SBS Student Digest
Sept 16 - 20, 2024
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Announcements Important Upcoming Dates:
Sept. 12 - Last Date to add/drop/change for Fall & Fall 1 Term.
Sept. 19 - Last Date to add/drop/change cross-registered courses for Fall & Fall 1 Term.
Sept. 27 - Withdrawal Deadline for Fall 1 Term
Oct. 14 - Indigenous Peoples’ Day – a University holiday
SBS encourages our students to present their research at professional meetings and conferences. In order to support this initiative, we have instituted two different student awards specifically to help offset the costs of conference participation. Learn more here.
Seeking SBS Student Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee Members
We invite you to join the SBS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DIB) Committee! The committee is composed of faculty, staff, and students and aims to develop and guide action planning while engaging with the SBS community in these areas. By joining the DIB Committee, you will have the opportunity to utilize your unique perspective and expertise to shape and influence our committee initiatives and build meaningful partnerships with other faculty, staff, and students who are passionate about fostering an inclusive environment. The time commitment is approximately 1 hour every other week for meetings, and any additional time needed to take on assigned tasks. If you are interested in joining the committee, please complete this form by September 23rd.
Maternal and Child Health Leadership Lab
Application tentatively opens September 18th and closes on October 2nd.
Attention Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Students! The MCH Center of Excellence offers a competitive fellowship opportunity that provides hands-on experience in the field, monthly mentoring/networking events, and partial tuition support for eligible students. An application is required for consideration. Don't miss out on this chance to enhance your education. Check out our website for more information.
We’re excited to share that a new Climate Change and Planetary Health concentration is launching this fall at Harvard Chan School. The Climate Change and Planetary Health concentration will help you understand the consequences of the current planetary health crisis, including its effects on food, water, air, infectious diseases, extreme weather events, heat, mental health, migration, and political stability. Sign up to receive updates about the new concentration.
Join the HSPH Public Health Leadership Lab & Concentration
The Public Health Leadership (PHL) Lab programming is available to all students enrolled in an HSPH degree program. All students who join for the 2024-2025 year will participate in: Leadership Learning Cohorts where students come together in small groups for a series of 4 leadership workshops; A 360-degree Leadership Assessment where students will assess their leadership competencies through self and evaluator feedback; and Coaching & Mentorship to support students in their professional and leadership development. Those students interested in completing a concentration in Public Health Leadership will also complete 10-credits of leadership coursework. More information about PHL Lab can be found here. Students interested in joining the PHL Lab, will need to register here by September 13th, 2024. We are also asking students to join an information session this week (sign up here).
Join the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness Student Steering Committee!
We are looking for a group of highly motivated Harvard MPH students with a passion for public health to join our Student Steering Committee. Members will be involved in the following activities: hosting regular positive health and well-being workshops; providing support with Center events; and advising Center faculty and staff. Learn more and apply here.
Stone Inequality & Social Policy Seminar returns with an exciting schedule of speakers presenting their latest research. The seminar convenes over lunch on Mondays from 12:00pm to 1:15pm. All seminars will be in the Allison Dining Room (on the fifth floor of the Taubman Building at HKS), except for September 23, which will be in the David Ellwood Democracy Lab (Rubenstein Building 414), and December 2, which will be in Bell Hall (Belfer Building 500). Due to building access restrictions, if you do not have a Harvard ID and wish to attend, you must email inequality@hks.harvard.edu to receive permission.
Do you work in population science, including epidemiology, biostatistics, outcomes, diversity, cancer care delivery research, and early detection? We invite students, postdocs, residents, clinical fellows, and instructors to submit abstracts for consideration as a short talk or as part of the PATHFINDER sponsored poster presentation. Submit your Abstract here by October 11.
WGH Student Conference Stipend
The WGH concentration sponsors conference stipends each semester, open to all students attending, presenting, organizing, or moderating at conferences with a clear gender analysis component relevant to public health research or practice. The stipend supports participation in conferences to strengthen the capacity to use a gender analysis, submit abstracts with gender analysis, or organize sessions related to gender and health. Fall Applications are due on November 4, 2024. Stipend details: Covers travel, accommodation, incidental costs, and registration; Up to $750 for US-based conferences; Up to $1,000 for international conferences. Submit a Conference-Stipend-Application via email to wgh@hsph.harvard.edu by November 4, 2024
Free Statistical Consulting Service
This semester, the Department of Statistics will continue to offer our free statistical consulting service, where statistics Ph.D. students (under Prof. Lucas Janson’s supervision) will assist in data analysis, the design of experiments, and the interpretation of results. We will hold weekly in-person drop-in hours throughout the fall semester at the following times:
Mondays: 1:00–3:00pm; Tuesdays: 1:00–3:00pm; Wednesdays: 12:00–2:00pm; Thursdays: 10:00am–12:00pm. All consulting sessions will be held in Science Center Room 400N. For more information, please click here.
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Student Employment Opportunities
Job Opportunities
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Upcoming Career and Professional Development Events
Please see below some upcoming events hosted by the Office of Career and Professional Development. Please follow the respective links for more information on each event.
Wed, September 18, 5:30pm
Yellow Door Taqueria, Mission Hill
Come to learn about the impact of Population Mental Health, meet affiliated researchers and faculty, and engage with others over a shared passion for mental health equity... with food.
Health Communication Fall Social
Wed, Sept 18, 5:30pm - 7pm
Kresge Atrium
Join us to learn more about how the Center for Health Communication and the Health Communication Concentration can support your growth as a communicator and a leader. You will have the opportunity to network with faculty and students who are interested in health and science communication. Appetizers will be served.
The Politics of Gender and Health: Current Social, Economic, and Democratic Challenges
Thurs, September 19, 1:00pm - 1:50pm,
Kresge G2
We are excited to invite you to the first event in our WGH series, "The Politics of Gender and Health: Current Social, Economic, and Democratic Challenges." This panel event on reproductive justice in the context of the upcoming 2024 elections will feature guest faculty and speakers.
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Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness Fall Social
Wed, September 25, 5pm - 6pm
Kresge Atrium
Refreshments provided
The Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness is pleased to invite you to our Fall Social! Join us for an evening of refreshments and conversation, and a unique opportunity to connect with Center leadership, scholars, and staff, as well as fellow Harvard Chan School students who share a common interest in the realm of positive health, happiness, and well-being. Please RSVP by Friday, September 20th to secure your attendance. We look forward to seeing you there!
Sat, September 28, 9am - 4pm
Bethel AME Sanctuary 100 Wachusett Street, Jamaica Plain
The rhetoric around mistrust can be polarizing, often cornering the very people impacted by systemic injustices. Latinos, like other racial-ethnic minority groups in the United States, often harbor deep-rooted mistrust in the healthcare system due to historical injustices, such as discriminatory policies, medical practices, and unethical research studies, as well as ongoing experiences of bias and discrimination in contemporary healthcare settings. It is crucial to recognize that this mistrust is a consequence of historical injustices, rather than a reflection of community shortcomings.
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Resources
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Student Spaces:
In addition to the SBS Student Spaces on the Kresge 6th & 7th floors, here are some additional spaces you can use across the school:
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