP:20260518T065348 CREATED:20260514T130702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T130705Z UID:111360006008-1779960600-1779970500@hsph.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Harvard University Commencement Morning Exercises 2026 DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStrategies for improving women’s health explored at student-led summit\n\n\n\n Health Policy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Hide caption\n \n \n \n \n \n Show caption\n \n \n\n\n From left: Robin Vergouwen\, Bridget O’Kelly\, Christina Nielsen\, Aracely Guzman\, and Betzael Bravo. Photo: Miladin Balos / Oculux\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCommencement is the Harvard University-wide ceremony and activities\, open to graduates of all Harvard schools. \n\n\n\n6:45 am: Guest seating opens7:00 am: Graduate arrival at Sever Quad7:20 am: Harvard Chan procession begins9:30 am: Commencement Exercises called to order12:15 pm: Commencement Exercises adjourn \n\n\n\n\nFull schedule of graduation week events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School. \n In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted programs through our Advanced Learning Academy\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n \n \n \n Degree Programs \n \n \n \n How to Apply \n \n \n \n Advanced Learning Academy URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/events/harvard-university-commencement-morning-exercises-2026/ LOCATION:Agganis Arena\, 925 Commonwealth Ave\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02215\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026_Commencement_Event-1200x800-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T133000 DTSTAMP:20260518T065348 CREATED:20260402T193437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T193442Z UID:111360005935-1781179200-1781184600@hsph.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Specific Aims Review Session DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStrategies for improving women’s health explored at student-led summit\n\n\n\n Health Policy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Hide caption\n \n \n \n \n \n Show caption\n \n \n\n\n From left: Robin Vergouwen\, Bridget O’Kelly\, Christina Nielsen\, Aracely Guzman\, and Betzael Bravo. Photo: Miladin Balos / Oculux\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor Center members\, their collaborators\, affiliates\, and trainees  \n\n\n\nAre you preparing for an upcoming environmental health-related submission? Have your Specific Aims page reviewed by our senior NIEHS Center faculty! In a friendly\, constructive\, small-group open session\, a panel of Center members will offer critique and suggestions to improve your Specific Aims or goals. \n\n\n\nProposals are welcomed that relate to the gamut of Environmental Health research (exposure assessment\, community engagement and education\, epidemiology\, genetics and genomics\, molecular biology\, etc.). All funding opportunities are welcome – from NIH to foundations to private industry! For non-USG grants\, please share as much information as possible about the funding opportunity and grant requirements. Email the link to the funding opportunity to niehsctr@hsph.harvard.edu. \n\n\n\nPlease submit your draft Aims by the Friday deadline so that we can ensure reviewers include faculty with relevant areas of expertise. Open to investigators at all levels.  \n\n\n\nIf you would like your document reviewed\, please send an email to niehsctr@hsph.harvard.edu by 5pm on the Friday before the session (June 5) with the following information: \n\n\n\n\nName (first and last)\n\n\n\nAffiliation\n\n\n\nSponsor/mentor\n\n\n\nFunder and type of grant/award you are applying for (with link to the funding opportunity)\n\n\n\nNew submission or resubmission\n\n\n\nAnticipated submission date\n\n\n\nTitle of your project\n\n\n\nAttach your Specific Aims or goals document and\, if a resubmission\, your introduction page (MS Word is preferred)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n Diane Gold \n \n Professor in the Department of Environmental Health\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School. \n In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted programs through our Advanced Learning Academy\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n \n \n \n Degree Programs \n \n \n \n How to Apply \n \n \n \n Advanced Learning Academy URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/events/specific-aims-review-session-5/ LOCATION:Via Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Specific-Aims-Review-Session.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260711T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T235959 DTSTAMP:20260518T065348 CREATED:20260115T151655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T151658Z UID:111360005814-1783728000-1784419199@hsph.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Harvard Chan C-CHANGE Youth Summit on Climate Science\, Medicine\, & Health DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStrategies for improving women’s health explored at student-led summit\n\n\n\n Health Policy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Hide caption\n \n \n \n \n \n Show caption\n \n \n\n\n From left: Robin Vergouwen\, Bridget O’Kelly\, Christina Nielsen\, Aracely Guzman\, and Betzael Bravo. Photo: Miladin Balos / Oculux\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Center for Climate\, Health\, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE) has joined forces with Putney Pre-College\, an initiative of Putney Student Travel\, to host another year of youth summer programming on climate\, medicine\, and health in July 2026. \n\n\n\n\nLearn more and apply\n\n\n\n\nHarvard Chan C-CHANGE Youth Summit on Climate Science\, Medicine\, & Health\n\n\n\nJuly 11 — July 18\, 2026  | Location: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\, Boston\, MA \n\n\n\nDive into issues of climate\, medicine\, and health alongside peers\, educators\, and leading professionals from the Center for Climate\, Health\, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE). Choose an Action Focus based on your interests and explore how climate change is intertwined with science\, public health\, medicine\, economics\, and policy. Gain perspective from researchers\, health practitioners\, policymakers\, youth activists\, climate creatives\, and clean energy innovators at the forefront of tackling the climate crisis. Take what you have learned and transform your ideas into a Community Action Plan\, and return home ready to address these issues in your own community. \n\n\n\nThe Youth Summits combine Putney’s extensive history of designing educational and innovative student programs with Harvard Chan C-CHANGE’s leadership putting health and equity at the center of climate actions. \n\n\n\nScholarships are available. Learn more and apply \n\n\n\n\nI feel hopeful and empowered after meeting so many speakers\, interacting with peers\, and learning that we have the ability to do something. \n– Tenth-grader\, Brian Song of Connecticut\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarvard Chan C-CHANGE\n\n\n\nPutney Student Travel\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarvard Chan School seeks to bring in speakers with a wide range of experiences and perspectives. They’re here to share their own insights; they do not speak for the school or the university. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School. \n In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted programs through our Advanced Learning Academy\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n \n \n \n Degree Programs \n \n \n \n How to Apply \n \n \n \n Advanced Learning Academy URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/climate-health-c-change/events/harvard-chan-c-change-youth-summit-on-climate-science-medicine-health/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Youth-Climate-Summit-group-shot_1200x800.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T135000 DTSTAMP:20260518T065348 CREATED:20260515T003207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260515T003207Z UID:111360006009-1790600400-1790603400@hsph.