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Upcoming events
Spring workshop | Learn to use TikTok to share health and science information
Tuesday, March 21 and April 4 / 5:30-8:o0 pm ET
This is an on-campus event. Food and drink will be provided. Register now.
Student workshop | From Act Against AIDS to Let’s Stop HIV Together: The 14-year evolution of an HIV campaign
Thursday, March 23 / 1-1:50 pm ET
Lessons learned about framing, priority audiences, and unintended effects from Jo Ellen Stryker, Chief of the Prevention Communication Branch in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This is an on-campus event. Lunch will be provided. Register now.
Panel + Networking Hour | Careers in Health Communication
Wednesday, March 22 / 5:30-7:00 pm ET
This is an on-campus event brought to you by the Center for Health Communication, the Health Communication Concentration, and the Office of Career and Professional Development. Food and drink will be provided. Register now.
AMA | New York Times global-health reporter Stephanie Nolen
Wednesday, March 22 / 1-1:50 pm ET
You’ve got questions about how journalism works. Stephanie Nolen, a journalist at the New York Times, has answers. Join this special ask-me-anything event to get your questions answered.
This is an on-campus event. Lunch will be provided. Register now.
Past events
Student workshop | TikTok, Gen-Z influencers, and the child tax credit: Lessons for public health
Wednesday, February 8 / 1-1:50 pm ET
Featuring Mikka Kei Macdonald, creative director, Community Change, and Ashwath Narayanan, founder + CEO, Social Currant.
This is an on-campus event reserved for Harvard Chan students. Lunch will be provided. Register now.
New course | Engaging with the Press: A Practical Look at Effective Public Health Communications
Fall 2022
In this 7-class noncredit seminar, Richard J. Tofel, former president of ProPublica and distinguished visiting fellow at Harvard Chan, will give students a deeper understanding of the relationship between public health and the press, a subject of particular importance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read our Q&A with Tofel about why this class matters. Follow us on Twitter to catch up on key lessons learned each week.
Student workshop | How to use narrative to highlight disparities and catalyze change
Tuesday, November 8 / 1-1:50 pm ET
Featuring Linda Villarosa, contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine and author of “Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation.”
Student workshop | Countering health misinformation: What really works
Thursday, October 27 / 1-1:50 pm ET
Featuring Briony Swire-Thompson, head of the Psychology of Misinformation Lab at Northeastern University.
Student workshop | A COVID-era case study in modern crisis communication
Friday, September 30 / 1-1:50 pm ET
Featuring Gabriella Stern, director of communications at the World Health Organization.
Social | Fall open house for health and science communicators
Monday, September 26 / 5-6:30 pm
Today’s public health leaders must engage with an increasingly fragmented and skeptical world. Join us to learn more about how the Center for Health Communication and the Health Communication Concentration can help you become a more powerful health and science communicator.
Seminar | The Media and the Message: Understanding the Media Landscape and Its Impact on Public Health
Spring 2022
In this three-part, noncredit seminar, veteran health journalist Joanne Kenen gave students a clear view of changes in the American media landscape and how they affect public health.
Read one student’s reflections on what they learned in this course.
