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Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:00pm
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Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 02:00pm
Public Health Response to the Epidemic of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in South Asia
Dr. Srinath Reddy, Director of the Public Health Foundation of India and a Professor at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Chair: Richard Cash, Senior Lecturer on Global Health at HSPH
Watch the video of this lecture here.
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Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 04:00pm
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Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 06:00pm
Project Prakash: Combining Service and Science
Pawan Sinha, Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT
Chair: Venkatesh Murthy, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
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Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 04:00pm
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Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 06:00pm
Obesity and Health in South Asia: Discussion on Strategies to Prevent Diabetes and Cancer
Chair: Aditi Hazra, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Discussants: Walter Willett, Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Chair, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health
Robert Paarlberg, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Betty Freyhof Johnson Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College
View the presentation here.
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Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 04:30pm
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Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 06:00pm
Linked Lives: Intergenerational Influences on Health
S V Subramanian, Professor of Population Health and Geography, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Chris Duggan, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 04:00pm
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Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 07:00pm
Prospects for Accelerating Progress in Health and Nutrition in India
A joint program with the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health as part of its GHP@50 celebration of 50 years of global health work
4-6 PM: Indian Music and Tea, Symposium with several leading scholars and authorities at Kresge 502, 677 Huntington Avenue
6-7 PM: Reception at the GHP Department Offices, Building 1-11th floor, 677 Huntington Avenue
Co-sponsored with the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health
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Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 04:00pm
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Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 05:30pm
Challenges of Newborn Hypothermia in South Asia
Karsten Lunze, Senior Fellow, Primary Care Academic Fellowship Program Boston University School of Medicine
Luke C. Mullany, Associate Professor, Department of International Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Naganand Murty, Co-Founder and President, Technologies, Embrace
Kristian Olson, Clinician Educator Service, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Director of Education and Technology Innovation, MGH Center for Global Health, Program Leader, CIMIT Global Health Initiative; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Chair: David Bloom, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University
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Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:30pm
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Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 02:00pm
The Effect of Measles and Tetanus Immunization on Children’s Schooling Attainment in Matlab, Bangladesh: Follow-up of Two Intervention Studies
David Canning, Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences and Professor of Economics and International Health, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health
Chair: S.V. Subramanian, Professor of Population Health and Geography, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health
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Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 04:30pm
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Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 06:30pm
Child Health in South Asia
Jonathan Simon, Chair, International Health and Professor, International Health, Boston University School of Public Health
Chair: S.V. Subramanian, Professor of Population Health and Geography, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health
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Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 04:00pm
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Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 05:00pm
Some Paradoxes in the Indian Growth Story: Tough Concerns for the Development Sector
Amir U. Khan, Senior Policy Advisor, Gates Foundation
Chair: S.V. Subramanian, Professor of Population Health and Geography, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health
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Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 04:30pm
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Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 06:00pm
What is mhealth? Its Future and Its Implications
Michael Frost, Director, JSI Center for mHealth, Technical Advisor, USAID Deliver Project
Joel D. Selanikio, MD, FAAP, CEO and co-founder, DataDyne.org, Assistant Professor, Georgetown University Department of Pediatrics
Patricia Mechael, Executive Director, mHealth Alliance, United Nations Foundation
Chair: Marc Mitchell, Lecturer on Global Health, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health; D-Tree International
**Please note that this event is now at the Harvard School of Public Health**
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Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 05:00pm
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Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 07:30pm
MAPPING MUMBAI’S TOILETS
Rahul Mehrotra, Professor and Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design
James Potter, Master’s Candidate, Harvard School of Public Health
Jennifer Weaver, Master’s Candidate, Harvard School of Public Health
Chair: Richard Cash, Senior Lecturer on Global Health, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health
This seminar examines the intersection between urban design and public health, and examines two approaches to improving public health and hygiene around toilet use in Mumbai slums.
Read more about the event here!
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Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 09:00am
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Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 05:00am
Health in South Asia: Lessons for and from the World
On April 26th and 27th, South Asia Initiative at Harvard University held its second annual symposium, focusing on Health in South Asia: Lessons for and from the World. The conference brought together global experts with deep research, implementation and policy experience to learn and find new modes for global exchange.
Read more here.