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Monday Nutrition Seminar | What Can Exposomics Bring to Nutrition and Food Science? From the Food Exposome to Human Health DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStrategies for improving women’s health explored at student-led summit\n\n\n\n Health Policy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Hide caption\n \n \n \n \n \n Show caption\n \n \n\n\n From left: Robin Vergouwen\, Bridget O’Kelly\, Christina Nielsen\, Aracely Guzman\, and Betzael Bravo. Photo: Miladin Balos / Oculux\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join the Department of Nutrition for the Monday Nutrition Seminar featuring Peng Gao\, PhD\, MS\, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposomics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Gao’s talk—”What Can Exposomics Bring to Nutrition and Food Science? From the Food Exposome to Human Health”—will take place on September 28 at 1:00 p.m. ET in FXB G-13 and via Zoom (registration is required). \n\n\n\nThe Monday Nutrition Seminar Series is free and open to the public. If you plan to attend this event and do not have an active HUID\, please click the “Register Today” button to fill out the registration form by 3:00 p.m. ET on the Friday before the seminar to request a visitor pass to access the building. \n\n\n\nSeminar speakers share their perspectives\, they do not speak for Harvard. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n Peng Gao \n \n Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposomics\, HSPH\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDepartment of Nutrition\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School. \n In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted programs through our Advanced Learning Academy\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n \n \n \n Degree Programs \n \n \n \n How to Apply \n \n \n \n Advanced Learning Academy URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/nutrition/events/monday-nutrition-seminar-what-can-exposomics-bring-to-nutrition-and-food-science-from-the-food-exposome-to-human-health/ LOCATION:FXB G-13 & Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1200-x-675__Sept-28_PGao.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261002T170000 DTSTAMP:20260518T065348 CREATED:20260112T204346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T091553Z UID:111360005806-1790755200-1790960400@hsph.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Women's Health Conference 2026 DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStrategies for improving women’s health explored at student-led summit\n\n\n\n Health Policy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Hide caption\n \n \n \n \n \n Show caption\n \n \n\n\n From left: Robin Vergouwen\, Bridget O’Kelly\, Christina Nielsen\, Aracely Guzman\, and Betzael Bravo. Photo: Miladin Balos / Oculux\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Jump to Section\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nOverview\n\n\n\n\n\nThe global Women’s Health Conference was launched in 2023 by the Global Centre for Asian Women’s Health (GloW) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine\, in collaboration with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Following the successful conferences held in Singapore in 2023 and 2024 and in Paris in 2025\, the 2026 conference will take place in Boston from September 30 to October 2\, 2026. \n\n\n\nThe 2026 meeting is co-organized by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\, GloW at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine\, Stanford University School of Medicine\, and the Institute for Women and Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Health (iWISH) at Université Paris Cité. The conference will highlight cutting-edge advances shaping women’s health across the life course. \n\n\n\nDespite increasing global attention\, women’s health remains under-researched and underfunded in many critical domains. Women experience unique biological transitions—from puberty and pregnancy to menopause and aging—that shape lifelong health trajectories. Addressing these complexities requires coordinated\, interdisciplinary\, and global collaboration. \n\n\n\nThis conference will convene leading scientists\, clinicians\, innovators\, policymakers\, and global organizations to accelerate solutions that improve health outcomes for women worldwide. \n\n\n\nThe scientific program will feature: \n\n\n\n\nBreakthroughs in precision nutrition and lifestyle medicine\n\n\n\nAdvances in fertility\, pregnancy\, and reproductive health\n\n\n\nNew approaches to mental health and brain health\n\n\n\nHealthy aging\, cognition\, and cardiometabolic health\n\n\n\nThe expanding role of AI and femtech in diagnosis\, treatment\, and prevention\n\n\n\nGlobal women’s health and health equity\n\n\n\n\nThe program will include plenary lectures\, thematic panels\, poster sessions\, lightning talks by junior investigators\, and a special session featuring international organizations and foundations focused on sustaining global investment in women’s health research. \n\n\n\nThe conference will conclude with a half-day symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS)\, the largest and longest-running study of women’s health\, established in 1976. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister to join us in-person or on livestream (via Zoom). Registration is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nIn-person registration is currently closed. Please check back for future updates.*Please note that no certificates of attendance will be provided* \n\n\n\n\nIn-Person Registration\n\n\n\nLivestream Registration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstract Submission\n\n\n\n\n\nCall for abstracts: Submit your abstract for a chance to present a poster or give a flash talk. Trainees and investigators within five years of earning their terminal degree are eligible to present a flash talk. Please follow these rules and guidelines and use this template to prepare your abstract. \n\n\n\nAll abstracts (for both poster session and flash talks) must be presented in-person. \n\n\n\nDeadline: Abstract submission deadline is May 15th\, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST. Notifications for abstract acceptance will be sent the week of June 15th. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\n\n\n\n\nScientific Organizing Committee \n\n\n\n\nFrank B. Hu\, MD\, PhD\, MPH\, Professor and Chair\, Department of Nutrition\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Professor of Medicine\, Harvard Medical School (Committee Chair)\n\n\n\nCuilin Zhang\, MD\, PhD\, Chair Professor of Women’s Health; Founding Director\, Global Centre for Asian Women’s Health (GloW)\, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine\, National University of Singapore (Committee Co-Chair)\n\n\n\nYap Seng Chong\, MBBS\, MD\, Lien Ying Chow Professor in Medicine; Dean\, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine\, National University of Singapore\n\n\n\nHeather Eliassen\, ScD\, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Professor of Medicine\, Channing Division of Network Medicine\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School\n\n\n\nJorge E. Chavarro\, MD\, ScD\, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology; Dean for Academic Affairs\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Professor of Medicine\, Harvard Medical School\n\n\n\nKathryn M. Rexrode\, MD\, MPH\, Chief\, Division of Women’s Health\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Professor of Medicine\, Harvard Medical School; Chief Academic Officer\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital\n\n\n\nMichelle A. Williams\, ScD\, Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health; Associate Chair for Academic Affairs\, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health\, Stanford University School of Medicine\n\n\n\nMelissa Bondy\, PhD\, Professor and Chair\, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health\, Stanford University School of Medicine\n\n\n\nRosa Maria Bruno\, PhD\, Professor in Clinical Pharmacology\, Université Paris Cité; Head of the Hypertension Unit of Georges Pompidou European Hospital\, Paris\, France; iWISH\, Institute for Women Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Health\, Université Paris Cité\n\n\n\nClarisse Berthezène\, PhD\, Professor of History\, Université Paris Cité; Chair\, Institut Universitaire de France; iWISH\, Institute for