Join us in person or online on Wednesday, October 1st at 1:00pm EST for the Department's seminar series with Dr. Tyler VanderWeele speaking on "The Global Flourishing Study" ➡️ Go to the event page to register: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology...

🚨 Exiting news! There are still spots available for Harvard Chan School’s much-anticipated Day of Service on Monday, Sept. 29. 🚨 Our IID team members are excited to participate this year! Learn about the available projects and register at the following link: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

In the Harvard Gazette’s piece, “Racing Against Antibiotic Resistance,” Dr. Yonatan Grad (@yhgrad.bsky.social) and two fellow Harvard professors discuss how treating infections with antibiotics is foundational to public health—and why antibiotic resistance demands urgent action.

Happy #postdocappreciationweek!🎉 Meet Sreeram Anantharaman PhD, a @uconn.bsky.social alum & @brownbiostatistics.bsky.social postdoc working to improve clinical decision support systems for Kenyan HIV care and infectious disease surveillance, right here in RI. #NPAW2025 sph.brown.edu/research/pos...

That’s a wrap on #NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek Thank you to the faculty, staff, researchers and our postdocs who joined yesterday’s celebration! Although the week has ended, our appreciation for postdocs continues as we celebrate their contributions to our research community year-round. #NPAW25

We appreciate the warm welcome and connections we've found on LinkedIn and Bluesky (though it’s been longer than the summer)! We love interacting with folks across different parts of public health. Thank you for being part of our journey. Find us on LinkedIn 👉 www.linkedin.com/company/harv...

Learn more and register for the upcoming Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium on 9/10/25: czbiohub.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We are so excited for all the speakers, with a special shoutout to Christian Dzuvor from IID! 👏

⭐ New Publication Alert⭐ Published August 25 in @natmed.nature.com 'Interplay of genetic predisposition, plasma metabolome and Mediterranean diet in dementia risk and cognitive function.' ➡️ Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New preprint reporting a large piece of work by Katherine Jia to define estimands and estimators for direct impact of vaccines with arbitrary rollout schedules arxiv.org/abs/2509.05508 with Alyssa Bilinski, @chrisboyer.bsky.social and me

Register for Dr. Christian Dzuvor’s presentation at the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium! ⬇️ 📆 Wednesday, September 10 from 9:30 am-1:45 pm Pacific Time (12:30 pm-4:45 pm Eastern Time) Registration Link: czbiohub.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Sarafan ChEM-H (@stanford-chemh.bsky.social)

You are not alone. 🤝 It’s okay to feel whatever mix of emotions you’re experiencing right now. 🫤 Making time to take care of yourself is not just important but necessary. ❤️‍🩹 Scroll for a mental health podcast specifically for those in academia and a list of mental health resources: 👇

New students at Harvard Chan School were welcomed by deans, faculty, staff, and returning students at Fall Orientation last week. The three-day event brought together 449 new students from 66 countries and territories to connect and learn how to make the most of their experience at the School.

Welcome—or welcome back—to Harvard! 👋 There’s more than just a cool breeze in the air—it’s the excitement of new beginnings for this academic year. To all new and returning students, we are thrilled for the opportunities ahead to expand your knowledge, make new friends, and pursue your goals.

After over two decades of progress in Botswana, a groundbreaking pediatric HIV study led by IID prof. Dr. Roger Shapiro has been cut as part of the Trump administration’s funding rollbacks. 🔗 Harvard Gazette: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

🌎 Join Harvard’s Global Day of Service this Friday August 29! 🌎⬇️ This annual initiative encourages the entire Harvard community—from the Class of 2029 (welcome, by the way!), to staff, faculty, and alumni—to participate in civic engagement, wherever they are. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Dogs do a lot for our health and wellbeing and keep us on our toes. Let's keep them safe from #rabies and other diseases by making sure their vaccines are up to date. This helps keep their human friends around them safe too. Happy #InternationalDogDay to all dog lovers out there!

Back-to-school blues? We’ve created a list of international hits that offer expert advice for students, families, faculty, administrators, and lifelong learners who want to study more effectively and remember longer. The best part? They’re 25% off through 9/30: tinyurl.com/mrx8hbss

Causal inference on-demand 🎥 CAUSALab's YouTube channel is your front-row seat for past programming, including Kolokotrones Symposium lectures, the Methods Series @ki.se and more. Subscribe to be notified when new videos are uploaded: www.youtube.com/@CAUSALab #causalinference #epidemiology

Planting this announcement on your timeline: IID is hosting a plant sale! 🌱 On Wednesday, August 27, the IID plant sale will occur from 3 pm-5:30 pm in FXB-301. Along with a variety of household plants and handcrafted ceramic pots, there will be a raffle for a super special plant. 🪴

In just two weeks, we will begin our weekly #seminar series for the upcoming school year! Each week, we will feature an expert in the field of epidemiology from our own @HarvardChanSPH community and beyond. Mark your calendars for Wednesdays at 1pm ET, we hope to see you there!

IID truly lived up to the name of the nonprofit they volunteered with—Community Servings! QinQin Yu, a postdoc in the Grad lab, organized a department volunteer outing at Community Servings, which provides medically tailored meals to families facing chronic illness and nutrition insecurity.

Moments of joy from graduation with Dr. Alexandra Probst (“Alli”), Dr. Flaminia Catteruccia, and Dr. Dyann Wirth! 🎉🎈 The grad day may be over, but we’re still celebrating Alli’s hard work and remarkable achievements. We’re cheering you on as you continue your journey beyond HSPH. 👏

Did you know you have access to cutting-edge microscopy equipment at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health? 🔬 hsph.harvard.edu/research-res...

