Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies

The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (Pop Center) is dedicated to understanding the dynamic interplay between global population health, demographic changes and the social and physical environment. We bring together scientists from across schools at Harvard and globally to make exciting advances in population research.

The Work of our Center... 

Supports an analytic and research platform that enables practitioners to work and report on large scale population based studies with rich depth and demographic data.

Connects numerous research centers across campus and around the world, thus creating a "community" that fosters collaboration and integration of intellectual capital.

Trains students at all levels to become leaders in population health by close collaboration and by way of the latest technologies in the selection, design, development, management, and dissemination of data.

Learn More about the Pop Center...

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Check video clips of our researchers and events:

Watch Director Lisa Berkman discuss America's aging population, one of the Pop Center's primary research areas, on the PBS program "Open Mind."

View our Master Calendar

Upcoming events:

April 30 - "The Evolutionary Significance of Human Social Networks," presented by Nicholas Christakis, Professor of Medical Sociology, Department of Health Care Policy and  Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; and Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. More details

May 10 - "Social relationships and health: What We Know and What We Wished We Knew," presented by Sheldon Cohen, Doherty Professor of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University. More details