Exhibition “We Are Not Alone”: Legacies of Eugenics at Harvard Countway Library

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The FXB Center for Health & Human Rights, the Center for the History of Medicine at Harvard Countway Library, the Centre for Medical Humanities at Oxford Brookes University, the Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights, and the Harvard Department of the History of Science are co-sponsoring a showing of the exhibition “We Are Not Alone”: Legacies of Eugenics at Harvard’s Countway … Continue reading "Exhibition “We Are Not Alone”: Legacies of Eugenics at Harvard Countway Library"

FXB Center Child Protection Certificate Program: Apply Now!

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Are you passionate about Child Protection and interested in increasing your skills and building your professional network across sectors? The FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University is accepting applications for their 2023-2024 Child Protection Certificate cohort. Harvard graduate students across all schools and degree programs may apply, but admission is limited … Continue reading "FXB Center Child Protection Certificate Program: Apply Now!"

Drop-in Mindfulness Sessions

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The Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health warmly welcomes Harvard Chan students, staff, and faculty to come together for an afternoon mindfulness practice every Thursday from 1 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. The drop-in mindfulness sessions include sitting and walking meditations, learning about mindfulness, and practicing mindfulness to enhance our energy of ease and rest. The practice will start … Continue reading "Drop-in Mindfulness Sessions"

Requesting Your Input: How can Health-Related Research be Improved?

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Researchers, study teams, and research administrative staff: Submit your ideas and input to help us formulate research projects. The National Institutes of Health has asked its clinical and translational research centers, including Harvard Catalyst, to consider how the processes of developing, doing, and analyzing health-related research can be improved. Whether you work in health-related research, … Continue reading "Requesting Your Input: How can Health-Related Research be Improved?"

Exec. Ed. Online: Management and Leadership Skills for EHS Professionals

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Improving environmental health and safety performance within your organization requires an in-depth understanding of management principles and the leadership skills to drive change. You need to be able to build leadership buy-in for health, safety, and environmental initiatives, lead teams effectively, and create strategies for integrating EHS principles into the culture of your organization, including … Continue reading "Exec. Ed. Online: Management and Leadership Skills for EHS Professionals"

Online Course: Community-Engaged Research

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Apply by September 18, 2023! Community engagement in research provides an opportunity for greater trust and respect to be built between academic researchers and communities and, ultimately, improved community health. Therefore, this course was designed for both researchers and community members in mind. The purpose of this online course is two-fold: to build the skills … Continue reading "Online Course: Community-Engaged Research"

19th Freeman-Seage Symposium on Infectious Disease Epidemiology

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Please join us for the 19th Annual Freeman-Seage Symposium on Infectious Disease Epidemiology, to be held on September 28, 2023, from 1:30-6:30pm. The Symposium is held in memory of Drs. Jonathan Freeman and George Seage and their contributions to the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Interdisciplinary Concentration. Oral presentations: 1:30-3:30pm in Kresge G3 Poster Reception: 4:45-6:30pm in the … Continue reading "19th Freeman-Seage Symposium on Infectious Disease Epidemiology"

CrisisReady: Data-Driven Decision Making in a Changing Climate

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About 2023 has seen a new wave of climate extremes causing disruptions and displacement throughout the world, from heat and wildfires in North America and Europe to unprecedented flooding in Greece, Libya, and Hong Kong. Novel data sources and methods for analyzing human population dynamics and health impacts during extreme weather events are opening up … Continue reading "CrisisReady: Data-Driven Decision Making in a Changing Climate"