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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights logo, Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights logo, The Center for Middle Eastern Studies Harvard University logo, Harvard Divinity School Religion and Public Life - Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative logo, Harvard Kennedy School Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Birzeit University logo. Webinar: The Polio Crisis in Gaza: Causes, Challenges of Vaccination, and Future Implications. Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2024. Time: 11am EDT, 6:30pm EEST. Register: Hsph.me/PPHHR-SEP2024. Moderator: Mary Bassett, MD, MPH. Speakers: Amir Mohareb MD, Sam Rose MSc, Guy Shalev PhD. Speaker remarks are based on their own scholarship and experience. As such, they speak for themselves, not for Harvard University.

The Polio Crisis in Gaza: Causes, Challenges of Vaccination, and Future Implications

Zoom - Registration Required

Below are excerpts from the discussion and thoughts from the panel’s moderator, lightly edited for clarity. Webinar Recording Date and Time: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 | 11:00am – 12:30pm EDT | 6:00pm – 7:30pm EEST Location: Zoom – Registration required Join the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights for a discussion about the outbreak of poliovirus in the Gaza Strip for the first time in 25 years. Panelists will discuss the causes…

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FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University logo. Harvard Worldwide Week Webinar. In conversation: Jacqueline Bhabha, JD, MSc, FXB Director of Research; Margareta Matache, PhD, Lecturer, Director of the FXB Center Roma Program; Stephanie Martinez Fernandez, MPH, Researcher. Everyday Discrimination. The Case of Romani People in the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area. Friday, October 11. 2024. 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET. Register: hsph.me/HWW-Roma

Everyday Discrimination. The Case of Romani People in the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area.

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Date and Time: Friday, October 11, 2024 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET Location: Zoom - Registration Required Join the Roma Program at the FXB Center for Health and Human rights for a virtual discussion of the program's most recent report titled "Confronting Major and Everyday Discrimination. Romani Experiences in Canada’s Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area." The FXB Center, in partnership with the Canadian Romani Alliance, launched a qualitative study involving middle-class and…

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Thursday, October 17, 2024, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT. FXB Center Work in Progress Seminar. How hot is it really? Quantifying the impact of heat on the lives and livelihoods of workers. Speaker: Satchit Balsari, MD, MPH, Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, FXB Faculty Affiliate. Moderator: Jacqueline Bhabha, JD, MSc, FXB Director of Research. In-person: Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room. RSVP to cstreet@hsph.harvard.edu. FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University logo.

FXB Center Work in Progress Seminar: How hot is it really? Quantifying the impact of heat on the lives and livelihoods of workers

Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room 651 Huntington Ave, Floor 7, Boston, MA, United States

Date and Time: Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 1:00p.m. – 2:00p.m. ET Location: Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 651 Huntington Ave (Level 7), Boston, MA 02115 This event is only open to HUID holders. Preregistration is required. Please email Claire Street at cstreet@hsph.harvard.edu to register. Description: As days get hotter and summers longer, we do not yet know what the impact of this…

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Unscripted: Candid Conversations about the Future of Research

Live on LinkedIn and YouTube

Watch Unscripted: Episode 2 with Erica Walker and Mary Bassett here Watch Unscripted: Episode 3 with Mary Bassett and Brian Nosek here Date and Time: Daily at 3:00 p.m. ET, Monday-Friday, October 21-25 Location: Live on LinkedIn and YouTube Tune in for one, two, or all five episodes livestreamed on LinkedIn and YouTube. Join the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Unscripted series for candid conversations about the future of research: Six visionary thinkers take the…

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights logo, Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights logo, The Center for Middle Eastern Studies Harvard University logo, Harvard Divinity School Religion and Public Life - Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative logo, Harvard Kennedy School Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Birzeit University logo. Webinar: One Year Later: Assessing the Scale of Mortality in Gaza. Wednesday, October 23, 2024. 12:00pm EDT, 7:00pm EEST. Register: hsph.me/PPHHR-OCT2024. Moderator: Yara M. Asi, PhD, FXB Visiting Scientist. Speakers: Zeina Jamalludinne, Ms, Nutritionist and epidemiologist, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Les Roberts, PhD, Epidemiologist, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Speaker remarks are based on their own scholarship and experience. As such, they speak for themselves, not for Harvard University.

One year later: assessing the scale of mortality in Gaza

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Date and Time: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | 12:00pm – 1:30pm EDT | 7:00pm – 8:30pm EEST Location: Zoom – Registration required Join the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights for a discussion about the scale of mortality in Gaza over the past year through direct and indirect deaths with Les Roberts, an expert in field measurement of mortality in crises, and Zeina Jamaluddine, a nutritionist and epidemiologist at the London…

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Date: Monday, October 28, 2024 Time and Location: Main talk from 1:00pm-2:00pm ET at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Kresge G2 Q&A session with Jessica Santos and Danielle Chun from 2:00-3:00pm ET FXB Center's Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room Join Partnerships for Community Mental Health and Immigrant Well-being for an important conversation on reshaping the narrative around immigrants. Discover how immigrant families and communities in Boston are breaking the stigma around mental health, promoting well-being, and enhancing wellness.

Innovations In Immigrant Mental Health

Date: Monday, October 28, 2024 Time and Location: Main talk from 1:00pm-2:00pm ET at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Kresge G2 (677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115) Q&A session with Jessica Santos and Danielle Chun from 2:00-3:00pm ET FXB Center's Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room (651 Huntington Ave (Level 7) / Boston, MA 02115) Join Partnerships for Community Mental Health and Immigrant Well-being for an important conversation on…

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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. We Are One: Learnings from Community Engagement. Monday, November 4, 1:00-1:50 PM ET. Kresge G2 or Zoom. Lunch Provided. In-person speaker, Dr. Satchit Balsari, Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and in Global Health and Population at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University. The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University.

We Are One: Learnings from Community Engagement

Date and Time: Monday, November 4th at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET Location: Kresge G2 and Zoom - Registration required Lunch will be available for in-person attendees. In 2024, FXB Faculty Affiliate Dr. Satchit Balsari’s lab presented their research on the impact of the pandemic on the lives of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and their response to it as an immersive multimedia traveling exhibition, first hosted at…

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights logo, Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights logo, The Center for Middle Eastern Studies Harvard University logo, Harvard Divinity School Religion and Public Life - Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative logo, Harvard Kennedy School Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Birzeit University logo. Webinar: Targeting Health: Detention, torture, and attacks on Palestinian healthcare workers. Moderator: A. Kayum Ahmed, PhD, LLM, Program Lead for the Global Health Initiative, Human Rights Watch; Milena Ansari, LLM, Israel and Palestine Assistant Researcher, Human Rights Watch; Osaid Alser, MD, MSc (Oxon), General Surgery Trainee, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Tuesday, November 19, 2024. 12:00pm EST, 7:00pm EET. Hsph.me/PPHHR-Nov2024. Speaker remarks are based on their own scholarship and experience. As such, they speak for themselves, not Harvard University.

Targeting Health: Detention, torture, and attacks on Palestinian healthcare workers

Date and Time: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm EST | 7:00pm - 8:30pm EET Location: Zoom - Registration required Join the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights for a panel discussion on the impact of attacks, torture, detention, siege, and direct targeting of health workers in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. We will be joined by Dr. Osaid Alser, a physician and global surgery researcher…

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