Congratulations to Dr. Pardis Sabeti (@pardissabeti.bsky.social) and Dr. Christian Happi, who received a 100-million-dollar award from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for the pandemic prevention program, Sentinel. Harvard Gazette article ➡️🔗 news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

It’s finally #FacultyFriday! Today we’re highlighting IID professor Daniel Neafsey who participated in the webinar, “Shifting Boundaries: Climate Change and Vector-Borne Diseases.”🦟 🎦 Watch the full discussion here: lnkd.in/dwMGP-bv

Please join our department in wishing Madeleine Kline (@mckline98.bsky.social) the best on her dissertation defense today! 👏

Thank you to everyone who joined us last month for the IID panel discussion “Navigating a critical moment for public health education and research.” 🎦 hsph.harvard.edu/immunology-i...

We are full of delicious homemade food and gratitude for our IID community. Thank you to everyone who joined us for the department potluck and fall celebration. 🥘♥️

In honor of #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities, we’re excited to share some of Harvard’s disability resources that support our entire community. Harvard University Disability Resources (UDR) serves as our central hub of disability services and information. accessibility.harvard.edu.

Expansion microscopy (4-4.5x) - Mosquito midgut infected with human malaria parasite, 13 days post infection. Did you know you have access to this cutting-edge microscopy equipment at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health? 🔬 Learn more at the following link: hsph.harvard.edu/research-res...

Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.

🥳 We are so proud of Dr. Christian Dzuvor, who received the Highest Field-Ranking Research Award (STEM-Mix) from the World African Researchers, Engineers, Entrepreneurs & Scientists Alliance (WARESA) Canada branch.

Today is IID’s potluck and fall celebration from 12:30 pm-2 pm in FXB 301. 🎊🍲 There is also a cocktail hour starting at 4:30 pm with additional desserts and games. 🍪

🚨 There’s still time to register for the engaging IID webinar, “Navigating a critical moment for public health education and research” on Wednesday, Nov. 19, from 1 pm-1:45 pm ET on zoom. 🚨 Register and learn more about the panel here 🔗 hsph.harvard.edu/events/navig...

Make a meaningful difference in someone’s life right from campus through the Harvard Longwood Campus (HLC) Season of Giving from November to December. ❄️ HLC Season of Giving events listed below: ⬇️

We’re excited to invite you to a faculty discussion panel on the current and future landscape of public health research and education. 🗓️ “Navigating a critical moment for public health education and research,” Wednesday, Nov. 19, from 1 pm-1:45 pm ET on zoom. 🔗 hsph.harvard.edu/events/navig...

Excited to share a preprint from my postdoc @theGarrettLab- now on bioRxiv! Oral acetoacetate (AcAc) suppresses tumor growth by expanding and activating MAIT cells… and the mechanism was a surprise 🧵👇 (1/10) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

IID professor Dr. Dyann Wirth shares her insight and malaria lab’s recent research on the evolving challenge of antimalarial drug resistance in Harvard Chan School’s latest Q&A. 💊🦟

In a powerful new article in Nature Medicine (@natureportfolio.nature.com) Dr. Roger Shapiro, HIV expert and IID professor, sheds light on the impact of the NIH funding freeze on his research and the leading research institution, Botswana Harvard Health Partnership (BHP).

Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli with Cytosolic GFP, taken with the Spinning Disk by Dr. Ricardo Correia and Abigail Frey from the Sarah Fortune Lab. 🦠 Did you know you have access to cutting-edge microscopy equipment at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health? 🔬 hsph.harvard.edu/research-res...

We are thrilled to congratulate Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire on being named in the 2025 class of the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. 🥳

This #ImmigrantsDay, we’re highlighting the important work of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, which houses multiple projects dedicated to advocating for #ImmigrationRights.

The Duraisingh Lab has been recognized by Harvard’s Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator (BBA) for their exceptional work developing engineered red blood cells to enable safe, universal transfusions for individuals with chronic rare diseases, like beta thalassemia.🩸 🔗 hsph.harvard.edu/immunology-i...

