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 2023-2024 Department Seminars

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All seminars are open to the public and will be held on Zoom unless otherwise noted.

Persons with disabilities who would like to request accommodations or have questions about physical access may contact cliebent@hsph.harvard.edu in advance of the program or visit.

The Harvard Chan School hosts a diverse array of speakers, invited to share both scholarly research and personal perspectives. They do not speak for the School, and hosting them does not implyl endorsement of their views, organizations, or employers.


Butterworth headshotChallenges and Opportunities of Large-Scale Multi-Omics in Population Research

January 24, 2024

1:00-1:50PM

Adam Butterworth, PhD
Professor of Molecular Epidemiology
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
University of Cambridge 

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Allen headshotUK Biobank: A Unique Global Resource for Health-Related Research and Discovery Science

January 31, 2024

1:00-1:50PM

Naomi Allen, DPhil, MSc
Professor in Epidemiology
The Nuffield Department of Population Health
University of Oxford

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Chibnik headshotPlatform Clinical Trials, the What, Why and How: Experiences from ALS

February 7, 2024

1:00-1:50PM

Lori Chibnik, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Division of Biostatistics, Massachusetts General Hospital

Location:
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Kresge building, Room 502

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Papatheodorou headshotInferential Challenges in Climate Change and Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health: Traditional and Contemporary Issues

February 14, 2024

1:00-1:50PM

Stefania Papatheodorou, MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Epidemiology
Rutgers School of Public Health
Adjunct Associate Professor in Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Akena, Chibnik, Koenen, and Majara headshotsPsychosis Genetics Research in Africa: Building Capacity by Investing in People

February 28, 2024

1:00-1:50PM

Recording TBD

 

 

Karestan Koenen, PhD
Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Dickens Akena, MB, ChB, MMed
Psychiatrist and Senior Lecturer
Department of Psychiatry
Makerere University College of Health Sciences

Lori Chibnik, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School

Lerato Majara, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

 


Manson headshotNovel Insights on Precision Nutrition from the VITAL and COSMOS Trials

March 6, 2024

1:00-1:50PM

JoAnn E. Manson, MD, MPH, DrPH, MACP
Chief of the Division of Preventive Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Professor of Medicine, Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women’s Health, Harvard Medical School
Professor in the Department of Epidemiology,
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Location:
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
677 Huntington Avenue, Kresge building, Room 502
Boston, MA 02115

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Hernandez-Diaz 297Safety of GLP-1 Receptor Analogues in Pregnancy: Initial Real-World-Evidence

March 27, 2024

1:00-1:50PM

Sonia Hernández-Díaz, MD, DrPH
Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Galea headshotReconsidering Population Health Science in the Post-War Era

April 3, 2024

1:00-1:50PM

Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH
Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor
Boston University School of Public Health

 

Location:
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
677 Huntington Ave, Kresge building, Room 502
Boston, MA 02115

Register for in-person

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Postdocs “Works-in-Progress” Seminar

April 10, 2024

1:00-1:50PM

Du headshotMetabolomic Signature of Ultra-Processed Food Intake in Association with Colorectal Cancer Risk

Mengxi Du
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Meir headshotEstablishing Multi-Omics Risk Scores for Inflammation Markers and Their Utility in Epidemiological Research

Anat Yaskolka Meir
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

 

Zoom (virtual-only) Registration TBA


Ludvigsson headshot“My fellow Americans, ask not what US data can do for you, ask what you would be able to do with data from Sweden

April 24, 2024

1:00-1:50PM

Jonas Ludvigsson, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Karolinska Institutet

Zoom (virtual-only) Registration TBA

 


Hofman headshot.Why are Epidemiologists so Bad at Epidemics?

September 6, 2023

1:00-1:50PM

Albert Hofman, MD, PhD
Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology, Chair, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Location: Kresge 502 (in-person) & livestream

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Jones headshotHealth Anxieties, Politics, and the History of the Climate Crisis

September 13, 2023

1:00-1:50PM

David S. Jones, MD, PhD
A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine
Department of the History of Science, Harvard University
Professor in the Department of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Lauterbach headshotElevating Global Health: The Momentum of the UN High-Level Meetings 2023

Friday, September 22, 2023

3:00-3:50PM

Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach
Federal Minister of Germany for Health
Adjunct Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Location: Kresge G1 (in-person) and livestream

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Cai headshotGenerating Robust Evidence with Multi-institutional EHR Data

September 27, 2023

1:00-1:50PM

Tianxi Cai, ScD
John Rock Professor of Population and Translational Data Sciences
Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

 

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Dahabreh headshotLearning about a target population by combining information from multiple sources

October 4, 2023

1:00-1:50PM

Issa Dahabreh, MD, ScD
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

 

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Sharma headshotMental Health in Humanitarian Contexts: Evidence from Selected African Countries 

October 11, 2023

1:00-1:50PM

Manasi Sharma, ScD
MHPSS Technical Expert, UNICEF Office of Evaluation
Department Associate, Department of Epidemiology,
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Peto headshotQuantifying Regression Dilution and Residual Confounding in Epidemiology

October 18, 2023

1:00-1:50PM

Sir Richard Peto, FRS 
Emeritus Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology
The Nuffield Department of Population Health
University of Oxford

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Postdocs “Works-in-Progress” Seminar

October 25, 2023

1:00-1:50PM

Brown headshotApproaches to Account for Multiple Births in Epidemiological Studies of Pregnancy

Jeremy Brown, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, CAUSALab
Department of Epidemiology

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Strober headshotFine-Mapping Causal Tissues and Genes at Disease-Associated Loci

Benjamin Strober, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Kessler headshotDoes Psychiatric Hospitalization of Suicidal Emergency Department Patients Reduce Risk of Subsequent Suicidal Behaviors?

