Racism and Healthcare. How can we do better?
BWH Medical Grand Rounds.
O’Neil Britton, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Meeting ID: 619 813 8926
Passcode: 971407
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health justice
health justice
climate change
climate change
Science On Screen: “Beasts Of The Southern Wild”
Virtual: Zoom In “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Benh Zeitlin’s stunning work of cinematic magical realism, six-year old Hushpuppy is faced with both her hot-tempered father’s fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs.
Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and nominated for four Academy Awards, the film announced the arrival of a major new talent in filmmaker Zeitlin and actress Quvenzhané Wallis.
In this Science on Screen discussion Cristina Kim, associate producer of Here & Now, looks at the film through the lens of climate change and race. She’ll be joined by Dr. Gaurab Basu, health equity fellow at the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Dr. S. Atyia Martin, CEO and founder of All Aces Inc.
Join the conversation! Submit your questions to us before and during the event here. Find out where to watch “Beasts of the Southern Wild” before the event here.
Event produced in partnership with the Coolidge Corner Theatre as part of their 2021 Sundance Film Festival programming.
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pandemics
special projects
pandemics
special projects
Leveraging the Arts for a Healthier & Just America
Motivated by the need to help the nation charter a pathway for an American recovery, DrPH Candidate and FXB Center for Health and Human Rights Fellow Amanda Taffy is working on a thesis entitled, The Role of the Arts During COVID-19: Gendered Expressions of Resilience & Empowerment. With the help of faculty from the FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, this thesis aims to understand artists’ potent role during COVID-19, particularly on vulnerable populations. On January 28th, 2021, the Doctor of Public Health Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will sponsor an Art Seminar, “Leveraging the Arts for a Healthier & Just America.”
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pandemics
pandemics
Critical Public Health Questions for 2021: Closing (and Reopening) Schools and Workplaces
The COVID-19 pandemic—the greatest public health challenge in more than a century—has forced many hard decisions. The partial or full closures of schools nationwide have become a flashpoint with very strong opinions on both sides and have reinforced the critical role that schools play in supporting the health of our children. As we move toward reopening schools and other workplaces, it is clear that buildings themselves are vital to the public’s health, and the need for proper ventilation and air filtering to slow the viral spread has become essential. The lack of “healthy buildings,” particularly for Black and brown populations, leaves millions of children and adults vulnerable. In this program, the participants will discuss disparities and key issues related to school closures, as well as strategies to enhance the built environment as we move toward reopening our workplaces and schools.
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health justice
health justice
Epidemic Illusions On the Coloniality of Global Public Health
Dr. Eugene Richardson (HGHI Burke Global Health Fellow, 2018) will speak about his new book and Dr. Farmer, who wrote the forward, will provide an introduction.
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health justice
leadership
health justice
leadership
State of Human Rights: 2020 Reflections & Lessons Learned
Examining the unprecedented events that unfolded in 2020, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University invites you to join this special event. A keynote speech will be presented by FXB Center Director Dr. Mary T. Bassett, followed by discussion with United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng.
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tech and health
pandemics
tech and health
What Can AI Researchers Learn from the COVID-19 Pandemic?
In this webinar, Zak Kohane, MD, PhD, will discuss this COVID discontinuity in the context of a longstanding issue in the field of AI and machine learning: how can algorithms (and the human physicians interacting with them) adapt to shifts in medical knowledge, whether from a novel therapy or a newly described disease? He will outline potential opportunities for AI researchers, and steps that AI experts and clinicians should take to optimize system performance and patient care.
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anti-racism
health justice
anti-racism
health justice
Scientific Racism and Anti-Racism: History and Recent Perspectives
The Center for Community Health Education Research and Service (CCHERS) is excited to announce an upcoming Panel Discussion on Scientific Racism and Anti-Racism: History and Recent Perspectives. This is a second virtual community conversation session of the Race, Racism, and Research in the Medical Mecca series in 2021. Join us as we discuss the important issues of scientific racism and anti-racism and their implications to science, research, and healthcare today.
The panel will be moderated by Mary Ann Nelson, Esq., Vice President of Mission Hill Health Movement and Vice Chairperson of CCHERS Board of Directors, and feature expert panelists:
Nancy Krieger, PhD, Professor of Social Epidemiology, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health
Jean Wu, PhD, Emeritus Senior Lecturer in American Studies, Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora, Tufts School of Arts and Sciences
Paris “AJ” Adkins-Jackson, PhD, Research Fellow, CARE Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
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pandemics
special projects
pandemics
special projects
Online exhibit: A World of Viruses
Virus behavior can have both positive and negative repercussions in the world, and in our bodies. At this present time the world is coping with a pandemic caused by the infiltration of the airborne virus, COVID-19. In fact, viruses are ever present in our world, occupying nearly all organisms, and found in virtually every type of habitat. They are also ancient, predating some of the earliest forms of life.
Through this online exhibit, “A World of Viruses,” we will learn about how viruses, the smallest of all microbes, can take control of the cellular machinery of another living thing. We will explore key Harvard-based research, informative videos, and helpful animations about viruses to get a better understanding of how they behave in our world. See more:
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health systems
pandemics
health systems
pandemics
THE COVID-19 VACCINE ROLLOUT: What’s Ahead?
As the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines unfolds in the United States, numerous questions around distribution, supply, hesitancy and efficacy persist. And the stakes have never been higher, as numbers of deaths and cases repeatedly break records. In this discussion, experts will review the COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan, address safety concerns, explore upcoming expected vaccines, and discuss implications of virus variants.
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health justice
health systems
health justice
health systems
Health Equity for All: COVID-19 and Incarcerated Populations
BWH Medical Grand Rounds Seminar.
Monik C. Jiménez, ScD SM FAHA, Associate Epidemiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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University-wide Seminar: Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
From a leading experimental social psychologist, a discussion of “implicit bias,” and what we can do to outsmart it. Using lab and real-world examples, Mahzarin Banaji will show how our barely conscious assumptions affect our decisions about others, especially those unlike ourselves–in age, gender, race, social class, or even body weight–and what that means for the decisions we make in our work across the University. The good news: knowledge gives us power to do better.
(Presentation is 90 minutes, followed by 30 minutes for Q&A.)
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