Events

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Upcoming events

Spring workshop | Learn to use TikTok to share health and science information

Thumbnail of youtube video about tips for scicomm on TikTokTuesday, March 21 and April 4 / 5:30-8:o0 pm ET

Short vertical video—the kind you can’t stop watching on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts—is today’s most popular and compelling story form. Join us to learn how to use this powerful storytelling format and then put what you’ve learned into practice. Expect insider tips and tricks, video best practices, and lots of hands-on practice and feedback.

 

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

Jo Ellen Stryker of the CDC

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

Cristi Barnett, Emily Kontos, Ekta Saksena, and Jo Stryker

Wednesday, March 22 / 5:30-7:00 pm ET

Join us to learn about the many career options available to those with an interest in health and science communication! A panel discussion and exclusive networking opportunity with Cristi Barnett, VP and Head of Corporate Communications at Editas Medicine; Emily Kontos, Managing Editor at EBSCO Health; Ekta Saksena, Senior Health Communication Specialist at FHI 360; and Jo Stryker, Chief of the Prevention Communication Branch in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention at the CDC.

 

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 NolenStephanie Nolen New York Times reporter, global health

 

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

Mikka Macdonald of Community Change (left) and Ashwath Narayanan of Social Currant (right)

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 

Photo of a group of press photographers taking photos

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

Photo of Linda Villarosa

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 

Photo of Briony Swire-Thompson

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 

Photo of Gabby Stern, director of communications at the WHO

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  

Illustration of a talk bubble with the "..." symbolized by crumpled up paper

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.

 


Journalist Joanne Kenen teaches The Media and the Message: Understanding the Media Landscape and Its Impact on Public Health at Harvard Chan in Spring 2022

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.