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Monday, April 12

"Dietary Factors and Body Weight Regulation in Healthy Adults"

Speaker: Megan McCrory, postdoctoral research associate, Energy Metabolism Laboratory, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University

Sponsor: Department of Nutrition

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




Thursday, April 15

"Functional Analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene Products"

Speaker: Junjie Chen, postdoctoral fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Sponsor: Department of Cancer Cell Biology

FXB G-13, 11:00 a.m.


"Costing Maternal Health Services: Applications in Bolivia and Uganda"

Speaker: Tania Dmytraczenko, Abt Associates

Sponsor: Department of Population and International Health, International Health Systems Group

SPH I-1112, 12:15 p.m.


"Toxic Equivalency: The Use of Multimedia Environmental Fate and Transport Models in Life Cycle Assessment"

Speaker: Edgar Hertwich, Energy and Resources Group, University of California at Berkeley

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

FXB G-12, 12:30-2:00 p.m.


"Does Microcredit Research Reach the Poor and Vulnerable? Evidence from Northern Bangladesh"

Speaker: Ashok Rai, institute associate, Harvard Institute for International Development

Sponsor: Center for Population and Development Studies

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




Friday, April 16

"TCG-Beta Receptor Signaling Through Smads"

Speaker: Ying Zhang, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Growth and Development, University of California at San Francisco

Sponsor: Department of Cancer Cell Biology

Kresge G-2, 11:00 a.m.


"Research Ethics in Studies Involving Genetic Markers"

Speaker: David Hunter (right), associate professor, Department of Epidemiology

Sponsor: Human Subjects Committee

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


"The HIV-AIDS Epidemic in Tanzania: Impact of Preventive Activities"

Speaker: Gunnar Kvale, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Norway

Sponsor: Center for Population and Development Studies

9 Bow Street, Cambridge, 4:30-6:00 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 office hours at HSPH on April 15 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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