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Harvard Chan: This Week in Health brings you top health headlines—from wellness tips to important global health trends. You'll also hear insight from Harvard Chan experts.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health


    • Mar 31, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 35m AVG DURATION
    • 287 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Harvard Chan: This Week in Health

    March 23, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Stephen Kissler

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 47:26


    A press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Stephen Kissler, research fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. This call was recorded at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 23rd.

    December 13, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Rachel Piltch-Loeb

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 29:56


    A press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Rachel Piltch-Loeb, Globe Preparedness Fellow in the Division of Policy Translation and Leadership Development and a research associate in the Department of Biostatistics. This call was recorded at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 13th.

    December 14, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Joseph Allen

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 44:02


    Press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Joseph Allen, associate professor of Exposure Assessment Science and director of the Healthy Buildings Program. This call was recorded at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, December 14th.

    December 9, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Rebecca Weintraub

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 29:26


    Press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Rebecca Weintraub, director of vaccine delivery at Ariadne Labs. This call was recorded at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, December 9th.

    December 8, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Yonatan Grad

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 53:27


    Press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Yonatan Grad, the Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 8th.

    December 7, Coronavirus Press Conference with Stephen Kissler

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 59:04


    Press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Stephen Kissler, research fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, December 7th.

    December 3, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Sikhulile Moyo, Roger Shapiro, and Joseph Makhema

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 61:29


    Press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Sikhulile Moyo, laboratory director for the Botswana Harvard HIV Reference Laboratory in Gaborone, Botswana, and research fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. And Roger Shapiro, an associate professor of immunology and infectious diseases and chair of the board of directors of the Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership. And Joseph Makhema, CEO of the Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership. This call was recorded at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 3rd.

    October 6, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Michael Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 23:40


    Press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 4 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, October 6th.

    September 29, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Stephen Kissler

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 43:56


    Press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Stephen Kissler, research fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. This call was recorded at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 29th.

    September 23, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Rachael Piltch-Loeb

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 48:08


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Rachael Piltch-Loeb, preparedness fellow in the Division of Policy Translation and Leadership Development and a research associate in the Department of Biostatistics. This call was recorded at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 23rd.

    June 10, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Rebecca Weintraub, John Brownstein, and Mansi Kansal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 31:37


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Rebecca Weintraub, director of vaccine delivery at Ariadne Labs, Mansi Kansal, product manager at Google Health, and John Brownstein, chief innovation officer at Boston Children's Hospital. This call was recorded at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, June 10th.

    May 12, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Vish Viswanath

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 25:01


    Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featuring Vish Viswanath, director of the India Research Center, Lee Kum Kee Professor of Health Communication in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and co-director of the Lee Kum Sheug Center for Health and Happiness. This call was recorded at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 12th.

    May 7, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Evan Benjamin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 26:24


    Press conference on coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featuring Evan Benjamin, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and chief medical officer of Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard Chan School. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 7th.

    April 16, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Barry Bloom

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 53:15


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Barry Bloom, the Joan L. and Julius Jacobson research professor of public health and former dean of the school. This call was recorded at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 16th.

    April 8, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Rachael Piltch-Loeb

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 43:02


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Rachael Piltch-Loeb, Preparedness Fellow in the Division of Policy Translation and Leadership Development. This call was recorded at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, April 8th.

    April 1, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Michael Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 53:20


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 11:25 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, April 1st.

    March 26, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Stephen Kissler

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 37:53


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Stephen Kissler, a research fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. This call was recorded at 12:15 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 26th.

    March 19, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Michael Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 64:05


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 19th.

    March 18, Coronovirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Yonatan Grad

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 52:13


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Yonatan Grad, the Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher, assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 18th.

    March 10, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Michael Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 46:36


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 10 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 10th.

    March 12, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Stephen Kissler

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 22:57


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Stephen Kissler, research fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 12th.

    March 5, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Michael Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2021 55:44


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 5th.

    March 4, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Rebecca Weintraub

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 37:29


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Rebecca Weintraub, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and an associate faculty member at Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health. This call was recorded at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 4th.

    February 24 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Michael Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 55:59


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, February 24th.

    February 19, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Barry Bloom and William Hanage

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 71:21


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Barry Blum, the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson research professor of public health and former dean of the school, and William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, February 19th.

    February 12, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Micheal Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 67:10


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, February 12th.

    February 11, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Leonard Marcus, John Spengler, Edward Nardell, and Wendy Purcell

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 58:34


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Leonard Marcus, founding co-director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative, a joint program of the Harvard School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School. And John Spengler, the Akira Yamaguchi professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation at the Harvard Chan School. And Edward Nardell, professor in the Department of Environmental, Health and Immunology and Infectious Diseases. And Wendy Purcell, research associate in the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard Chan School. This call was recorded at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, February 11th.

    February 9, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Atul Gawande

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 27:03


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Atul Gawande, a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management. This call was recorded at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, February 9th.

    February 5, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Michael Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 59:09


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, February 5th.

    February 1, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Joseph Allen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2021 54:53


    Press conference from the Harvard T.H. School of Public Health with Joseph Allen, associate professor of exposure assessment science and director of the Healthy Buildings Program. This call was recorded at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday, February 1st.

    January 29, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Micheal Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 53:13


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, January 29th.

    January 28, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Barry Bloom

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 78:10


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Barry Bloom, the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson, research professor of public health and former dean of the school. This call was recorded at twelve thirty p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, January 28th.

    January 22, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Michael Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 32:01


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, January 22nd.

    January 21, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with William Hanage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 85:17


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, January 21st.

    January 15, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Michael Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 61:27


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, January 15th.

    January 8, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Howard Koh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 55:37


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Howard Koh, the Harvey Fineberg professor of the practice of public health leadership. This call was recorded at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, January 8th.

    January 5, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Marc Lipsitch and Barry Bloom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 92:22


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, January 5th.

    December 30, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Stephen Kissler

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2020 25:51


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Stephen Kissler, research fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 30th.

    December 22, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Barry Bloom and William Hanage

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2020 60:52


    a press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Barry Bloom, professor of immunology and infectious diseases and former dean of the school, and William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, December 22nd.

    December 18, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Michael Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2020 31:53


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 18th.

    December 17, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Archana Basu

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 37:14


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Archana Basu, a research scientist in the Department of Epidemiology. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, December 17th.

    December 16, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Barry Bloom and William Hanage

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 85:04


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Barry Bloom, professor of immunology and infectious diseases and former dean of the school, and William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 16th.

    December 11, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Michael Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 59:59


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 11th.

    December 10, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Yonatan Grad

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2020 46:42


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Yonatan Grad, the Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, December 10th.

    Introducing: Better Off

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 1:29


    How can we make our families, communities, and our world a little bit better during the COVID-19 crisis, and beyond?  That's the question we're asking on Better Off, a new podcast from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In each episode of Better Off, host Anna Fisher-Pinkert will introduce you to the people who are hunting down solutions to current public health challenges, and innovating to solve public health problems that we haven’t even imagined yet.Subscribe to Better Off wherever you get your podcasts. First episode coming soon!Visit our website for a transcript of this trailer.  

    December 4, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 40:32


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 4th.

    December 3, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 42:06


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Thomas Tsai, assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and a faculty member in the Harvard Global Health Institute. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, December 3rd.

    November 20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Michael Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2020 55:51


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 20th.

    November 18, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Michael Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2020 55:05


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 18th.

    November 16, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Barry Bloom

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 73:37


    Press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Barry Bloom, the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Research Professor of public health and former Dean of the school. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 16th.

    November 13, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Michael Mina

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 71:18


    Press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 13th.

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