❓ What’s one thing everyone should know about innate immunity? 🤔 IID professor Dr. Jérémie Le Pen puts it simply: “We can harness it to keep people from becoming seriously ill.” hsph.harvard.edu/news/one-thi....

🚨IID Volunteer Opportunity TOMORROW 🚨 Join us on a department volunteer outing tomorrow, August 7, from 1 pm-4 pm at Community Servings in Jamaica Plain. How to sign up below: ⬇️

We’re honored to be part of PhD student Frank Addae’s journey. In this student spotlight, he shares how enduring multiple bouts of malaria from his childhood in Ghana—and his dad’s neem tree remedy—sparked a passion for his malaria research. 🔬 loom.ly/jmYck64

We are seeking an inspiring and strategic leader to serve as Chair of our Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology. Join us in linking science and society. Apply today: apply.interfolio.com...

Research transparency and scientific publishing are in the spotlight. Dr. Eric Rubin—TB researcher, infectious disease specialist at BWH, and Editor-in-Chief of NEJM—is contributing to the conversation. 🗂️ We've compiled his recent interviews and media appearances: 🔗 loom.ly/rZOzzrw

A random Friday in the lab

🌍 ​​Have you applied to the 2026 Global COACH? Apply in teams of 3 to this tuition-free 6-month program for #health professionals working at the climate-health intersection to gain organizing skills, mentorship & a certificate from the FXB Center. ➡️ fxb.harvard.edu/global-coach/ #ClimateHealth

COVID-19 is on the rise again. Multiple data sources are showing that rates are rising gradually across the country. Some states, including Florida and Hawaii, are seeing significant activity. See how the summer COVID wave is impacting your community: www.pophive.org/respiratory-... 1/4

In April, we congratulated IID’s Madeleine Kline (“Maddy”) on achieving the Emerging Physician Leader Award and Scholarship from Health Care Without Harm. 👏Learn more about the award and this year’s inspiring recipients here: 🔗 us.noharm.org/initiatives/.... (@mckline98.bsky.social)

HAPPENING NOW: “Science and Trust” with IID Prof. Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire. Join us for a live event at 9:30 am ET featuring Dr. Corbett-Helaire, a leader in vaccine development and public engagement, as she explores the critical intersection of science, trust, and society. 👉 loom.ly/v8XEdQU

You might think COVID only spikes in the colder months, alongside other common respiratory viruses like flu and RSV. But COVID cases have also surged every summer, due to several factors. Understanding why can help us better protect ourselves as well as our precious vacation plans.

“NIH funding for the Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study is essential to our ability to investigate the relationship between oral health and gastrointestinal cancer, and to study how we may improve early detection and intervention,” says Harvard Chan's Mingyang Song.

“We’ve seen how viral outbreaks unfold—this time, we can change the ending.” – Dr. Christian Happi & Dr. Pardis Sabeti in TIME. loom.ly/G_6r_Kc. #Mpox #PublicHealth #PandemicPrevention #GlobalHealth #TIME

Unable to make this year’s Alumni Day back in June? 📺 Catch up on the main event’s festivities, like the alumni parade, with the livestream recording. loom.ly/1nFgkFU. #HarvardChanSchool #AlumniDay #HarvardAlumni #Alumni #HarvardAlumniDay

🌍 ​​2026 Global COACH applications are open! Apply in teams of 3 to this tuition-free 6-month program for #health professionals working at the climate-health intersection to gain organizing skills, mentorship & a certificate from the FXB Center. ➡️ fxb.harvard.edu/global-coach/ #ClimateHealth

Epidemiologist @jeff-imai-eaton.bsky.social warns funding cuts could reverse decades of gains in prevention, care. From the Harvard Gazette www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_x-...

Great information on tick safety as summer is in full swing! ☀️⬇️

Please to write this @washingtonpost.com Op-Ed with Eric Rubin about the importance of independent medical journals like ours @nejm.org & @jama.com wapo.st/4kUqfV9

Originally launched to track major pandemic outbreaks in the US and around the world, @brownpublichealth.bsky.social’s Pandemic Tracker now helps with a wide range of public health efforts.

Very interesting preprint! Modeling introduction of 2 new drugs for #gonorrhea, the authors found that equal allocation (introducing at the same time) was better than sequential (introducing after resistance to prior agent) for #AMR Counter to what we normally assume in #ABstewardship. #STIsky

+1 Acumen

Did you know distinguished scientist and IID prof. Dr. Flaminia Catteruccia first wanted to be an archaeologist? 🏛️ In her speech after being elected to the National Academy of Sciences, she shares how her father gave her a book on the discovery of Troy—sparking her early curiosity. loom.ly/WRYFW24

IID returns from an impactful week in Rwanda reinvigorated and strengthened in our scientific collaborations from around the world. 🌍 We’re excited to share pictures and videos capturing our community in action at the 2025 Science of Defeating Malaria course. 📸 🎦 drive.google.com/file/d/1ldTq...

We’re excited to announce that HPM is now on LinkedIn! Connect with us to follow along as we share research highlights, news, upcoming events, and the incredible work of our faculty, researchers, students, staff, and alumni.

We asked Harvard Chan community members to explain their research in 7 words or less. We had so many wonderful responses that we had to share just a few more. Help us preserve our lifesaving research: hsph.me/whygive