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Monday, April 26

"Plant Foods and Carbohydrate Quality in the Etiology of Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease"

Speaker: Mark Pereira, postdoctoral fellow, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Sponsor: Department of Nutrition

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


"Increasing the Sensitivity of Epidemiologic Studies of Cancer"

Speaker: Noel Weiss, professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine

Sponsor: Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention

Snyder Auditorium, 3:30 p.m.




Tuesday, April 27

"Shaping the Quality of the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Which Factors Matter?"

Speaker: Dana Gelb Safran, senior policy analyst, Health Institute of the New England Medical Center; associate professor, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine

Sponsor: Center for Quality of Care Research and Education

Kresge G-2, 12:30-1:20 p.m.




Wednesday, April 28

"Rethinking Gender and Childhood Development"

Speaker: Eleanor Maccoby, professor of psychology, Stanford University; author, the Two Sexes

Sponsors: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Askwith Education Forum, Center for Applied Child Development, Tufts University

Harvard Graduate School of Education, Gutman Library Conference Center, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge, 6:00 p.m.




Thursday, April 29

"Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Citizen Participation in Peruvian Health Care Services: A Case Study from Four Cities"

Speaker: Bonnie Shepard, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

Sponsor: François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights

FXB G-3, 12:30-1:20 p.m.




Friday, April 30

"Ethical Issues in International Research"

Speaker: Richard Cash, lecturer, Department of Population and International Health

Sponsor: Human Subjects Committee

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





  • New on the Web:
    1999-2000 Housing Information at www.hsph.harvard.edu/housing. Includes brochures for summer 1999 and 1999-2000 academic year and an electronic bulletin board for those seeking housing and/or roommates.

  • Submit calendar listings to SPH I-1204, by noon on Monday of the week preceding the event. Listings may be transmitted via Email (rcunning@sph.harvard.edu).

  • 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 29 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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