The Talks@12 series, sponsored by the HMS Office of Communications and External Relations, offers the entire community a chance to hear from the extraordinary researchers and educators who make HMS a world-class institution.
HMS staff, faculty and students are invited to attend these lunchtime talks on campus, while members of the public are invited to view via livestream.
For more information, please contact: communications@hms.harvard.edu.
Previous Talks@12:
What to Eat: The Emerging Field of Culinary Medicine
June 19, 2018 | NOON-1 P.M. Armenise Amphitheater
Culinary medicine, a new educational and nutritional approach to improving eating behaviors, focuses on skills such as food shopping, storage and meal preparation. Lifestyle medicine physician Rani Polak will discuss how to blend the joy of cooking with the science of medicine to create a recipe for good health.
Rani Polak, MD
Research Associate in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School Founding Director, CHEF Coaching Program, Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Eavesdropping on Bacteria
February 15, 2018 | NOON-1 P.M. Armenise Amphitheater
What role, if any, did bacteria play in the evolutionary history of humans? Jon Clardy will discuss recent discoveries from "listening in" on bacteria and decoding their molecular messages to gain important insights into biology and medicine.
Jon Clardy, PhD
Hsein Wu and Daisy Yen Wu Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Oral Health Facts Matter
January 29, 2018 | NOON-1 P.M.
The rapid spread through social networks of health misinformation, such as questioning the safety of water fluoridation and vaccinations, has led to new public health and policy challenges. In our web-based world, the sound science that supports some oral health advances is being threatened. Brittany Seymour and Alessandro Villa from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine will discuss how to recognize inaccuracies and change the conversation.
Brittany Seymour
Assistant Professor of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Alessandro Villa
Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
The Promises and Perils of Gene Editing
January 16, 2018 | NOON-1 P.M. TMEC Walter Amphitheater
Genome reading and editing are exponentially advancing technologies, putting tools such as next-generation sequencing and CRISPR at the forefront of medical research and practice. George Church, a leading innovator in this emerging field, will explore the many promising applications that could significantly impact human health and also discuss the ethical implications facing genetic engineering now and in the future.
George Church, PhD
Professor of Genetics Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School Director, Personal Genome Project