SBS Department Newsletter
Spring 1, 2023
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| Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Welcome To Dr Tiemeier To A New Role In The SBS Department
Dr Henning Tiemeier MA, MD, PhD was recently appointed by the Chan School to serve as the Associate Chair of the department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Tiemeier has completed 5 years of service to the Chan School serving as Professor of Social and Behavioral Science and the Sumner and Esther Feldberg Chair of Maternal and Child Health. Since 2018, he leads the Maternal and Child Center of Excellence at Harvard Chan. This center is one of 13 HRSA-funded Centers of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health in the United States that works to train future leaders in the field. Dr. Tiemeier have worked broadly in pediatric epidemiology for more than 20 years with an emphasis on child developmental research. At Harvard his research focusses on high-risk children, such as preterm children and homeless families.
I am totally thrilled to have Dr. Tiemeier as a part of the leadership team of the SBS department. I am looking forward to working closely with him and with the director of administration to develop plans for the department and discuss departmental needs and challenges as they arise. Dr. Henning brings rich experiences to his role. He received both his medical and sociological degree from the University of Bonn in Germany, and his PhD from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He held academic and administrative positions at Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam before joining the Harvard faculty.
David R. Williams
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| Postdoctoral Fellow Spotlight
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Why should people care about dissemination and implementation science in the field of cancer prevention and control?
Translating evidence-based practices and innovations into real-world practice can be a complex and time-consuming process. Dissemination and implementation science serves as a bridge between research and practice, providing valuable tools for identifying effective strategies to successfully integrate evidence-based practices into real-world clinical and community settings.
The complexity of cancer prevention and control interventions, with multiple components and stakeholders involved, can make successful implementation of new initiatives challenging. Dissemination and implementation approaches provide ways to overcome these challenges, which ultimately improves patient outcomes and reduces healthcare costs associated with cancer prevention and treatment.
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SBS masters and doctoral students mingled in the cafeteria after classes for a student-only social hour. The event was well-attended and students enjoyed socializing before Spring1 finals.
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Ayla Fudala is the Communications Coordinator for the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness. Before beginning this position, she served for four years as Environmental Humanities Program Coordinator at Colby College, and for one year as Staff Writer and Environmental Educator at Planet Bee Foundation. She holds B.A.s in English and Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master of Letters in Environment, Culture, and Communication from the University of Glasgow. She is the creator of Biophilia Environmental Humanities Literary and Art Magazine.
Starting in March 2023, Anne-Josee Guimond will be appointed as a Scientific Professional in Social Services at the Institut National d'Excellence en Santé et Services Sociaux du Québec, Québec, Canada.
In October 2022, Sabra Katz-Wise was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School.
K. "Vish" Viswanath has been appointed as Chair of the Consensus Study committee of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine's (NASEM) Committee on Understanding and Addressing Science Misinformation.
K. "Vish" Viswanath has also been re-appointed to the Standing Committee on Advancement of Science Communication at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
K. "Vish" Viswanath has also been appointed to serve on NASEM’s Planning Committee on The Public Health Infodemic and Trust in Public Health as a National Security Threat: A Workshop.
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Jasmine Graves, PhD ’25 was awarded the Barry R. and Irene Tilenius Bloom Fellowship for 2022-23! Awardees are selected on the basis of academic merit, leadership potential, and commitment to improving public health in fields and areas of the world in greatest need. Jasmine is dedicated to tackling issues of structural racism and health, with a focus on the impacts documenting and addressing the harms of mass incarceration in the United States.
David Williams was elected an Honorary Fellow of the College by The Royal College of Psychiatrists at the Annual Meeting in 2022
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Krieger N
Place, Power, & Health: Using The Index Of Concentrations At The Extremes To Advance Work For Health Equity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Turning Research Into Prevention
Invited Presentation | Online | Feb 15, 2023
Williams DR
Social Inequities In Health: The Case of Racial/Ethnic Inequities
Harvard Business School, Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative
Invited Presentation | Boston, MA | Jan 10, 2023
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Kim H, Keen R, Tang A, Denckla C, Slopen N
Longitudinal Patterns Of Childhood Homelessness And Early Adolescent Trajectories Of Internalizing And Externalizing Behavior
J Epidemiol Community Health | Feb 3, 2023, online ahead of print
Okuzono S, Slopen N, Shiba K, Yazawa A, Kawachi I
Do Adverse Childhood Experiences Modify The Association Between Disaster-Related Trauma And Cognitive Disability?
Am J Epidemiol | In Press
Slopen N, Cosgrove C, Acevedo Garcia D, Hatzenbuehler M, Shonkoff JP, Noelke C
Neighborhood Opportunity And Mortality Among Children And Adults In Their Households
J Pediatr | In Press
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