The Harvard School of Public Health delivers live and on demand video of symposia, graduation, courses, and other important events taking place at the school.
The school employs both Windows Media technology as well as RealNetwork's technology.
Highlights
HSPH Commencement 2007 -- June 7, 2007, featuring Dr. Julio Frenk, Former Minister of Health, Mexico. Here you'll find links to the Commencement webcast, video and photo gallery.
HSPH Videos and Podcasts -- tour Public Health Through the Lens of the School.
Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series -- video coverage from the symposium series hosted by Dean Barry R. Bloom.
Cancer Prevention Dialogues -- watch streaming videos of these engaging, informative discussions with leaders in field.
Podcast Archive
From the HSPH podcast series Conversations in Public Health:
Health Effects of Coffee. Rob van Dam, assistant professor of nutrition, talks about the health effects of the popular beverage. (10/4/07, length: 5:41)
Ulcerative Colitis. Laurie Glimcher, Irene Heinz Given Professor of Immunology, and Wendy Garrett, Research Fellow, on likely cause of ulcerative colitis in mice and what it means for humans. (10/4/07: 4:07)
Hospital Rankings. Ashish Jha, assistant professor of health policy and management, says that choosing a hospital ranked high in quality of care can improve your odds of survival. (8/22/07, length: 4:00)
Health Courts. Michelle Mello, associate professor of health policy and law, discusses her research on
health courts, a new approach to resolving medical liability disputes.
(8/10/07,
length: 9:33)
Chemicals and Children. Philippe Grandjean,
adjunct professor of environmental health,
talks about the vulnerability of the
developing fetus and child to chemicals found in the environment. (8/2/07, length: 10:29)
Video Archive
Health Disparities and the Body Politics Symposium Series
Making Disparities Count: From Government Statistics Systems to Action
Third Symposium held May 5, 2005
Second Symposium held April 14, 2005 Spreading the Health: Government's Role in Addressing Health Disparities
First Symposium held March 3, 2005
David Satcher Lecture -- Former US Surgeon General David Satcher speaks as part of the Public Health Practice and Leadership Speaker Series, sponsored by the Division of Public Health Practice. March 13, 2008.
2006 Richmond Award and Lecture -- honoring: Anthony Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and William Foege, Gates Foundation Global Health Program.
144th Cutter Lecture on Preventative Medicine -- video coverage of event held May 4, 2006, featuring Professor Nancy Mueller.
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: Emerging threat or unwarranted concern? -- from symposium held November 10, 2005
Humanitarian Response to the Asian Tsunami: Lessons Learned and Relearned -- from event held March 10, 2005.
Julius B. Richmond Award and Lecture -- from event held October 28, 2004.
Isolation and Quarantine -- A Satellite Training Broadcast sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Harvard Center for Public Health Preparedness
Cyprus and HSPH Leaders Speak on Environmental Health Initiative -- Tuesday, June 2, 2004.
The 140th Cutter Lecture on Preventive Medicine -- video coverage of event held Wednesday, May 5, 2004.
The Future of the Health Care System -- video coverage from the Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series held April 1, 2004, featuring Samuel O. Thier, Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School.
Genetic Variations among African HIVs: Implications for Vaccines and Drugs -- video coverage of event held on April 8, 2004 featuring Dean Barry Bloom, Mr. Richard Marlink, and Professor Myron Essex.
Energy Use and Human Health -- video coverage of event held Tuesday, February 20, 2004.
Regulation of Aging in Yeast and Animals by SIR2 -- video coverage from the Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series held January 29, 2004
The 139th Cutter Lecture on Preventive Medicine -- held December 11, 2003
The Healthier Food Guide Pyramid: From Science to Practice -- video coverage of event held Tuesday, September 9, 2003.
Audio Slide Show Archive
New Research on Causes of Ulcerative Colitis -- HSPH Professor Laurie Glimcher and Research Fellow Wendy Garrett describe their research on this disease of the colon or large intestine that afflicts half a million Americans.
Surprising Cell Properties -- Cells stretching like molten glass? Jeffrey Fredberg, professor of bioengineering and physiology, discusses his research into cell properties.
Future of Public Health Series
Hosted by Dean Barry R. Bloom
"Crossing Boundaries: Perspectives from Science, Economics, International Health, and Public Opinion"
(http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/foph/may2.html)
"Genes and the Environment: The Origins of Asthma"
(http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/foph/asthma.html)
"From Science to Action: Salt as a Case Study"
(http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/announcements/millennial_may3.html)
"Bioterrorism: Public Health Perils, Public Health Response"
(http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/bioterrorism/symposium/)
"Genomics: A Population Perspective"
(http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/announcements/newmillennial.html)
"Genomics and Biostatistics in the 21st Century "
(http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/announcements/millennial_may9.html)
Symposia and other News Events
Health Disparities: A Global Dilemma -- A symposium in honor of former deans Howard H. Hiatt and Harvey V. Fineberg
(http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/live/Global_Dilemma.html)
America's Food Environment: The New Health Hazard?
(http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/food/)
Commencement
HSPH Commencement 2007
June 7, 2007, featuring Dr. Julio Frenk, Former Minister of Health, Mexico.
HSPH Commencement 2006
June 8, 2006, featuring Julie Gerberding, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
HSPH Commencement 2005
June 9, 2005, featuring Mr. Stephen Lewis, United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Africa and Director of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
HSPH Commencement 2004
June 10, 2004, featuring Paul Farmer, the Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
HSPH Commencement 2003
June 5, 2003, featuring Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, Managing Director, The World Bank.
HSPH Commencement 2002
June 6, 2002, featuring Former US Surgeon General David Satcher.
HSPH Commencement 2001
Video footage from HSPH Commencement on June 7, 2001 featuring Julio Frenk, Minister of Health of Mexico.
The Pride of Harvard's Longwood
Song composed by Rick Bell. Performed at HSPH Commencement on June 10, 1999 by Rick Bell, Julie Pulerwitz, Carolynne Shinn and Pamela Surkan.