health justice
health justice
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.
Free
pandemics
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.
Free
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
Free
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.)
Free
health justice
special projects
health justice
special projects

Nevertheless, she persisted

Harvard College Opera presents an acoustic exploration of friendship, feminism and resilience inspired by Radcliffe’s exhibition “Accompanied.” Please join us for a performance of art songs featuring works by female composers across eras and oceans.
Free