Harvard Epidemiology

Join us May 15th for "Screening for Major Diseases - Does it help" with expert speakers Hermann Brenner, Lorelei Mucci, and Marc Lipsitch. Registration is open now for this virtual symposium: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology/e…

Join us online on April 8th at 1pm ET for the Department's seminar series featuring Dr. Rulla Tamimi on "Research Addressing Cancer Disparities in New York City" ➡️ Go to event page to register: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology/e…

Check out our new Recent Graduate Q&A with Naiyu Chen about what it's like to be student in cancer epidemiology! ➡️ Read Q&A: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology/n… ➡️ Learn about our 13 areas of research: hsph.harvard.edu/department/epi…

⭐ New Publication ⭐️ "The physiological stress level with which one enters pregnancy might play a role for the pregnancy course, its outcomes, and potentially even the life-course of the child,” first-author Richard Kunzel. ➡️Read paper: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jc…

Join us in person or online on April 1st at 1pm ET for the Department's seminar series featuring Dr. David Hunter on "Some Recent Results on the Epidemiology of Dementia" ➡️ Go to event page to register: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology/e…

Searching for a postdoc opportunity? CAUSALab is reviewing applications for the T32 Training Program in Comparative Effectiveness Research for Suicide Prevention (Funded by NIMH, T32 MH125815). 🔗 Apply: form.jotform.com/201476846966066 Learn more in comments.

Join us online on March 25th at 1pm ET for the Department's seminar series featuring Dr. Elizabeth Arias on "US Life Table Program: Data Challenges, Methodological Solutions, and Moving into the Future" ➡️ Go to event page to register: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology/e…

Spring recess begins today! We hope everyone has a relaxing and refreshing break. #springbreak #HarvardChanSchool

Happy (early) Birthday to the father of Field Epidemiology! John Snow, who turns 213 on March 15th, is legendary for using disease mapping to determine the source of the London cholera outbreak in 1854. #JohnSnow #Epidemiology @JohnSnowSociety

A new commentary in @NaturePortfolio by Anne Stevenson, Karestan Koenen, & co-authors calls on the NlMH to change how people w/ lived experience of mental health (LE) conditions are included in psych gene research. ➡️ Read here: rdcu.be/e4IaT

Join us online on March 11th at 1pm ET for the Department's seminar series featuring Dr. Jordan Smoller on "Cross-Disorder Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders: Findings and Methodologic Challenges" ➡️ Go to event page to register: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology/e…

Check out our new Recent Graduate Q&A with Emnet Sisay about what it's like to be student in infectious disease epidemiology! ➡️ Read Q&A: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology/n… ➡️ Learn about our 13 areas of research: hsph.harvard.edu/department/epi… #masters #infectiousdiseases #epidemiology

Members of our Cancer Epidemiology Lab volunteered at the @AmericanCancer's @AstraZeneca Hope Lodge Center, where they prepared meals. The Hope Lodge Center provides comfortable, home-like lodging for cancer patients and their caregivers during treatment. #CancerPreventionMonth

Join us in person or online on March 4 at 1pm ET for the Department's seminar series featuring Dr. Ronald Kessler on "When and How Best to Use Online Panels for Epidemiologic Research" ➡️ Go to event page to register: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology/e…

See you in June? ☀️ Applications for the 2026 Summer Courses on Causal Inference are open! Join @CAUSALab this summer to learn from the #causalinference experts on campus @HarvardChanSPH or online. Learn more & secure your spot today: hsph.harvard.edu/research/causa…

Join us online on Feb 25th at 1pm ET for the Department's seminar series featuring Dr. Alfredo Morabia on "What If … Public Health Had to Be Built From Scratch? Revisiting 19th-Century Debates" ➡️ Go to event page to register: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology/e…

Check out our new Q&A with upcoming February 25, 2026 Department of Epidemiology seminar series speaker, Alfredo Morabia of @CUNY and @CUEpidemiology. ➡️ Read Q&A: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology/n…

Join our team! We are #hiring for a #hybrid Senior Program Coordinator role! This position blends high-level operational management with research program coordination. Click on the link below to learn more and apply today! 👉 careers.harvard.edu/job/coordinato…

Authored by @Mengxi_D, Xinyu Wang, Yujia L, Kai Wang, Alaina Bever, Ana Nogal, Shuji Ogino, @LimingLiangHSPH, Qi Sun, Andrew Chan, Frank Hu, @MingyangSong3, and co-authors.

⭐ New Publication ⭐ Published online December 24, 2025 in @bmj_latest journal Gut 'Metabolomic pattern of ultra-processed food intake and its association with colorectal cancer risk'. ➡️ Link to paper: gut.bmj.com/content/75/3/5… #cancer #colorectal #ultraprocessed #diet