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Monday, May 3

"Dietary Fatty Acids and Cholesterol and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: Recent Developments"

Speaker: Frank Hu, research associate, Department of Nutrition

Sponsor: Department of Nutrition

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


"Children Are Vulnerable to HIV Because They Are Not Political: Lessons From Tanzania"

Speaker: Rakesh Rajani, fellow, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School

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

FXB G-10, 12:30-1:20 p.m.




Tuesday, May 4

"Effects of Particles on Breathing Patterns"

Speaker: Gopala Gazula, research associate, Department of Environmental Health

Sponsor: Department of Environmental Health, Physiology Program

SPH I-1301, 9:30 a.m.


"The Nuts and Bolts of Estate Planning and Estate Tax Planning"

Speaker: Judith Mendel, attorney

Sponsor: HMS/HSDM Joint Committee on the Status of Women

Cannon Room, 240 Longwood Avenue, Harvard Medical School 12:00-1:00 p.m.




Wednesday, May 5

"Cancer Prevention in the Post-Genomics World"

Speaker: David Hunter, associate professor, Department of Epidemiology

Sponsor: Cancer Prevention Seminar

Kresge 502, 12:30-1:30 p.m.


"Searching for Genes in Complex Diseases: The Role of Family-Based Association Tests"

Speaker: Nan Laird, professor, Department of Biostatistics

Sponsor: Training Program in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Goldenson 122, 220 Longwood Avenue, Harvard Medical School 3:45-5:00 p.m.

(CME credits available.)




Friday, May 7

"Authorship Issues"

Speaker: Jerome Kassirer, editor-in-chief, New England Journal of Medicine

Sponsor: Human Subjects Committee

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


"Bootstrapping the Genome: How Accurate is a Radiation Hybrid Map?"

Speaker: Laura Lazzeroni, assistant professor, Department of Biostatistics, Stanford University

Sponsor: Program for Population Genetics, Department of Environmental Health

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





  • 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 May 6 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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