Dean's Distinguished Lecture
"Rethinking Health and Human Rights in the Age of Universal Access to HIV Treatment, Care, and Prevention"
Thursday, March 2
4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Snyder Auditorium
Speaker: Jim Yong Kim, Chief, Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, BWH, and Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Anthropology, HMS
GPTW Community Forum
"Family Studies in Genetics: A Review and Outlook"
Speaker: Christoph Lange, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics
Thursday, February 16
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Kresge G-2
Lunch will be provided.
RSVP to deansoff@hsph.harvard.edu.
This event is open to the HSPH community only.
Watch HSPH on Silver Screen
The HSPH community is invited to a special screening of two professionally produced videos that highlight life at the School. Both videos will be shown at three separate screenings on Thursday, February 23, at 11:30 a.m., 12:15 p.m., and 1 p.m. in Kresge G-3. Each session will last a total of about a half an hour. Introducing the videos will be Julie Rafferty, Director for Development Communications, Robin Herman, Assistant Dean for Communications, and John Barkan, producer and director.
A School in Action is packed with vibrant interviews of faculty members, staff, and students at the School and in the field. Individual "chapters" feature the subjects of Infectious Disease and Health; Violence and Health; Environment and Health; Diet, Obesity, and Health; Ideals of a World Community; and Solutions to Global Health.
HSPH members who are interviewed include Michelle Mello, Max Essex, Dyann Wirth, Tonya Villafana, Jennifer Leaning, Jhumka Gupta, Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Howard Hu, Jack Spengler, Steven Gortmaker, Walter Willett, Gökhan Hotamisligil, Kathryn Wellen Freidinger, Freeman Changamire, Ananya Roy, Marcelo Targino, Debbie Mattina, David Shelton, David Bloom, and Deans Bloom and Ware.
What Are You Going to Do About It? focuses on the poignant stories of several HSPH students. Physician Lulu Oguda describes wanting to address HIV/AIDS in Nairobi. Marcelo Targino talks of juggling his MPH studies with his duties as a part-time physician. Epidemiology student Xuefen Su hopes to take her knowledge back to China. Research fellow Michael Bank is examining sediment cores from Boston Harbor.
Their stories demonstrate the breadth of public health and help answer the video's question of what to do about public health challenges around the world.
Winter Wellness Fair
Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) is hosting a Winter Wellness Fair on Thursday, February 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Tosteson Medical Education Center Atrium, 260 Longwood Avenue. HUHS clinicians will provide health screenings and answer questions about primary care medicine; dental health; nutrition matters; student, faculty, and staff health plans; advocacy; travel health; eye care; emotional health; environmental health and safety; skin care; HUHS Pharmacy; wellness programs, and more. Free food, giveaways, and chair massages will be offered. For more information, call 617-495-9629.
Register for Poster Day
Registration is now open for the 20th Annual HSPH Poster and Exhibit Day to take place on Monday, April 3, 3:30-5:30 p.m., in the Kresge cafeteria. This event is an opportunity for the HSPH community to learn more about the exciting research and service activities being carried out by the School.
Two $500 prizes will be awarded-one for the best poster or exhibit prepared by students (or a team with a student as the first author) and one for the best poster or exhibit prepared by postdocs (or a team with a postdoc as the first author).
The deadline for registration is March 20. Please direct questions to Stephen Friday at 617-432-1018 or academic@hsph.harvard.edu.
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