Harvard Epidemiology

5. Have people w/ LE review grant applications

These are their recommendations to increase both scientific rigor and the societal impact of psych gene research.

1. Create specific community engagement grants for genetics and genomics
2. Form an empowered stakeholder advisory board/steering committee @ NIMH
3. Have people w/ LE have more involvement in the strategic planning process
4. Require that people with LE are part of any research

People with LE have historically been excluded from meaningful participation in psych gene research, despite being directly affected by its goals and outcomes. The authors argue that NIMH, the largest funder of MH research worldwide, recommend 5 key changes to start correcting this.

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A new commentary in @natureportfolio.nature.com by @annehstevenson.bsky.social, Karestan Koenen, and co-authors calls on the National Institute of Mental Health to change how people w/ lived experience of mental health (LE) conditions are included in psych gene research.

➡️ Read here: rdcu.be/e4IaT

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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...

Graduate Profile: Q&A with Emnet Sisay | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Name: Emnet Sisay

Check out our new Recent Graduate Q&A with Emnet Sisay about what it's like to be student in infectious disease epidemiology!

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#harvard #masters #infectiousdiseases #epidemiology

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Members of our Cancer Epidemiology Lab volunteered at the American Cancer Society’s AstraZeneca Hope Lodge Center, where they prepared meals.

The Hope Lodge Center in Boston provides comfortable, home-like lodging for cancer patients and their caregivers during treatment. #CancerPreventionMonth

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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...

2026 CAUSALab Summer Courses on Causal Inference: KTCI, TTE, CICI, ACA. Online prerequisite course: FCA.

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
@hsph.harvard.edu or online.

Learn more & secure your spot today:
hsph.harvard.edu/research/cau...

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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...

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Q&A with Alfredo Morabia | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health For this Q&A, we spoke with our February 25, 2026 seminar speaker, Alfredo Morabia, Professor of Epidemiology at Queens College, CUNY, and Professor of

New Q&A with upcoming February 25, 2026 Department of Epidemiology seminar series speaker, Alfredo Morabia, Professor of Epidemiology at Queens College, CUNY, and Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

➡️ Read Q&A: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology...

Coordinator II (Senior Program Coordinator)

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/coordina...

Authored by Mengxi Du, Xinyu Wang, Yujia L., Kai Wang, Alaina Bever, Ana Nogal, Shuji Ogino, Liming Liang, Qi Sun, Andrew Chan, Frank Hu, Mingyang Song, and colleagues.

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⭐ New Publication ⭐

Published online December 24, 2025 in @bmj.com 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...

@hsph.harvard.edu #cancer #colorectal #ultraprocessed #diet

Members of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics (CCDD)

We are #hiring! Are you a doctoral graduate passionate about using data and models to drive global health impact?

Join us and @ccdd-hsph.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in HIV Epidemiology and Modeling!

👉 Learn more and apply today below! academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15825

Making sense of the new U.S. childhood vaccine recommendations | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Harvard Chan School's Bill Hanage offers his perspective on the new U.S. childhood immunization schedule, which reduces the number of universally recommended vaccines from 17 to 11.

@billhanage.bsky.social offers his perspective on the new U.S. childhood immunization schedule, which reduces the number of universally recommended vaccines from 17 to 11: “The bottom line is that if fewer people are protected, there will be more preventable illness, suffering, and death.“

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Join us online on Feb 11 at 1pm ET for the Department's seminar series featuring Timothy Lash on "Quantitative Bias Analysis: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" ➡️ Go to event page to register: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology...

Authored by Richard G. Cowden, R.Noah Padgett, Tyler VanderWeele, and colleagues.

⭐New Publication⭐

Research in the multi-national Global Flourishing Study suggests dispositional forgivingness is prospectively associated with multiple wellbeing outcomes, offering further evidence that forgiveness may support human flourishing.

➡️ Link to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

National Cancer Prevention Month

In recognition of #NationalCancerPreventionMonth, we’re spotlighting the Harvard Chan Zhu Family Center for Global Cancer Prevention all month long, highlighting their work advancing equitable cancer prevention, early detection, education, and research.

Graduate Profile: Q&A with Motohiko Adomi | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Name: Motohiko Adomi

New Q&A with @motohikoadomi.bsky.social about what it's like to be student at @hsph.harvard.edu in pharmacopepidemiology!

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#harvard #recentgraduates #masters #PhD

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Join us in person or online on Feb 4 at 1pm ET for the Department's seminar series featuring Issa Dahabreh on "Trial Augmentation Using External Data and Models: Toward Harmony Between Observational Studies and Trials" ➡️ Go to event page to register: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology...

⭐New Publication⭐

Published January 15 in Alzheimer's & Dementia, 'Brain-peripheral proteome crosstalk in Alzheimer's disease with and without diabetes mellitus' by Anat Yaskolva Meir, Xingyan Wang, Shinya Tasaki and co-authors.

➡️ Link to paper: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Welcome Back Students Spring 2026 Courses Begin Today

Welcome back, students! 🎊 We have missed you. Spring and Spring 1 courses kick off today!

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#SpringSemester

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Join us online on January 28 at 1pm ET for the Department's seminar series featuring Rishi Desai on "Developments in Postmarketing Safety Surveillance of Medical Products: Reflections from the FDA Sentinel Innovation Center" ➡️ Go to event page to register: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology...

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⭐New Publication Alert⭐

Published online December 30, 2025 in J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 'Epigenetic ageing and the risk of Parkinson’s disease' authored by @janepeng27.bsky.social, Mario H. Flores-Torres, Marianna Cortese, et al.

➡️ Link to paper: jnnp.bmj.com/content/earl...

Rose Traveling Fellowship Recipients Fall 2025: Sunan Gao, Yujia Lu, Ana Lucia Espinosa Dice, Zixiao Wang

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Fall Rose Traveling Fellowship 🎉 This award recognizes the graduates' commitment to global public health and provides them a opportunity to enhance their research and contribute to chronic disease #epidemiology and #biostatistics.

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In two weeks, we will begin our weekly #seminar series for the spring! Each week, we will feature an expert in epidemiology from our own @hsph.harvard.edu community and beyond. Mark your calendars for Wednesdays at 1pm ET, we hope to see you there! Register now: hsph.harvard.edu/department/e...

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We are excited to announce that as of January 1st @yhgrad.bsky.social is the new Director of @ccdd-hsph.bsky.social, joining him is @jeff-imai-eaton.bsky.social, as Associate Director. Join us in congratulating Yonatan and Jeff in their new roles!

➡️ Learn about CCDD: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9URu...