Religion and Public Health Seminar

The Religion and Public Health Seminar Series is funded by the Templeton Foundation and jointly sponsored by the Department of Epidemiology and the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health. The seminar series brings in leading scholars who present research on the interface between religion and public health.

This semester’s speakers include:

Peter Van Ness (Yale University): Friday March 29, 12:30pm, FXB-G12 “Religion, Public Health, and the Revaluation of Risk: Programmatic Opportunities and Analytical Implications”

Marc Musick (University of Texas at Austin): Wednesday, April 10, 12:30pm, Kresge G3
“Race-related Stress, Religion and Mental Health Among African American Adults”

Harold Koenig (Duke University): Tuesday May 7, 12:30pm, FXB-G12 “Religion, Spirituality and Health: Are they related and why?”

Past speakers have included Ellen Idler (Emory University) and Neal Krause (University of Michigan).