General Body Meeting – April 2024
Virtual In PersonJoin Harvard Chan Student Association (HCSA) Officers for a general body meeting, hear updates on HCSA work, bring your concerns or suggestion to the officer board. A light lunch will be provided.
Harvard Chan School hosts a diverse array of speakers, invited to share both scholarly research and personal perspectives. They do not speak for the School, and hosting them does not imply endorsement of their views, organizations, or employers.
Join Harvard Chan Student Association (HCSA) Officers for a general body meeting, hear updates on HCSA work, bring your concerns or suggestion to the officer board. A light lunch will be provided.
Research & Practice Seminar Series: Youth Homelessness in Massachusetts Speaker: Alice Colegrove, Director, Homeless Youth Services, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services. Alice Colegrove directs Homeless Youth Services within the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services and is leading the statewide effort to prevent and end youth homelessness in Boston and … Continue reading "Preventing and Ending Youth Homelessness in Massachusetts"
This is an open session for policy makers, academics and clinicians organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Neurology & COVID-19 Global Forum and The Global Health Network. The time to address the global burden of neurological diseases is now. With ample data and the landmark WHO's Intersectoral Global Action Plan, engaging policymakers is imperative. … Continue reading "From research to policy: advocating for Brain Health"
Richard Siegrist will chair. Please be aware that only the student and committee members are permitted to attend the Oral Qualifying Exam.
Register for the Department of Global Health and Population's Global Health Week Symposium and Poster Day on Friday, April 26 from 1:30-5:00 pm! Reception to follow. Keynote address by Dr. Natalia Kanem, MD, MPH, Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). Global Health Week 2024 will mark the 30th anniversary of the 1994 International … Continue reading "Global Health Week Symposium and Poster Day"
Join DMS, HMS, HSPH, and HSDM students on Friday April 26 from 4-8 PM for a day of games, free food, and music! Whether you want to join in for a round of tug of war or other field day activities or relax eating hotdogs and popcorn while listening to music, there will be something … Continue reading "Longwood Festival"
The Health and Human Rights journal (HHR), co-published by the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights (FXB Center) and the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University, is accepting submissions for a special section on distress migration and the right to health which will include papers that examine the relationships between health … Continue reading "Deadline: Health and Human Rights Journal Call for Papers on Distress Migration and the Right to Health"
Join the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights for a conversation about the starvation of civilians in the Gaza Strip. According to the Human Rights Watch, Israeli forces are deliberately blocking the delivery of water, food, and fuel, and using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in Gaza which is a war crime … Continue reading "A Looming Famine: Starvation in Gaza"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHCdER8Mekk Artificial intelligence is already improving public health through cancer screenings and postpartum care, but researchers are raising concerns about this rapidly developing technology. ChatGPT and large language models have the potential to exacerbate misinformation and perpetuate bias  — or to combat those trends. Our panel of experts will explore the future of AI and the challenges of integrating machine learning and generative AI into our health care system. Register for free to submit your questions.   An on-demand video will be … Continue reading "The promise and perils of AI in health care"