Women Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Health\, Université Paris Cité\n\n\n\n\nAdministrative Organizing Committee \n\n\n\n\nKatrina Soriano\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\n\n\n\nJessie Powell\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTentative Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n September 30th | Day 1\n \n \n \n \n\nOpening Session\n\n\n\n8:30–9:00 AMWelcome and Opening Remarks \n\n\n\nAI and Digital Innovation in Women’s Health\n\n\n\nModerator: Melissa Bondy (Stanford University)9:00–9:20 AMLeveraging Human Organ Chips to Provide New Insights into Women’s HealthDonald E. Ingber — Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering\, Harvard University \n\n\n\n9:20–9:40 AMAI-guided Integration of Biological and Clinical Knowledge for Maternal and Child HealthNima Aghaeepour — Stanford University \n\n\n\n9:40–10:00 AMArtificial Intelligence in Obstetrics: Opportunities and Challenges in Maternal–Fetal MedicineMahesh Choolani — Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology\, National University of Singapore \n\n\n\n10:00–10:20 AMAI and FemTech in Women’s HealthAlaa Abd-Alrazaq — Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar \n\n\n\n10:20–10:40 AMWearables\, Data Science\, and Performance: Insights from Women AthletesJuliana Antero — Université Paris Cité \n\n\n\n10:40–11:00 AMPanel Discussion \n\n\n\n11:00–11:20 AM | Coffee Break \n\n\n\nPrecision Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine\n\n\n\nModerator: Ed Giovannucci (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)11:20–11:40 AMMediterranean Diet Interventions and Women’s Health: Evidence from Cohort Studies and TrialsMiguel Ángel Martínez-González — University of Navarra\, Spain \n\n\n\n11:40–12:00 PMHealthy Diets for People and Planet: Integrating Human and Planetary HealthWalter C. Willett — Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \n\n\n\n12:00–12:20 PMNutrition and Women’s Health: over life course and across generations Cuilin Zhang — National University of Singapore \n\n\n\n12:20–12:40 PMPanel Discussion \n\n\n\n12:40–1:30 PM | Lunch \n\n\n\nHormones\, Cardiometabolic and Vascular Health\n\n\n\nModerator: Eric B. Rimm (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)1:30-2:00 PMKeynote Lecture: Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Evolution of Evidence and Current Clinical RecommendationsJoAnn E. Manson — Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women’s Hospital \n\n\n\n2:00–2:20 PMCardiovascular Disease in Women: Epidemiology\, Risk Factors\, and PreventionKathryn M. Rexrode — Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women’s Hospital \n\n\n\n2:20–2:40 PMVascular Aging in Women: Mechanisms\, Measurement\, and Clinical ImplicationsRosa Maria Bruno — Université Paris Cité \n\n\n\n2:40–3:00 PMCardiometabolic Diseases in Asian Populations: Unique Risk Profiles and Prevention StrategiesRoger Foo — National University of Singapore \n\n\n\n3:00–3:20 PMSex Differences in GLP-1–Based Therapies: Implications for Cardiometabolic HealthSébastien Czernichow — Université Paris Cité \n\n\n\n3:20–3:40 PMPanel Discussion \n\n\n\n3:40–4:00 PM | Coffee Break \n\n\n\nLightning Talks by Young Investigators\n\n\n\n4:00–5:00 PMSelected Abstract Presentations \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n October 1st | Day 2\n \n \n \n \n\nHealthy Aging and Mental Health\n\n\n\nModerator: Alberto Ascherio (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)8:30–8:50 AMBrain Aging in Women: Biomarkers\, Imaging and Risk for DementiaRachel F. Buckley — Harvard Medical School \n\n\n\n8:50–9:10 AMBrain Imaging Meets AI: Advancing Precision Neurology and PsychiatryHelen Zhou — National University of Singapore \n\n\n\n9:10–9:30 AMDepression and Mental Health in Women: Risk Factors and PreventionOlivia I. Okereke — Harvard Medical School \n\n\n\n9:30–9:50 AMPanel Discussion \n\n\n\n9:50–10:10 AM | Coffee Break \n\n\n\nReproductive Health I: Pregnancy\, Fertility\, Endometriosis\, and PCOS \n\n\n\nModerator: Marie-France Hivert (Harvard Medical School)10:10–10:30 AMNutrition and Fertility: Evidence from Prospective Cohorts and Clinical StudiesJorge E. Chavarro — Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \n\n\n\n10:30–10:50 AMEndometriosis and PCOS: Epidemiology\, Mechanisms\, and Clinical ManagementStacey A. Missmer — Michigan State University \n\n\n\n10:50-11:10 amMenstrual Blood as a Novel Biofluid for Endometriosis Research and DiagnosisLudivine Doridot — INSERM & Université Paris Cité \n\n\n\n11:10–11:25 AMPanel Discussion \n\n\n\nReproductive Health II: Pregnancy\, Fertility\, Endometriosis\, and PCOS \n\n\n\nModerator: Emily Oken (Harvard Medical School)11:25–11:45 AMPreconception Health and Offspring Outcomes: Insights from the GUSTO and S-PRESTO CohortsYap Seng Chong — National University of Singapore \n\n\n\n11:45–12:05 AMSvadhyaya and homeostasis – the art of self-study in the time of continuous wearable personal monitoringShruthi Mahalingaiah — Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \n\n\n\n12:05 AM–12:25 PMAutoimmune Diseases in Women: Epidemiology and Clinical ImplicationsKaren H. Costenbader — Harvard Medical School \n\n\n\n12:25–12:40 PMPanel Discussion \n\n\n\n12:40–1:30 PM | Lunch \n\n\n\nGlobal Women’s Health and Health Equity\n\n\n\nModerators: Wafaie Fawzi (Harvard T.H. Chan SPH)\, Clarisse Berthezène (Université Paris Cité)1:30–1:50 PMTHE STRESS TEST WE IGNORE: Reclaiming Prevention as Women’s Health PolicyMichelle A. Williams — Stanford University \n\n\n\n1:50–2:10 PMTherapeutic Mobility and Breast Cancer: Lived Experiences of African Women in EuropeClémence Schantz — Université Paris Cité & Institut Convergences Migrations \n\n\n\n2:10–2:40 PMAdvancing Global Women’s Reproductive Health: The confluence of Science\, Programs and Policy InnovationAna Langer — Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \n\n\n\n2:40–3:00 PMPanel Discussion \n\n\n\n3:00–3:20 PM | Coffee Break \n\n\n\nSpecial Session: Global Women’s Health Impact Tracking Platform (WHIT)\n\n\n\nModerator: Marcia Castro (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)3:20–4:15 PMPanelists:World Economic ForumMcKinsey Health InstituteBill & Melinda Gates Foundation \n\n\n\n4:15–5:00 PMSpotlight on NUS–Harvard Chan Women’s Health Initiative (NUSHINE) \n\n\n\nReception and Poster Presentations\n\n\n\n5:00–8:00 PM Location: Veritas Science Center (formerly Harvard Medical School New Research Building) – 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur\, Boston\, MA \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n October 2nd | NHS at 50: Half-Day Symposium\n \n \n \n \n\nNHS at 50: Celebrating Discovery\, Inspiring Generations\n\n\n\n8:30–8:45 AMWelcome \n\n\n\n8:45–9:15 AMNurses’ Health Study: History\, Landmark Discoveries\, and Public Health ImpactAndrea Romanos-Nanclares\, Heather Eliassen — Channing Division of Network Medicine\, MGB/HMS \n\n\n\n9:15–9:45 AMDiet and Nutrition Across the Life Course: Lessons from NHSDeirdre Tobias\, Frank B. Hu — Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \n\n\n\n9:45–10:45 AMLightning Talks by Junior NHS Investigators \n\n\n\n10:45–11:05 AM | Coffee Break \n\n\n\n11:05 AM–12:05 PMNHS Principal Investigator Panel \n\n\n\n12:05-12:35 PMNHS participant panel \n\n\n\nClosing remarks \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\nPlease note that speakers’ remarks are based on their own scholarship and experience. As such\, they speak for themselves\, not for Harvard. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n Alaa Abd-Alrazaq\n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Alaa Abd-Alrazaq is an Assistant Professor and Director of Artificial Intelligence for Precision Women’s Health at the AI Center for Precision Health at Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Qatar University and Visiting Fellow at the University of South Wales. His work focuses on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence\, digital health\, and FemTech to advance personalized and preventive healthcare for women. Dr. Abd-Alrazaq has authored more than 130 peer-reviewed publications and serves on several international editorial boards in digital health and medical AI. