Event Description Join us on October 13th for a discussion of the updated edition of The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers with author and William R. Kenan, Jr. … Continue reading “Book Talk: The Seven Sins of Memory Updated Edition: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers”
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: The Promise for Health and Equity Presented jointly with Reuters WATCH HERE: ForumHSPH.org Forum Facebook YouTube Twitter President Biden’s recent Executive Order set a new target to make … Continue reading “ELECTRIC VEHICLES: The Promise for Health and Equity”
Event Description What does health justice mean? How does health justice relate to other frameworks for advocacy, teaching, research, and scholarship? And how should the community be involved in efforts to … Continue reading “Health Justice: Engaging Critical Perspectives in Health Law and Policy”
Event Description In January 2020, reports began to circulate internationally of a pneumonia-like illness spreading in China. Little was known about the novel pathogen, SARS-CoV-2, at that time. As scientists and public … Continue reading “COVID-19, Science, and the Media: Lessons Learned Reporting on the Pandemic”
Event Description When Chris Hansen, an ACLU lawyer, learned that the U.S. government was issuing patents for human genes to biotech companies, his first thought was: How can a corporation … Continue reading “Book Talk: The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA”
June 20 – 23, 2022 A Health Care Leadership Development Program focused on Women Health care executives must overcome diverse and complex challenges to improve the health of patients and … Continue reading “Exec. Ed: Emerging Women Executives in Health Care”
Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH Live Online Q&A with Wafaie Fawzi, Professor of Population Sciences, and Professor of Nutrition, Epidemiology, and Global Health, Harvard T.H. Chan … Continue reading “THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Deepening Crisis”
Racial disparities have plagued the American healthcare system for centuries, and the COVID-19 pandemic revealed just how ingrained and lethal they have become. During COVID-19, Black and brown Americans died … Continue reading “Injustice Laid Bare: A Pandemic’s Revelation in American Healthcare”
In 2016, at the age of 89, former teacher and lifelong activist Opal Lee walked 1,400 miles from her home in Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., in an effort … Continue reading “Stories of Juneteenth: A Conversation with Ms. Opal Lee”
Please join the FXB Center for a special event, “Medicare for All: A Conversation with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed.” During this event, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and FXB Center Director Dr. Mary … Continue reading “Medicare for All: A Conversation with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed”