While farming is fundamental to human existence, its practice poses the greatest threat to Earth’s biodiversity and ecosystems. Growing plants and raising animals domesticated nearly 10,000 years ago displaces wildlife … Continue reading "Earth Week: Feeding the Globe Sustainably in the Twenty-First Century"
Join us for a conversation with Christiana Figueres, lead negotiator of the Paris Climate Agreement at the Harvard Kennedy School Robert S. McNamara Lecture on War and Peace, about writing the … Continue reading "The Decisive Decade for Climate Action with Christiana Figueres"
SPECIAL SLOAN SEMINAR ON AGING AND WORK – Gwen Fisher, PhD, associate professor, director, Occupational Health Psychology Concentration, Colorado State University, will present “Job characteristics and later life cognitive functioning.” … Continue reading "Special Sloan Seminar on Aging and Work with Gwen Fisher"
This virtual conference, titled “Cultivating Joy and Collective Restoration: (Re)Imagining and (Re)Claiming Pleasure and Liberation”, aims to bring together graduate students, early career scholars, community activists, educators, and creatives of … Continue reading "Graduate Student Conference on Cultivating Joy and Collective Restoration"
Fourteen months into an unprecedented, worldwide pandemic, we now find ourselves on the precipice of hope. Thanks to the miracle of science and increases in production and distribution, the U.S. … Continue reading "A Look Back, A Path Forward: COVID-19"
Tuesdays & Thursdays April 27, 2021 – May 20, 2021 Health Care Executive Leadership Program Overview Focusing on management systems specific to health care, this program provides skill building in … Continue reading "Exec. Ed Online: Leadership Strategies for Evolving Health Care Executives"
April 28 – 30, 2021 Online Program Overview Providing Women Executives with Direction, Tools, and Approaches for Attaining a Seat on Health Care and Related Industry Boards Gender disparity on … Continue reading "Exec. Ed Online: Women on Boards: Getting On and Adding Value"
Event DescriptionAs efforts mount to return to "normal," COVID-19 immunity certification programs have been floated as a way to safely get people back to work, school, and social activities. Israel … Continue reading "Vaccine Passports: A Path to the New Normal?"
Speaker: Sonja Swanson, ScD Associate Professor (UHD) and Principal Investigator of Causal Inference, Department of Epidemiology Erasmus Medical College Abstract: Mendelian randomization studies are increasingly being used to study causal … Continue reading "Toward Clearer Questions in Mendelian Randomization Studies"
The Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness invites you to “Applying the Health Capability Profile,” presented by Dr. Jennifer Prah Ruger, the Amartya Sen Professor of Health Equity, … Continue reading "Center for Health and Happiness Seminar Series"