Seminar Series
The RWJF Health & Society Scholars post-doc program at Harvard is anchored by this bi-weekly seminar series and provides a forum for transdisciplinary analysis and discussion of major issues in population health. Faculty members from all four participating institutions (School of Public Health, Kennedy School of Government, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the Medical School) attend the sessions throughout the year. The seminars consist of presentations by faculty and postdoctoral researchers from both within and outside Harvard, and are known for yielding rich dialogue and debate.
Location: In Fall 2009, the seminars will be held at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, 9 Bow Street, Harvard Square. In the Spring 2010, seminars will be held at the Harvard School of Public Health, Kresge Building, Room 708, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston.
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Attendees: Open to faculty, research scientists, and postdoctoral fellows. Graduate students may attend with permission of one of the co-directors or a core faculty member.
Advanced Readings: Advanced readings are posted on this web site prior to the session.
No need to RSVP, however, if you have questions, please contact Claudette Agustin at cagustin@hsph.harvard.edu.
Fall 2009 Schedule
"Introduction to Population Health" sessions
September 3
"What is Population Health?" presented by Ichiro Kawachi, Chair, Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health and Co-Director of the RWJF Health and Society Scholars Program at Harvard
Readings:
1. Rose 2. Khaw 3. Cook 4. Manuel 5. Jackson 6. Frohlich 7. Marantz 8. Woolf
September 17
"Causality in Population Health: Observations vs. Interventions" presented by Lisa Berkman, Director, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, and Co-Director of the RWJF Health and Society Scholars Program at Harvard
Reading: Berkman-ARPH
"Early Life Course" sessions
October 1
"The Effects of Early Adversity on Brain Architecture" presented by Charles Nelson, Director of the Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience, Children's Hospital Boston. ***Note: This seminar series is open to faculty, postdoctoral research scientists, and postdoctoral fellows. Graduate students may only attend with permission of one of the co-directors or a core faculty member.
Reading: Nelson et al-Amer Scientist
October 15
"Developmental Approach to Obesity Prevention" presented by Matthew Gillman, Director, Obesity Prevention Program in the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, and Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Reading: Gillman.Chapter 19
October 29
"Immigrants Raising Citizens: The Second Generation in the First Years of Life" presented by Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Reading: Yoshikawa.Godfrey
"Mental Health" sessions
November 12
"Social Environment Modifies Genetic Effects: Examples from Psychiatric Epidemiology" presented by Karestan Koenen, Associate Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Readings: 1) Koenen.AJE 2) Koenen.JTS 3) Yehuda 4) Jama
For those more advanced in the topic: 1) Egger 2) Kaminsky 3) Moffitt 4) Risch
December 3
"Affective and Physiological Effects of Experimentally-Induced Social Status"- presented by Tamar Mendelson, Assistant Professor, Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.
December 17
"The Global Burden of Mental Disorders" presented by Ron Kessler, Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Winter/Spring 2010
January 21
Title TBD - presented by Lauren Smith, Medical Director of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
February 4
Title TBD - presented by Maria Glymour, Assistant Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health, HSPH.
February 18
Title TBD - presented by Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, Department of Economics, MIT.
March 4
Title TBD - presented by Amitabh Chandra, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
May 6 - TBD
May 20
Title TBD - presented by Laura Kubzansky, Associate Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health, HSPH.