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Nima Aghaeepour\n \n \n \n \n\nNima Aghaeepour is a machine learning and artificial intelligence scientist and the Anesthesiology\, Perioperative and Pain Medicine II Endowed Professor and Professor of Pediatrics\, and of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University. His laboratory develops machine learning and artificial intelligence methods to study clinical and biological modalities in translational settings. Dr. Aghaeepour primarily focuses on leveraging multiomics studies\, wearable devices\, and electronic health records to address clinical challenges in perioperative care and maternal and child health\, with a particular focus on interventional settings including operating rooms\, ICUs\, labor and delivery\, and NICUs. His work is recognized by awards from numerous national and international organizations including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation\, the Alfred E. Mann Foundation\, the March of Dimes Foundation\, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund\, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences\, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development\, the National Institute of Aging\, and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Prior to his faculty role\, Dr. Aghaeepour earned his B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Tehran\, followed by a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from the University of British Columbia and a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Juliana Antero\n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Juliana Antero (PT\, PhD) is an epidemiologist at the French National Institute of Sport (INSEP). She leads a research team focused on female athletes’ health and performance through the Empow’her program. This research program uses digital tools and wearable sensors for in situ\, longitudinal monitoring of elite athletes\, applying a personalized\, multiparametric approach that integrates physiology\, hormonal fluctuations\, and training load. Dedicated to advancing women’s health research\, she also serves on the Executive Committee of iWISH (Institute for Women and Interdisciplinary research in Science and Health) at Université Paris Cité\, coordinating the “Living and Ageing in Good Health” research axis. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Alberto Ascherio\n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Ascherio graduated in medicine at the University of Milan in 1978 and practiced medicine and public health in Latin America and Africa for several years before moving to Boston\, USA\, where he became Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School. He was awarded honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Southern Denmark and the University of Bergen\, delivered the Falch Lecture in 2023\, and he is co-recipient of a life sciences 2025 Breakthrough Prize for discovering that the Epstein-Barr virus causes multiple sclerosis. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Andrea Baccarelli\n \n \n \n \n\nAndrea Baccarelli\, MD\, PhD\, is the Dean of the Faculty at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His work on the health impact of environmental exposures has been used by agencies worldwide to shape pollution control policies. Dr. Baccarelli previously served as chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health\, director of the NIH/NIEHS P30 Center for Environmental Health and Justice and president of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Baccarelli holds an MD from the University of Perugia in Italy\, an MS in Epidemiology from the University of Turin\, and a PhD from the University of Milan. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Clarisse Berthezène\n \n \n \n \n\nClarisse Berthezène is a Professor of History at Université Paris Cité (ECHELLES\, UMR 8264) and she holds a Chair at the Institut Universitaire de France. She is the Head of Global Engagement for iWISH\, the Interdisciplinary Institute for Women’s Health at Université Paris Cité. She has published extensively on the history of conservatism. Her current research project focuses on the history of welfare states and gendered health inequalities in Europe. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Melissa Bondy\n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Melissa Bondy is the inaugural chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and the Associate Director for Population Sciences at the Stanford Cancer Institute. Before joining Stanford\, she was Associate Director of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences and section chair of Epidemiology and Population Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine. Her research focus is in genetic and molecular epidemiology and is at the forefront of developing innovative ways to assess the roles of heredity and genetic susceptibility in the etiology of cancer and outcomes\, primarily brain and breast cancer. Currently\, she leads the largest family study of glioma patients\, as well as a study of molecular predictors of outcome for glioma patients. She has a strong interest in health disparities and has a current study to investigate the ethnic differences in glioma. She has been working on studying the health effects of exposure to Hurricane Harvey. She serves on the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Board of Scientific Advisors\, where she provides direct counsel to the Director of the NCI\, and is a member of the External Advisory Board for several NCI-designated cancer centers. In 2018\, she received the Visiting Scholar Award from the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Rosa Maria Bruno\n \n \n \n \n\nRosa Maria Bruno (MD\, PhD) is specialist in Internal Medicine and Hypertension\, head of the Unit of Clinical Pharmacology and Women’s Cardiovascular Health at the Hopital Européen Georges Pompidou and full professor in Pharmacology at Université Paris Cité (Paris\, France). Her research is focused on novel approaches for the non-invasive evaluation of vascular ageing in hypertension and other diseases\, with a focus on sex and gender differences. She is vice-president of the Artery Society\, treasurer of the ESC Council of Hypertension and member of the Council of iWISH (Institute for Women and Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Health) of Université Paris Cité. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Rachel Buckley\n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Buckley is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School. She is a past recipient of an NIH-NIA K99/R00 Pathway to Independence award and an NIH DP2 New Innovator Award. After initially completing her PhD in Neuropsychology at the University of Melbourne\, Australia\, with the Australian Imaging Biomarker and Lifestyle Study of Aging\, she then moved to Boston to train in PET neuroimaging and cognitive decline under the mentorship of Dr. Reisa Sperling at the Harvard Aging Brain Study. Her research interests lie in sex differences in risk for Alzheimer’s disease\, and she holds multiple NIH grants seeking to optimize women’s brain health in neurodegenerative disease\, with a specific focus on the role of menopause\, sex hormones and the X chromosome to impact risk and resilience to Alzheimer’s disease. Rachel is the recent past Chair of the Sex and Gender Differences in Alzheimer’s disease Professional Interest Area for the Alzheimer’s Association; she is a co-lead of the Sex and Gender in Neurodegeneration (S|GN) Consortium for the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative and sits on the editorial board for Neurology. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Marcia Castro\n \n \n \n \n\nMarcia Castro is Andelot Professor of Demography\, chair of the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\, and director of the Brazil Studies Program of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS). Her research focuses on the development and use of multidisciplinary approaches to identify the determinants of infectious disease transmission in different ecological settings to inform control policies. She made important contributions during recent public health emergencies and has projects on malaria\, COVID-19\, arboviruses\, women’s health\, infant/child mortality and development\, and climate change in the Brazilian Amazon. She is an elected member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She earned a PhD in demography from Princeton University.  