On The Promotion of Human Flourishing
Monday, October 16, 2017, 12:30-1:30pm
The Center for Health and Happiness welcomed Professor Tyler VanderWeele as its seminar series speaker on October 16th. VanderWeele is a Professor of Epidemiology in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is also Co-Director of the Initiative on Health, Religion and Spirituality, faculty affiliate of the Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science and Director of the Program on Integrative Knowledge and Human Flourishing at Harvard University. His work is focused on the science of happiness and flourishing, the study of religion and health, including both religion and population health and the role of religion and spirituality in end-of-life care.
During his seminar entitled “On the Promotion of Human Flourishing”, Professor VanderWeele discussed the concept, measurement and pathways to human flourishing as well as implications for research and practice. He provided a definition of flourishing as ‘a state in which all aspects of a person’s life are good’ and argued that the definition should also include health and virtue.
In addition to students, postdocs, faculty and staff, the seminar was attended by members of the Lee Family and Lee Kum Kee Delegation.
View a recording of the seminar here.