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Applied Biostatistics Certificate: Methods & Applications

Virtual

This online course offers a comprehensive introduction to biostatistics in medical research. The course includes a review of the most common techniques in the field, as well as the manner in which these techniques are applied in standard statistical software. Weekly lectures are combined with learning assessments and practicum exercises to support and engage participants. … Continue reading "Applied Biostatistics Certificate: Methods & Applications"

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

Longwood Campus

March 27 – 30, 2023 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 … Continue reading "Exec. Ed.: Management and Leadership Skills for EHS Professionals"

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CHDS Seminar with Matthew Adler: “Social Welfare Functions and Health Policy”

Virtual

Abstract:  The social welfare function (SWF) framework is a policy-evaluation methodology that is well accepted within various economic literatures.  Unlike cost-benefit analysis, which measures well-being effects on a monetary scale, the SWF framework employs an interpersonally comparable well-being measure.  There are different possible functional forms for an SWF, including a “prioritarian” SWF—one that gives greater … Continue reading "CHDS Seminar with Matthew Adler: “Social Welfare Functions and Health Policy”"

What are the Community Level Drivers and Solutions to Homelessness? Exploring Evidence from Research on the Structural Determinants of Homelessness

Virtual

Description Understanding the primary structural drivers of homelessness is of critical importance for developing policy responses that can drive aggregate reductions in the number of persons experiencing homelessness.  This talk will summarize research examining the structural factors and conditions that explain variation in rates of homelessness across communities or within communities over time.  In so … Continue reading "What are the Community Level Drivers and Solutions to Homelessness? Exploring Evidence from Research on the Structural Determinants of Homelessness"

Psychedelics in the Global North

Virtual

In partnership with the RAND Drug Policy Research Center, the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR) at the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce an upcoming virtual panel on Psychedelics in the Global North, the first of a three-part spring series. Future events in April and May will discuss psychedelics in the Global … Continue reading "Psychedelics in the Global North"

MIPS Seminar: Targeting treatment resistant senescent cells in ovarian cancer

Virtual In Person

Jonathan Choiniere, PhD Research Fellow, John B. Little Center Harvard Chan School This presentation is a work in progress update that will describe the induction of cellular senescence in ovarian cancer via chemo therapies and the elucidation of potential vulnerabilities in these senescent ovarian cancer cells using anti-apoptotic BCL-W inhibitors.

2023 Howard, Dorsey, Still Lecture and Diversity Awards Ceremony

Virtual In Person

2023 Howard, Dorsey, Still Lecture and Diversity Awards Ceremony "Diversity: A Personal Journey From Then to Now" Guest Speaker: Shirley Marks, MD, MPH, DLFAPA, HMS '73 Psychiatrist and former Regional Director Behavioral Health Services Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Correctional Managed Care The second African American woman graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Marks … Continue reading "2023 Howard, Dorsey, Still Lecture and Diversity Awards Ceremony"

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Prioritization and Design of Clinical Trials Using Value of Information Analysis

Virtual

The Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series Open to the public. Speaker: Myriam Hunink, MD, PhD Professor and Principal Investigator of Assessment of Radiological Technology (ART) Erasmus Medical Center Adjunct Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Abstract: In this talk I will present a framework for clinical trial design based on value considerations rather … Continue reading "Prioritization and Design of Clinical Trials Using Value of Information Analysis"