Recorded Events and Videos

February 7, 2024: Yerby Diversity Lecture in Public Health
“History Maker: A Fireside Chat with Dr. Vivian Pinn”

Presenter: Vivian W. Pinn, MD, Senior Scientist Emerita, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health; Founding Director (retired), Office of Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health. Facilitator: James Frater, MBBS, BSc, Candidate, Master of Public Health, and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health


October 3, 2023: Donald Hopkins Lecture
“Health Equity: Our Aspirational True North in Cardiovascular Medicine”

Presenter: Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, Vice Dean for Diversity and Inclusion; Chief of Cardiology, Department of Medicine; and Magerstadt Professor of Medicine and Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University.


March 23, 2023: Yerby Diversity Lecture in Public Health
“Toppling Statues in Academic Public Health”

Presenter: Linda A. Alexander, EdD, Chief Academic Officer, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.


October 19, 2022: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Fall Forum

Presenters: Lilu Barbosa, Chief Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer; and Stacey Miller, Co-Founder and Partner, Consortium for Inclusion & Equity.


March 2, 2022: Yerby Diversity Lecture in Public Health
“Challenges to Evidence-based Practice in Indigenous Community Mental Health.”

Presenter: Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, FACOG, President and CEO, Morehouse School of Medicine


November 16, 2021: Yerby Diversity Lecture in Public Health
“Challenges to Evidence-based Practice in Indigenous Community Mental Health”

Presenter: Joseph P. Gone, PhD, Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University, and of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Faculty Director, Harvard University Native American Program


May 4, 2021: Towards Sustainable Diversity Efforts, Part III: Next Iteration of DIB Priorities and Approaches for FY22-24

Presentation by the Strategic Planning Working Group of the Dean’s Advisory Committee on Diversity & Inclusion (DACDI), April 29 and May 4, 2021. Presenters: Lilu Barbosa, Chief Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer, and Constantine Psimopoulos, DACDI.


April 30, 2021: Health Equity and Leadership Conference

Click here to view all recorded sessions from the HEAL Conference.


April 22, 2021: Breaking Down the Model Minority Myth in AAPI Communities

A conversation on the model minority myth and how it impacts Asian and AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) communities in the United States. We discuss dangers of the myth and why it undermines BIPOC solidarity.


March 25, 2021: Belly of the Beast Film Screening and Discussion

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion hosted a screening of this documentary, which exposes modern-day eugenics and reproductive injustice in California prisons, through intimate accounts from currently and formerly incarcerated people. Dialogue and brief Q&A with the film’s creators centering the issues of Black maternal health and illegal sterilization within the prison system.


March 2, 2021: Yerby Diversity Lecture in Public Health, Spring 2021

“Advancing Health Equity: Using Evidence-Engaged Interventions Research to Transform Practice and Policy.” Presenter: Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH, FACP, James F. Fries Professor of Medicine and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Equity in Health and Healthcare, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and Bloomberg School of Public Health


February 25, 2021: Inaugural Donald Hopkins Scholars Lecture: “Eradicating the Guinea Worm: Challenges in the Beginning and at the End”

Presenter: Donald R. Hopkins, MPH ’70, former director of all health programs at The Carter Center, currently special advisor for Guinea worm eradication

Also: To hear an interview with Dr. Hopkins on the Harvard Chan School’s “Better Off” podcast, click on the player below, or click here for the episode with transcript.

February 10, 2021: “The Outcry for Social, Racial, and Environmental Health: Can Science and Community-Engaged Research Answer the Call?”

Presenter: Sacoby Wilson, associate professor, University of Maryland School of Public Health. Part of the 2020-2021 NIEHS Colloquium Series on Racism, Disparities, and Environmental Health.

February 3-4, 2021: Towards Sustainable Diversity Efforts, Part II: Our Learnings and Preliminary DIB Priority Areas

Presentation by the Strategic Planning Working Group of the Dean’s Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (DACDI). Presenters: Lilu Barbosa, Chief Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer, and Senait Mulu, co-chair, DACDI.

November 19, 2020: New Narratives Project: Voices from the Field

Presenters: Angela “Jackie” Kaslow, MPH, DrPH ’18, Interim Executive Director, Native Star Foundation; Project Director, Red Medicine Tobacco Prevention Project; Christine Mitchell, MDiv, ScD ’19, Research Associate, Health Instead of Punishment, Human Impact Partners; and Meghan Venable-Thomas, MPH, DrPH ’18, Cultural Resilience Program Director, Enterprise Community Partners; Project Manager, TRILLFIT. Moderator: Ra’Shaun Nalls, MPA, Director of Community Engagement, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

July 8, 2020: Towards Sustainable Diversity Efforts, Part I: Our Pathway Moving Forward

Presentation on strategic planning by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Presenter: Lilu Barbosa, Chief Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer.