Harvard Chan: This Week In Health

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Joseph Allen, assistant professor of exposure assessment and director of the Healthy Buildings Program. This call was recorded at 11:30 am Eastern Time on Thursday, April 2.

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 11:30 am Eastern Time on Friday, April 3.

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featuring Benjamin Sommers, professor of health policy and economics. This call was recorded at 11:30 AM Eastern Time on Monday, April 6.

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) featuring Leonard Marcus, director of the Program for Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and co-director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative. This call was recorded at 11:30 am Eastern Time on Friday, April 10.

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Dr. Paul Biddinger, Vice Chair for Emergency Preparedness in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness at the Hospital and at Partners Healthcare. This call was recorded at 11:30 am Eastern Time on Thursday, April 9.

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featuring Yonatan Grad, the Melvin J. And Geraldine L. Glimcher Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. This call was recorded at 11:30 AM Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 8.

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featuring Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 11:30 am Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 7.

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featuring Dr. Howard K. Koh, the Harvey V. Feinberg Professor of Public Health Leadership. This call was recorded at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 30.

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featuring Yonatan Grad, the Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. This call was recorded at 11:30 am Eastern Time on Friday, March 27.

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featuring Sarah Fortune, the John LaPorte Given Professor and Chair of the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. This call was recorded at 11:30 am Eastern Time on Thursday, March 26.

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featuring Caroline Buckee, associate professor of epidemiology and associate director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 11:30 am Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 25.

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featuring Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 11:00 am Eastern Time on Monday, March 23.

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featuring Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 11:30 am Eastern Time on Friday, March 20.

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featuring Barry Bloom, professor of immunology and infectious diseases, and former dean of the School. This call was recorded at 2:30 pm Eastern Time on Thursday, March 19.

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featuring Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 11:30 am Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 11.

Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featuring Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 11:30 am Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 4. 

Could an app help scientists better understand menstruation, fertility, and menopause? On the latest episode of This Week in Health, Shruthi Mahalingaiah and JP Onnela talk about the groundbreaking Apple Women’s Health Study.Shruthi Mahalingaiah, an assistant professor of environmental, reproductive, and women’s health, and JP Onnela, an associate professor of biostatistics, are two of the Harvard Chan School researchers involved in a new study seeking to gain more insight into women’s health. Using an app on their Apple devices, women can share information about their monthly cycles, as well as certain behavioral factors such as physical activity and mobility, to help researchers advance understanding of menstrual and gynecological health. To learn more about the study, or to participate, visit www.hsph.harvard.edu/applewomenshealthstudy.You can subscribe to Harvard Chan: This Week in Health by visiting Apple Podcasts or Google Play and you can listen to it by following us on Soundcloud, and stream it on the

Before Mary Bassett was director of Harvard’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, she was New York City’s Health Commissioner. Bassett talks about her experience dealing with the growing opioid epidemic in the city—what worked, what didn’t, and what New York can teach other cities coping with the same problem. She sat down with Kimberlyn Leary, an associate professor at Harvard Chan School and a psychologist at Harvard's McLean hospital who specializes in public health policy.You can subscribe to Harvard Chan: This Week in Health by visiting Apple Podcasts or Google Play and you can listen to it by following us on Soundcloud, and stream it on the Stitcher app or on Spotify.

Shelly Greenfield to unpacks the stigma that surrounds addiction. A psychiatrist from Harvard’s McLean hospital, Greenfield specializes in addiction—how patients cope with it, how it factors into treatment, and how it works its way slowly into policy. Greenfield sat down with Mary Bassett, director of Harvard’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights.You can subscribe to Harvard Chan: This Week in Health by visiting Apple Podcasts or Google Play and you can listen to it by following us on Soundcloud, and stream it on the Stitcher app or on Spotify.

Physicians’ over-prescription of opioid painkillers opened the door to the current opioid crisis. What can health care providers do to fix it?Chad Brummett, a pain management specialist from the University of Michigan, shares a new approach to combat Michigan's opioid crisis that could be a model for the rest of the nation. Brummett sat down with Mary Bassett, director of Harvard’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights.You can subscribe to Harvard Chan: This Week in Health by visiting Apple Podcasts or Google Play and you can listen to it by following us on Soundcloud, and stream it on the Stitcher app or on Spotify.