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Jorge Chavarro\n \n \n \n \n\nJorge E. Chavarro\, M.D.\, Sc.D.\, is Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\, and Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chavarro’s research focuses on understanding how nutritional\, lifestyle and metabolic factors impact human reproduction and reproductive milestones throughout the life course\, and how these events\, in turn\, impact other aspects of health.  His work has resulted in more than 500 scientific publications. He has served as standing member and Chairperson of the Pregnancy and Neonatology study section for the US National Institutes of Health\, and as a member of the Research Program Review Panel for the World Health Organization’s Human Reproduction Programme. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Mahesh A Choolani\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Karen Costenbader\n \n \n \n \n\nKaren Costenbader\, MD\, MPH is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and holds the Michael E. Weinblatt\, MD Endowed Chair in Rheumatology in the Division of Rheumatology\, Inflammation and Immunity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston\, Massachusetts\, where she serves as Director of the Lupus Program and Chief of the Section of Clinical Sciences. Dr. Costenbader’s research investigates the epidemiology and pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis in particular. She is an experienced research mentor for medical students\, residents\, graduate students in epidemiology\, and rheumatology fellows and junior faculty\, having trained over 50 doctoral and post-doctoral fellows and faculty. She is PI of the Lupus Registry containing data on more than 3\,000 patients. She is currently the Deputy Editor of Arthritis & Rheumatology. She has served as the Chair of the NIH’s ‘Arthritis\, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease’ Study Section\, Chair of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Council for the Lupus Foundation of America\, and as Faculty Director of the Office of Research Careers at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Sébastien Czernichow\n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Sébastien Czernichow\, MD\, PhD\, is Professor of Nutrition at Paris Cité University (Faculty of Health | Université Paris Cité (u-paris.fr) and head of the Department of Nutrition at Georges Pompidou Hospital (Paris\, France). This Department is dedicated to the management of patients living with severe obesity and is part of a European network for accredited multidisciplinary treatment centers (COMs – EASO). His major research interests include the epidemiology and prevention of obesity and diabetes. He has published over 330 scientific papers. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Ludivine Doridot\n \n \n \n \n\nLudivine Doridot is a researcher at INSERM (French National Institute of Health andMedical Research) and an Associate Professor at Université Paris Cité (Paris\, France). She obtained her PhD in Genetics from Université Paris Descartes in 2013 for her studies on preeclampsia\, a hypertensive disease of pregnancy. She then performed a postdoc in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center\, a Harvard-affiliated hospital in Boston (USA)\, where she studied genetic environment interaction in the context of metabolic syndrome. Since 2017\, she hasfocused on endometriosis and reproductive immunology. She obtained a European Starting Grant (ERC) to study menstrual blood in the context of endometriosis in 2023. Since 2025\, she is co-coordinating a national research consortium on endometriosis involving 12 research teams and 3 clinical centers. In 2025\, she also joined the executive board of iWISH (Institute for Women Interdisciplinary research in Science and Health) and University-Hospital Federation FRAME (Finding Reliable Answer for Managing Endometriosis).  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Heather Eliassen\n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Heather Eliassen is Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is Director of the Chronic Disease Epidemiology Unit within the Channing Division of Network Medicine\, for which she also serves as Associate Director\, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Eliassen is co-PI of two ongoing prospective cohort studies\, the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS)\, founded in 1976 with 121\,700 women\, and the Nurses’ Health Study II (NHSII)\, founded in 1989 with 116\,400 women. She also is Director of the Channing/Harvard Cohort Biorepository\, which houses more than three million biospecimens from 200\,000 cohort participants\, and Co-Leader of the Cancer Epidemiology Program at the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. Her research focuses on breast cancer\, and the roles of diet\, lifestyle\, and underlying biology in risk and survival. Specifically\, she is interested in modifiable factors that may reduce the risk of developing breast cancer\, and those that may improve survival after breast cancer diagnosis. She incorporates biomarkers\, including metabolomic profiles\, hormones\, and specific markers of dietary intake\, as well as biomarkers from tumor tissue. Dr. Eliassen is actively involved in teaching and mentoring graduate students at the Harvard Chan School and mentoring postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty members at Harvard and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In addition\, much of her time is spent working with both internal and external investigators\, facilitating the use of the cohort resources. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Wafaie Fawzi\n \n \n \n \n\nWafaie Fawzi is a physician and epidemiologist focused on advancing global health research\, education\, and practice. He is the Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences\, Professor of Nutrition\, Epidemiology\, and Global Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Between 2011 and 2018\, he served as Chair of the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard. He established and continues to lead the Nutrition and Global Health Program\, an interdepartmental initiative at Harvard where\, over the past 25 years\, he has sought to strengthen the evidence base for advancing human health and development. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. He has directed the design and implementation of more than 35 randomized controlled trials and numerous large observational epidemiologic studies of maternal\, child\, and adolescent health\, and major infectious diseases. His team’s work has advanced evidence and policies about the safety and benefits of integrated nutritional interventions for pregnant women\, infants\, and adolescents. As a program director and academic leader\, he has convened interdisciplinary teams to establish and advance global health education and to foster research and knowledge translation. He leads multiple training grants and has developed two implementation science initiatives to advance adolescent health in Africa and Asia\, as well as the intersectoral integration of food systems/agriculture\, nutrition\, and planetary health. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Roger Foo\n \n \n \n \n\nProf Roger Foo is a graduate of the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (Class of 1992). Upon graduation and national service\, he spent 20 years abroad before returning to Singapore in 2013. His specialist training was undertaken at King’s College Hospital\, London\, and Addenbrooke’s Hospital\, University of Cambridge\, UK. In 2003\, Prof Foo was awarded the UK Wellcome Trust Fellowship to pursue postdoctoral molecular and cellular research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine\, New York\, and returned to Cambridge UK in 2006 as a British Heart Foundation Fellow and Consultant Physician\, before eventually returning to Singapore. His laboratory is recognised as the first to publish an epigenomic map of the failing human heart in 2012. Now\, the Foo lab continues to contribute to discoveries in the field of heart disease epigenetics and gene regulation\, having published an in-depth analysis of the cardiac chromatin 3D organisation\, and mapped out the mechanisms of nodal pathways that regulate cardiomyocyte cell states. The lab deep dives into the cardiac genome and epigenome\, using advanced technologies of single cell transcriptomics\, CRISPR gene-editing and induced pluripotent stem cells to push science at the frontiers. Always seeking translational opportunities\, Prof Foo was also the first to apply Next Generation sequencing to the cardiac clinic at National University Hospital\, and established multiple research and commercial networks with collaborators and biopharma\, locally and internationally.  