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Engaged Leadership to Transform the Quality of Healthcare: Lessons from India
Please join us for a seminar on Wednesday, July 18th, at 11am where Dr. T.S. Ravikumar will be speaking on “Engaged Leadership to Transform the Quality of Care in Healthcare: Lessons from India.” The presentation will be followed by lunch from 12pm – 1pm.
Dr. Ravikumar, has served as the Director cum Vice Chancellor of Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh since 2015. He is recognized internationally for his work in colorectal cancer and liver metastasis and value-based care delivery in hospitalized patient populations using a novel model of risk mitigation for patient safety. His expertise includes biomedical & health services research; care models including universal healthcare; population health; healthcare quality & patient safety; surgical oncology; and learning innovations.
One Health Seminar with Don Goldmann
Please join us to hear Dr. Donald Goldmann (MD) present “The Slow Death of the Antibiotic Commons.”
Dr. Goldmann is the Chief Medical and Scientific Officer at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and also a Professor at both Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The Medical Response to Climate Change: What Can We Do?
Please join us for a panel discussion on “The Medical Response to Climate Change: What Can We Do?” featuring Paul Farmer, Gina McCarthy, Aaron Bernstein, Mary Rice and Ashish Jha.
Registration is free, but required. To register, please follow this link, or click on the flyer below. We hope to see you there.
Road Safety for all Symposium
Please join us for a symposium on “Road Safety for All: Innovations in Road Traffic Injury Prevention and Response”.
The event will begin at 9 am with doors opening at 8:30 am.
Climate Change and Global Health Seminar: Patrick Kinney
Please join us for an exciting Climate Change and Global Health seminar with Professor Patrick Kinney. Dr. Kinney, Beverly Brown Professor of Urban Health, from Boston University’s School of Public Health, will speak on “Climate Change, Air Quality, and Human Health.”
Climate Change and Global Health Seminar: Rohini Pande
Please join us for an exciting seminar with Professor Pande on “The Price of Coal Over Wire: Thermal Power Plant Location, Pollution and Child Health Evidence from Location of Coal-fired Power Plants in India.”
Climate Change and Global Health Seminar: Joseph Allan
Please join us for an exciting seminar with Professor Allen on “The Nexus of Green Building, Public Health and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.”
Pandemic Preparedness – Improving Science, Technology, & Access Seminar Series: Marc Lipsitch, HSPH
Marc Lipsitch (DPhil) is a Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and also the director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. He will be presenting “Preparing to test vaccines in infectious disease emergencies: Science, Ethics and Policy.”
Climate Change and Global Health Seminar: John Spengler
Please join us for an exciting seminar with Professor Spengler on “New Perspectives on Urban Heat.”
We all recognize that our cities are getting hotter, but is our science informing important stakeholders and decision makers, such as designers, landscape architects, urban planners and public health officials? This presentation will share recent findings on extreme heat, sleep, cognitive function and health in different populations and settings. Also described is a newly developed planning tool that predicts the thermal experience of people can account for natural and building elements to better design public places now and in the future.