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Research Seminars Series – Lisa Rokoff & Xinan Wang

September 24, 2021 @ 1:10 pm - 1:50 pm

Prenatal Chemical and Non-Chemical Stressors and Early Adulthood Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms

Speaker: Lisa Rokoff, SM
PhD Candidate, Department of Environmental Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to 1) explain the public health burden of anxiety and depression in young adults; 2) describe associations between prenatal organochlorine and metal exposures and anxiety and depressive symptoms in early adulthood; and to 3) identify non-chemical stressors that may alter sensitivity to the impact of these chemical exposures on anxiety and depressive symptoms.

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Smoking History as a Potential Predictor of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Efficacy in Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Speaker: Xinan Wang, MS
PhD Candidate, Department of Environmental Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to 1) describe the association between smoking history and clinical outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); and to 2) describe the predictive effect of smoking history on ICI efficacy in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

 

This event will be in person for anyone with an active Harvard appointment (student, staff, faculty). 

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Details

Date:
September 24, 2021
Time:
1:10 pm - 1:50 pm

Venue

Kresge G3
677 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115 United States
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