He holds an adjunct Research Director position at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in A*STAR\, and also mentors many young clinician scientists through his role as Advisor of the NUHS Clinician Scientist Academy and also nationally in the College of Clinician Scientists. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Ed Giovannucci\n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Edward Giovannucci is a Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In addition\, he currently is an American Cancer Society Clinical Researcher Professor. Dr. Giovannucci graduated from Harvard University in 1980\, and he received his MD from University of Pittsburgh in 1984. He did his residency in anatomic pathology at the University of Connecticut\, and then completed a Doctor of Science in epidemiology from Harvard in 1992. His research focuses on how nutritional\, lifestyle and genetic factors affect the risk of development and progression of cancers and other major chronic diseases. A specific interest has been understanding etiologic mechanisms underlying the relation between diet\, physical activity\, body weight and composition\, and metabolic dysfunction and cancer risk. He served as a member for the expert panel for the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute of Cancer Research and on the United States 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Marie-France Hivert\n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Hivert is a Professor in the Department of Population Medicine (DPM) at Harvard Medical School (HMS). She is a clinical investigator with a primary focus on the etiology and prevention of obesity and related metabolic conditions\, particularly type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes. Her research expertise includes fetal metabolic programming mechanisms and the integration of genetics\, epigenetics\, and environmental factors contributing to obesity and diabetes across the life course. She is the Principal Investigator (PI) of Genetics of Glucose regulation in Gestation and Growth (Gen3G)\, and co-PI of Project Viva\, two independent prospective birth cohorts that investigate the health determinants of mothers and children. She is currently involved in many international consortia investigating the genetics determinants of glycemic regulation during and outside of pregnancy\, as well as epigenetics mechanisms linked to prenatal exposures and fetal programming. She is one of the leaders of the international effort “Precision Medicine for Diabetes Initiative” for the field of Gestational Diabetes. At Harvard Medical School\, she is the director of the Curricular Theme “Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine” and the co-director of the Advance Integrated Science Course “Metabolism\, Nutrition\, and Lifestyle Medicine”. She is also the Director of the Precision Medicine Translational Research (PROMoTeR) Center at DPM and HMS. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Frank Hu\n \n \n \n \n\nFrank Hu\, MD\, MPH\, PhD\, is a world-leading researcher in diet\, chronic disease prevention\, and healthy aging. He is the Fredrick J. Stare Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology\, Chair of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\, and a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His pioneering work has shaped the understanding of how diet and lifestyle influence cardiometabolic diseases and healthy aging. He has published over 1\,000 scientific papers and is among the top 10 most cited researchers in medicine and public health in the world (H-index 320). His research has been instrumental in advancing precision nutrition\, dietary biomarkers\, and global efforts to combat chronic disease. His work has significantly influenced national and international dietary guidelines\, including his role on the 2015 U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. His contributions to nutrition science and policy have been recognized with numerous honors\, including the Kelly West Award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology by the American Diabetes Association\, the American Heart Association’ Ancel Keys Memorial Lecturer\, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Donald E. Ingber\n \n \n \n \n\nDonald E. Ingber\, MD\, PhD is the Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University\, Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital\, and Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at the Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He received his B.A.\, M.A.\, M.Phil.\, M.D. and Ph.D. from Yale University. Ingber is a pioneer in the field of biologically inspired engineering\, and at the Wyss Institute\, he currently leads scientific and engineering teams that cross a broad range of disciplines to develop and commercialize breakthrough bioinspired technologies to advance healthcare and to improve sustainability. Ingber is a member of the National Academies of Medicine\, Engineering\, and Inventors\, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering\, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was named one of the Top 20 Translational Researchers world-wide in 2012\, 2019\, and 2020 and has received numerous other national and international honors. Ingber has made great strides in translating his innovations into commercial products and many are now either in clinical trials or currently being sold. One of his most recent breakthrough is the development of human Organ Chip microfluidic culture devices lined by living human cells that are being used to replace animal testing for drug development\, disease modeling\, and personalized medicine. His Organ Chip technology was named one of the Top 10 Emerging Technologies by the World Economic Forum and Design of the Year by the London Design Museum. It was also acquired by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City for its permanent design collection. Ingber also has authored more than 600 publications and almost 200 patents\, and founded 9 companies\, including Emulate Inc.\, the leading manufacturer of Organ Chip systems. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Ana Langer\n \n \n \n \n\nIn July 2010\, Dr. Ana Langer joined the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health as a Professor of the Practice of Public Health (Department of Global Health and Population)\, and lead of the Women and Health Initiative. Dr. Langer\, a physician specializing in pediatrics and neonatology and a reproductive health expert\, has conducted research in low and middle-income countries and published extensively on women and health: maternal health; unsafe abortion; contraception; strategies to improve quality of reproductive health care; integration of maternal and newborn health care; and maternal health in humanitarian settings. Dr. Langer retired from HSPH in December 2022 and was appointed as Professor of the Practice\, Emerita at Harvard University. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Shruthi Mahalingaiah\n \n \n \n \n\nShruthi Mahalingaiah\, MD\, MS\, FACOG is an associate professor of environmental\, reproductive\, and women’s health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She serves clinically as a physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology\, where she specializes in ovulation disorders\, reproductive endocrinology\, and infertility. Her research seeks to understand the links between environmental and modifiable risk factors on human reproduction and gynecological diseases. Dr. Mahalingaiah is the creator of the Ovulation and Menstruation Health (OM) Study and she is a principal investigator for the Apple Women’s Health Study. