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Monday, April 19

"Famines, Undernourishment, and Mortality"

Speaker: Amartya Sen, adjunct professor, Department of Population and International Health; Lamont University professor emeritus, HU; master, Trinity College, Cambridge, England

Sponsor: Department of Nutrition

FXB G-13, 12:00-1:00 p.m.


"Health in Our Communities: High-Performance Buildings"

Speaker: Hillary Brown, Loeb Fellow, Graduate School of Design

Sponsor: Department of Environmental Health, Environmental Science and Engineering Program

SPH I-1301, 12:30-1:30 p.m.


"National Narratives and Population Projects in the People's Republic of China"

Speaker: Susan Greenhalgh, University of California, Irvine

Sponsor: Department of Population and International Health, Population and Reproductive Health Seminar

SPH I-1112, 4:00-5:30 p.m.




Tuesday, April 20

"MassHealth Primary Care Clinician Plan: Provider Profiling"

Speaker: Judith Fleisher, assistant director, Provider Relations and Operations, Primary Care Clinician Plan, Division of Medical Assistance

Sponsor: Center for Quality of Care Research and Education

Kresge G-2, 12:30-1:25 p.m.




Wednesday, April 21

"Emerging Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease in the Developing Countries: An Agenda for Relevant Research"

Speaker: K. Srinath Reddy, professor, Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Affairs

Sponsor: Department of Nutrition

Kresge 201, 12:30-1:30 p.m.




Thursday, April 22

"Confronting AIDS: Identifying Government Priorities When Resources are Scarce"

Speaker: Martha Ainsworth, World Bank

Sponsor: Center for Population and Development Studies

9 Bow Street, Cambridge 4:30-6:00 p.m.




Friday, April 23

"Preventing Child Maltreatment Through a Program of Nurse Home Visitation: Mediating and Moderating Effects in a Long-Term Follow-Up Study"

Speaker: John Eckenrode, professor, Human Development, Cornell University

Sponsors: Department of Health and Social Behavior; Department of Health Care Policy, HMS

Room 224E, 180 Longwood Avenue, HMS, 12:00-1:00 p.m.


"Hepatitis C Virus"

Speakers: Jules Dienstag, Massachusetts General Hospital ; Margaret Koziel, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Sherri Stuver, assistant professor, Department of Epidemiology; Edward Tabor, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research

Sponsor: Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention

FXB G-10, 12:30-3:30 p.m.


"Transposium: A Transgender Health Symposium"

Speakers: Nancy Nangeroni, host, Gendertalk radio; Grace Stowell, executive director, Boston Alliance for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Youth (BAGLY); Alejandro Daviko Marcel, director, Transgender Education Network of JRI Health Program; Norm Spack, endocrinologist, Boston Children's Hospital; Gordene Mackenzie

Sponsors: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Alliance, HMS Kinsey 2 to 6'ers

FXB G-12, 3:30-8:00 p.m.


"Apprenticeship Issues in Science"

Speaker: Linda Wilcox, ombudsperson, HMS

Sponsor: Human Subjects Committee

FXB G-12, 12:30-1:30 p.m.


"Health as a Global Public Good"

Speaker: Lincoln Chen, Rockefeller Foundation

Sponsor: Center for Population and Development Studies

9 Bow Street, Cambridge, 4:30-6:00 p.m.







Above: Daniel Hohman, Master of Public Health student, sings about the glories of hair in a selection from the musical, Hair, at the April 10 International Night. Hair will be performed in its entirety by the Longwood Players on April 30 and May 1.
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  • See also the online HSPH calendar at www.hsph.harvard.edu/calendar/ for late-breaking events and a listing of events scheduled throughout the academic year.

  • Advisors to foreign students and scholars from the Harvard International Office will hold hours at HSPH on April 22 from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in Kresge G-10. Drop by or call 432-0488 to schedule an appointment. Please remember to bring your passport and other visa documents.




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