November 1, 2023

1:00-1:50PM

Ronald C. Kessler, PhD
McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy
Department of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School

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Jemal headshot

Using Surveillance Data to Promote Cancer Prevention and Control: Examples from the American Cancer Society

 November 15, 2023

1:00-1:50PM

Ahmedin Jemal, DVM, PhD
Senior Vice President
Surveillance & Health Equity Science
American Cancer Society

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Allen headshotUK Biobank: A Unique Global Resource for Health-Related Research and Discovery Science

November 29, 2023

1:00-1:50PM

Naomi Allen, DPhil, MSc
Professor in Epidemiology
The Nuffield Department of Population Health
University of Oxford

CANCELLED – Will be rescheduled.


VanderWeele headshotThe Paradoxes, Perplexities, and Power of Factor Analysis

December 6, 2023

1:00-1:50PM

Tyler J. VanderWeele, PhD
John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Location: Kresge 502 (in-person) and livestream

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Hanage headshotGenome, Evolution and Infectious Disease Epidemiology

January 18, 2023

1:00-2:00 PM

Bill Hanage, PhD
Associate Professor
Co-Director,
Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Works-in-Progress Seminar

January 25, 2023

1:00-2:00 PM

Knudsen headshot
Improving the Effectiveness of Colonoscopy Surveillance for Prevention of Colorectal Cancer

Markus Knudsen, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Liu headshot
Associations Between Germline Polygenic Risk Scores and Immune Cell Infiltration in Breast Cancer

Yuxi Liu, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

 


 

Bretthauer headshotScreening for Colorectal Cancer after the NordICC trial- Need to Re-consider?

February 1, 2023

1:00-1:50 PM

Michael Bretthauer, MD PhD
Professor of Medicine
Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Kresge 502 and livestream

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Hammonds headshot

The Origins of Health Disparities Research: W.E.B. DuBois’s Health and Physique of the Negro American (1906)

February 8, 2023

1:00-2:00 PM

Evelynn Hammonds, PhD
Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science
Professor of African and African American Studies & Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Stoltenberg photoWhen the Whole Country is a Cohort

February 15, 2023

1:00-2:00 PM

Camilla Stoltenberg, MD, PhD
Director General
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Professor, Department of Global Public Health
and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Norway

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Tamimi headshot

Integration of molecular and radiologic features to understand breast cancer risk:  Implications for risk assessment and prevention

March 1, 2023

1:00-1:50 PM

Rulla Tamimi, ScD
Professor of Population Health Sciences, Division Chief of Epidemiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Population Health Sciences

 


Beam headshotNeonatal Medicine and Machine Learning: Big Opportunities for Small Patients

March 8, 2023

1:00-2:00 PM

Andrew L. Beam, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

 

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Rebbeck headshot

Biological and Social Drivers of Cancer Inequities

March 22, 2023

1:00-2:00 PM

Timothy R. Rebbeck, PhD
Vincent L. Gregory, Jr. Professor of Cancer Prevention
Director, Zhu Family Center for Global Cancer Prevention
Director, Center for Cancer Equity and Engagement
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health & Dana Farber Cancer Institute

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Hunink headshotPrioritization and Design of Clinical Trials Using Value of Information Analysis

March 29, 2023

1:00-2:00 PM

Myriam Hunink, MD, PhD
Professor and Principal Investigator of Assessment of Radiological Technology (ART)
Erasmus Medical Center
Adjunct Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health


 

Hernan headshot

“AI” for Causal Inference in Health Research
What Can We Learn from Data and How Much Learning Can We Automate?

April 5, 2023

1:00-1:50 PM

Miguel Hernán, MD, DrPH
Kolokotrones Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Director, CAUSALab
Department of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Fortune headshotUsing Evolution as a Roadmap to Identify Determinants of TB Treatment and Infection Outcomes

April 12, 2023

1:00-2:00 PM

Sarah Fortune, MD
John LaPorte Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Chair, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Greenland headshotThere’s Not Much Science in Science
Addressing the Psychosocial Gap in Methodology

April 19, 2023

1:00-2:00 PM

Sander Greenland, DrPH
Professor Emeritus
UCLA School of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology

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Betensky Design and Analysis of N-of-1 Trials that Incorporate Sequential Monitoring

April 26, 2023

1:00-2:00 PM

Rebecca Betensky, PhD
Chair of the Department of Biostatistics
Professor of Biostatistics
School of Global Public Health
New York University

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Coresh headshotProtoeomics Discovery in Epidemiologic Cohorts: Dementia, Obesity, Heart and Kidney Disease

May 3, 2023

1:00-2:00 PM

Josef Coresh, MD, PhD
George W. Comstock Professor
Director, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Program
Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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