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n JoAnn E. Manson\n \n \n \n \n\nJoAnn E. Manson\, MD\, MPH\, DrPH\, MACP\, is Professor of Medicine and the Michael and Lee Bell Endowed Professor of Women’s Health at Harvard Medical School\, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\, and Chief of the Division of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). Dr. Manson is a physician epidemiologist\, endocrinologist\, and Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI of several research studies\, including the Women’s Health Initiative Clinical Center In Boston\, the cardiovascular component of the Nurses’ Health Study\, the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL); the COSMOS trial\, and the VItamin D for COVID-19 (VIVID) trial. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Miguel A. Martínez-González\n \n \n \n \n\nMiguel A. Martínez-González\, MD\, PhD is Professor of Public Health (University of Navarra\, Spain)\, and Adjunct Professor at Harvard TH School of Public Health (Nutrition). Founder of the Department of Public Health at his University. Principal Investigator of large cohorts and trials (SUN\, PREDIMED\, PREDIMED-Plus and UNATI). He has published more than 1200 articles indexed in Web of Science and has been mentor of a large group of Professors of Epidemiology and Public Health. He is one of the most cited Spanish researchers. Doctor Honoris Causa by Almeria University and recipient of the 2023 “Gregorio Marañón” Award. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Stacey Missmer\n \n \n \n \n\nStacey Missmer \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Emily Oken\n \n \n \n \n\nEmily Oken\, MD\, MPH is Professor and Chair of the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute\, and Professor of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research examines how nutrition and other modifiable factors during pregnancy and early childhood influence long‑term health\, including cardiometabolic outcomes and child development. She leads major longitudinal studies such as Project Viva and collaborates on global cohorts. A leader in developing nutrition guidelines\, she is an ASCI inductee and an award‑winning mentor with clinical training in internal medicine and pediatrics. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Olivia Okereke\n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Okereke is a Board-certified geriatric psychiatrist and Chief of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Aging and Director of the Psychiatry Center on Disparities at the Mass General Brigham Academic Medical Centers Department of Psychiatry. She is the Terry and Jean de Gunzburg MGH Research Scholar 2021-2026\, the Olga Danieli Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Depression at Harvard Medical School\, and Associate Professor in Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on modifiable risk factors and prevention of adverse mental aging\, including late-life depression and cognitive decline\, and reduction of health disparities in aging. She has published over 175 peer-reviewed journal articles\, and her Google Scholar H-index is 62. Her expertise in aging has been recognized with invitations to national and international meetings and expert panels.  She contributes to the next generation of scholars in aging and mental health through PI\, mentoring\, and/or steering leadership roles on multiple NIH T32\, R25 and P30 grants with a specific focus on training for early-career scientists. Dr. Okereke has been extensively involved in organizational leadership\, community education and service over the past 20 years\, and her roles have included membership on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Association MA/NH Chapter\, Chair of the Chapter Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee and Chair of the Annual Meeting; election to the Board of Directors of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) and two-terms of service on the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Council on Geriatric Psychiatry. She has been recognized by both the AAGP and the American Psychiatric Association with the Distinguished Fellow honor\, by the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society with the Outstanding Psychiatrist Award for Research\, and by the Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Kathryn Rexrode\n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Kathryn Rexrode is the Chief Academic Officer at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH)\, Chief of the Division of Women’s Health in the Department of Medicine at Mass General Brigham\, and a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Rexrode has broad and deep research experience in women’s health\, with a focus on the impact of metabolism and female-specific risk factors on the risk of heart disease and stroke in women. As Chief of the Division of Women’s Health she oversees the Gretchen and Edward Fish Center for Women’s Health which provides comprehensive women’s health services.  Building on its core mission of leading the field in state-of-the-art care for women\, the Division of Women’s Health conducts translational women’s health research and leads innovative education programs for medical students\, residents\, and faculty to advance the health of women.  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Eric Rimm\n \n \n \n \n\nERIC RIMM\, SCD is professor of epidemiology and nutrition and director of the program in cardiovascular epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\, and professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School. He also serves as the Director of the PhD Program in for the 180+ doctoral students in the Populations Health Sciences Program at the Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. He is internationally recognized for his extensive work in the study of the health effects of moderate alcohol consumption\, whole grains\, micronutrients\, and polyphenols. He also studies the impact of local and national nutrition policy as it relates to the improvement of diets of school children\, the 1 in 8 Americans on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)\, and other federal nutrition assistance programs. He served on the National Academy of Sciences’ food policy advisory committee for the USDA’s Economic Research Service and previously served on the scientific advisory committee for the 2010 U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans. He is also a nutritional advisor to the Boston Red Sox and the Liverpool Football Club in the English Premier League. He has published more than 1000 peer-reviewed publications during his 30 years on the faculty at Harvard. Eric has received several awards for his work including the American Society for Nutrition Innovation Award. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Andrea Romanos-Nanclares\n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Romanos-Nanclares is a nutritional and cancer epidemiologist. Her research focuses on understanding the role of diet in breast cancer prevention and survival. As a recipient of the K99/R00 grant from the National Cancer Institute\, she is leading a project to investigate the role of chronic inflammation—specifically related to diet—in breast cancer development\, focusing particularly on estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer. Using a multi-omics approach\, she is combining metabolomics of pro-inflammatory dietary patterns\, plasma proteomics\, and tumor tissue transcriptomics\, drawing on the extensive resources of the Nurses’ Health Studies. Her long-term goal is to integrate diet and lifestyle factors with multi-omics biomarkers to understand the biological pathways underlying aggressive breast tumors and extend this work into cancer survivorship.  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Chong Yap Seng\n \n \n \n \n\nProfessor Chong Yap Seng is Dean of the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine\, Deputy Chief Executive (Education and Research) at the National University Health System\, and Pro-tem Executive Director of Singapore’s RIE Grand Challenge on Maximising Healthy and Successful Longevity. He is also the Chief Clinical Officer at A*STAR’s Institute for Human Development\, lead principal investigator of the GUSTO and S-PRESTO birth cohort studies\, and a practicing obstetrician. A recipient of multiple research accolades\, including the National Outstanding Clinician Scientist Award (2017)\, he was conferred the ATOM Lifetime Achievement Award for Healthcare. