How to Beat Stress

September 22, 2011

Learn from one of the pioneers in mind/body medicine how to elicit the relaxation response and how it can be used to effectively manage stress.

Rick Mills – Introduction

Executive Dean for Administration

Herb Benson, MD

Director Emeritus, Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
Mind/Body Medical Institute Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

The Sun and Our Skin

July 12, 2011

What is the effect of sun exposure and what can be done to minimize risk? Learn about different types of skin cancer, the consequences of tanning and the importance of vitamin D from one of Harvard Medical School’s leaders in the field of dermatology.

William W. Chin – Introduction

Executive Dean for Research

David Fisher, MD, PhD

Chief, Department of Dermatology
Director, Melanoma Program, MGH Cancer Center
Director, Cutaneous Biology Research Center
Massachusetts General Hospital

Why Sleep Matters

March 9, 2011

Ever wonder why you sleep? Learn about how and why we sleep, how to determine the amount of sleep that you need, common sleep disorders and recent findings on the interrelationship of sleep, work, family and health from two of Harvard Medical School’s leaders in the field.

William W. Chin – Introduction

Executive Dean for Research

Elizabeth B. Klerman, MD, PhD – Sleep: that thing you don't get

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Orfeu M. Buxton, PhD – Sleep, work, family, and health

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Neuroscientist, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

The Long Haul: The Obstacles That Remain

February 14, 2011

Honoring Dr. Alvin Poussaint, recipient of the 2010 Herbert W. Nickens Award from the AAMC

Please join Alvin F. Poussaint, MD, professor of psychiatry and faculty associate dean for student affairs at HMS, as he talks about early efforts to increase underrepresented minority enrollment in medical schools, how much we have achieved today and the remaining challenges to improve diversity in medical schools.

Jeffrey S. Flier – Introduction

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine

Alvin F. Poussaint, MD

Professor of Psychiatry
Faculty Associate Dean for Student Affairs