IID is ready for Halloween! 🎃 Do you decorate your home or workspace for the season? Share your hauntingly fun photos with us! We’re wishing everyone a safe and happy Halloween next week! 🍫👻 #Halloween2025 #HalloweenDecorations #HappyHalloween

📢 Would you like to join our team? We are looking for an Executive Assistant & Administrative Coordinator! This full-time, hybrid-format position requires excellent communication & interpersonal skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to effectively multi-task. Details: hsph.me/Join-Us

Join us online on Wednesday, October 29 at 1:00pm ET for the Department's seminar series with Kevin Kensler speaking on "Prostate Cancer Screening: What’s Gone Wrong? What Can We Get Right?" ➡️ Go to event page to register: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology...

Please join us in celebrating Professor Dr. Wendy Garrett on her recent election to the National Academy of Medicine (@nam.edu)! 🎊

We are so excited to share that Bailey Bowcutt (@baileybowcutt.bsky.social), PhD student in the Grad Lab, moderated the Harvard Chan Studio event, “Dr. Anthony Fauci: Insights from 50 years of public service.” 🎦 Watch the full interview: youtu.be/qHxR75vO83M?...

There is so much to enjoy about fall, like seasonal foods and drinks. ☕🎃 Fall is also typically the start of flu season in the U.S. We’re sending our community a friendly reminder to fit your flu and COVID-19 vaccines into your busy schedules, so you can protect yourself and those around you.

The cancer epidemiology team volunteered at the @americancancersoc.bsky.social Hope Lodge, cooking dinner for guests. Hope Lodge provides free lodging for cancer patients and their caregivers when they travel for treatment or appointments. A lovely evening spent supporting an important cause!

"An Indigenous Present” is a thematic exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston showcasing over 100 years of contemporary Indigenous art.

We are thrilled to be celebrating #HispanicHeritageMonth! Harvard assembled an online collection of stories spotlight the Hispanic and Latino communities at our school and the achievements of students, scientists, and alumni. 🔗 ⬇️ www.harvard.edu/in-focus/his...

IID professor Eric Rubin demonstrates risk and benefits evaluation with the example of driving: we weigh the everyday benefits against the relatively low risk of a fatal accident (1% in 2023, according to the National Safety Council). Read the full piece in @nejm.org ⬇️ www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...

Public health is like cake. Cake has layers. Public health has layers. And when we stack the layers of public health – think combining sanitation + nutrition + medical treatments + vaccines + addressing social & environmental factors that impact health – we get to enjoy more birthday cakes. 1/9 🧵🧵

IID is excited to share that Dr. Daniel Neafsey will be a panelist for the first webinar in a new series aimed at strengthening public health responses in India. 🗓️ Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 🕰️ Time: 6 pm-7:15 pm IST/8:30 am-9:45 am EST ✅ Register: hsph.me/climate-VBDs

Dr. Ricardo F. Bango Da Cunha Correia acquiring data with the Zeiss Lattice Lightsheet 7. Did you know you have access to cutting-edge microscopy equipment at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health? 🔬 hsph.harvard.edu/research-res...

In today’s IID Special Seminar, Prof. Daniel Neafsey delivered an engaging talk, “Understanding Malaria Biology and Control Through Genomic Variation.” 🦟

For #InternationalPodcastDay and #HispanicHeritageMonth, we’re highlighting an episode of Harvard Chan School’s flagship podcast that remains relevant today: “What makes a meal healthy?” 🍌🍪 🎧🔗 hsph.harvard.edu/news/healthy...

Kick off #fall at the Longwood Block Party on October 3, from 4 pm-7 pm! 🎉 The entire Harvard Longwood community is welcome to enjoy the party on the HMS Quad and partake in the fall treats, crafts, games caricatures. 🍂 RSVP here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

🚨 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.