Events Calendar

Speakers: Shalini H. Shah, DO, FAAP, Pediatric and Reproductive Environmental Health Fellow, Boston Children's Hospital Location: HSPH Kresge Building G3 & Zoom Details: Shalini Shah, DO, FAACP will describe the established categories by which the climate crisis impacts health and explain occupational health considerations in the context of the climate crisis. She will explain environmental … Continue reading "Exploring the Intersection of the Climate Crisis and Human Health"

Speaker: Nancy Lessin, MS, Senior Staff for Strategic Initiatives, United Steelworkers - Tony Mazzocchi Center for Health, Safety and Environmental Education (retired) and Advisor to the National Conference on Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH). Location: HSPH FXB G12 and Zoom Details: Nancy Lessin will discuss two competing theories of workplace injury causation and describe … Continue reading "Increasing the Effectiveness of Workplace Safety and Health Committees: A Labor Perspective"

Title: Lung Interoception Speaker: Xin Sun, PhD, Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, UC San Diego Location: HSPH Building 1, Room 1302 and Zoom

Speaker: Jessica Wolpaw Reyes, PhD, Professor of Economics at Amherst College Location: Building 1, Room 1302 and via Zoom Details: Join the Harvard Chan-NIEHS Center for Environmental Health’s colloquium series on Environmental Health in Action. This month, we welcome Jessica Wolpaw Reyes, PhD, professor of Economics at Amherst College, whose research focuses on public health and social impacts of environmental … Continue reading "Thinking Structurally about Structural Environmental Racism: Lead as a Case Study"

Speakers: Sally Hamm, MD, First-year Resident, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Vasileia Varvarigou, MD, Occupational Medicine Attending Physician, Cambridge Health Alliance Location: HSPH, Kresge G3 and Zoom Details: Drs. Sally Hamm and Vasileia Varvarigou will describe the changes in anthropometry throughout pregnancy and explain how anthropometric changes in pregnancy … Continue reading "Lifting for Two: Ergonomic Considerations for Pregnant Workers"

Speaker: Jehan Alladina, MD Instructor in Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Location: HSPH Building 1, Room 1302 and Zoom Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/96260666705?pwd=cnJJWXVLSGlJVjBuWnhFUGVTL0tMZz09

Title: High-Resolution Data on Mobility, The Built Environment, and Physical Activity: Embedding smartphone GPS and consumer wearables within a cohort study to improve environmental epidemiology  Location: Kresge G3 and Zoom  Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/96290795782?pwd=RUVQNkQyNGJTRG1mVkI0RlNMVkljUT09  Password: Spring 

Monday, March 20, 2023; 1:10 PM – 1:50 PM EST Speaker: Lou DiBerardinis, MS, CIH, CSP. Director, Environment, Health, and Safety, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and instructor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Details: Lou Diberardinis will discuss the process for incorporating health and safety into laboratory design and describe the key health and … Continue reading "Health and Safety Aspects in Laboratory Design: Prevention Thru Design"

Title: Conducting Public Health Research in a Limited Resource Setting: Challenges and Opportunities (Lebanon)  Speaker: Myriam Mrad, PhD, chair of the Public Health Department at the University of Balamand in Lebanon, PI for the NIH GeoHub for Climate and Health in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)  Location: HSPH Building 1, 1302 and Zoom  … Continue reading "Special Lecture, Harvard Chan-NIEHS Center for Environmental Health"

Speaker(s):Jacob Berry, MD, First-year resident, HSPH Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency. Craig Rohan, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Wright State Physicians and Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. Details: Drs. Berry and Rohan will identify relevant clinical factors for mask-associated dermatologic pathology and discuss occupationally relevant differentials for mask-associated dermatologic pathology. … Continue reading "Unmasked! Occupational Mask-related Acne"