When the Science Says Children But the Law Says Adults: Trying and Sentencing Youth as Adults

Virtual

All 50 states have transfer laws that either allow or require children to be prosecuted in adult criminal court for certain offenses. Attorney Marsha Levick, Esq. will provide an overview of the transfer law legal landscape and potential legal challenges to transfer laws. Neuroscientist BJ Casey, Ph.D. will speak about the science of adolescence and explore … Continue reading "When the Science Says Children But the Law Says Adults: Trying and Sentencing Youth as Adults"

FXB Center Work in Progress Seminar: Update on The Constellations Project and RESPND-MI (Mpox)

Virtual

Join this François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center work in progress (WIP) seminar to hear Dr. Makofane discuss two projects which he has been working on since 2022. The Constellations Project aims to 1) provide a data-based analysis of structural racism in public health scholarship, 2) provide easily digestible data on research collaborations to the public, and 3) foster … Continue reading "FXB Center Work in Progress Seminar: Update on The Constellations Project and RESPND-MI (Mpox)"

“AI” for Causal Inference in Health Research What Can We Learn from Data and How Much Learning Can We Automate?

Virtual In Person

The Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series Open to the public Speaker: Miguel Hernán, MD, DrPH Kolokotrones Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Director, CAUSALab Department of Epidemiology Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Abstract: The tools now referred to as AI may assist, or replace, health researchers who learn from data. This talk describes a … Continue reading "“AI” for Causal Inference in Health Research What Can We Learn from Data and How Much Learning Can We Automate?"