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Meir Stampfer\n \n \n \n \n\nMeir Stampfer earned his MD from NYU School of Medicine and his DrPH from Harvard School of Public Health\, where he is Research Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition; he previously served as Epidemiology Department Chair. He also serves as Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on cardiovascular diseases\, cancer\, diabetes and cognitive decline. He is consistently identified among the most highly cited scientists. Dr. Stampfer has been closely involved with the Nurses’ Health Study since 1979\, and has served as PI and co-PI for part of that time. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Deirdre Tobias\n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Deirdre Tobias is an Associate Professor and epidemiologist at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and HSPH\, leading research in nutrition\, obesity\, and chronic disease prevention. Dr. Tobias’s work focuses on the long-term health impacts of diet and lifestyle\, and the advancement of rigorous and reproducible research methods. Dr. Tobias is the PI of NIH-funded research\, including investigating the metabolic link between obesity and cancer. She is the Academic Editor for the top-ranked American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and recently served as a member of the scientific committee for the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Michelle Williams\n \n \n \n \n\nMichelle A. Williams\, ScD\, Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health\, Stanford University\, School of Medicine\, Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology\, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health\, Former Dean of the Faculty\, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Williams is a renowned epidemiologist\, an award-winning educator\, and a widely recognized academic leader. She is a tenured Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford University. Her research places special emphasis in the areas of reproductive\, perinatal\, pediatric\, and molecular epidemiology. She has published more than 550 scientific articles and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2016. She has an undergraduate degree in biology and genetics from Princeton University\, a master’s in civil engineering from Tufts University\, and master’s and doctoral degrees in epidemiology from the Harvard Chan School. Her book\, “The Cure for Everything: The Epic Struggle for Public Health and a Radical Vision for Human Thriving\,” was published by Penguin Random House on February 3\, 2026. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Walter Willett\n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Walter Willett is a physician and epidemiologist and Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He served as Chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard for 25 years. Much of his work has been on the development of methods\, using both questionnaire and biochemical approaches\, to study the effects of diet on the occurrence of major diseases. He has published over 2\,200 research papers\, primarily on lifestyle risk factors for heart disease and cancer\, and has written the textbook\, Nutritional Epidemiology. He also has four books for the general public. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the recipient of many national and international awards for his research. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Cuilin Zhang\n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Cuilin Zhang is a Chair Professor in Medicine  at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine\,  the Founding Director of the Global Centre for Asian Women’s Health\, and the Lead for Population Health Study program of  NUS Asian Centre for Reproductive Longevity and Equity (ACRLE). Dr. Zhang is also directing  the NUS Master of Science Program of Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine.  Dr. Zhang holds an Adjunct Professorship of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.   \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Juan Helen Zhou\n \n \n \n \n\nAssociate Professor Juan Helen Zhou is Director of the Centre for Translational MR Research and an Associate Professor at the Centre for Sleep and Cognition\, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine\, National University of Singapore. Her research focuses on selective brain network vulnerability in ageing and neuropsychiatric disorders\, leveraging multimodal neuroimaging and machine learning to advance precision neurology and psychiatry. She serves as an editor or board member for leading journals. She is also an OHBM Fellow and serves on the Council\, Program Committee\, and Area Chair of ISMRM\, OHBM\, MICCAI\, and KDD. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School. \n In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted programs through our Advanced Learning Academy\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n \n \n \n Degree Programs \n \n \n \n How to Apply \n \n \n \n Advanced Learning Academy URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/nutrition/events/womens-health-conference-2026/ LOCATION:Simmons University\, in the Main College Building’s Linda K. Paresky Conference Center\, 300 Fenway\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02115 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/AdobeStock_424033985-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T171500 DTSTAMP:20260518T065348 CREATED:20260513T204507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T142313Z UID:111360006007-1794240000-1794244500@hsph.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Fasting Mimicking Diet Cycles In Multi-System Regeneration and Disease Treatment DESCRIPTION:Home / 404\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStrategies for improving women’s health explored at student-led summit\n\n\n\n Health Policy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Hide caption\n \n \n \n \n \n Show caption\n \n \n\n\n From left: Robin Vergouwen\, Bridget O’Kelly\, Christina Nielsen\, Aracely Guzman\, and Betzael Bravo. Photo: Miladin Balos / Oculux\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n21st Annual Stare-Hegsted Lecture\n\n\n\nValter Longo\, PhD\, Edna Jones Professor in Biological Sciences and Gerontology at USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology will serve as the distinguished speaker for the 21st Annual Stare-Hegsted Lecture. \n\n\n\nLecture Overview: Based on the discovery by his laboratory of the role of the Tor-S6k pathway in accelerating aging and diseases\, the Longo lab developed the Fasting mimicking Diet (FMD)\, a periodic intervention that activates stem cells\, cellular reprogramming and autophagy to extend longevity and reverse diseases in rodents. In over 40 clinical trials\, five-day FMD cycles resulted in the reduction of biological age and regression of multiple diseases.  \n\n\n\nThis annual lecture honors Drs. Fredrick Stare and Mark Hegsted\, who were the founders of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 1942\, which was the first department of nutrition in any medical center or school of public health in the U.S. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n Valter Longo\, PhD \n Valter Longo\, PhD\, is the Edna Jones Professor in Biological Sciences and Gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology\, one of the oldest and leading centers for aging research. His laboratory studies the fundamental mechanisms of aging in yeast\, rodents and humans by using genetics and biochemistry techniques with focus on the nutrient-response signal transduction pathways.\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDepartment of Nutrition\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Unleash your potential at Harvard Chan School. \n In addition to our degree programs\, we offer highly targeted programs through our Advanced Learning Academy\, directed and taught by Harvard faculty. \n \n \n \n Degree Programs \n \n \n \n How to Apply \n \n \n \n Advanced Learning Academy URL:https://hsph.harvard.edu/nutrition/events/fasting-mimicking-diet-cycles-in-multi-system-regeneration-and-disease-treatment/ LOCATION:Kresge G3 or Zoom\, 677 Huntington Ave\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02115 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Stare-Hegsted-Lecture.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR