News and Announcements - August 24, 2024 PhD Newsletter

"Welcome all to the 2024-2025 academic year, and a special welcome to our incoming cohort: Aleksandra, Carol, and Melissa! If you see them around the hallway, in the grad lounge, or in class, please introduce yourselves and welcome them to the program. I hope you all enjoyed a change of pace over the summer and are ready to jump into another academic year!

I look forward to seeing many of you during colloquium talks this semester. We have a stellar lineup of speakers (see below), including two HBS alums, Lee Hoffer at Case Western Reserve University and Alisa Velonis at the University of Illinois Chicago. All research talks will be hosted as hybrid events, so feel free to join us online via Zoom if you can’t make it in person.

If possible, please set aside time on September 6 for a Welcome Back Breakfast from 10-11 am in North Classroom room 3004. Join faculty and fellow students for coffee, tea, and light refreshments to say goodbye to summer and usher in a new semester. I hope to see you there!

Wishing you a fantastic start to the year! Please remember that HBS faculty, staff, and administration are all here to support you."

"Welcome everyone to a new academic year and the beginning of Fall Semester 2024! I hope you all were able to relax and recharge over the summer.

Last May, as we prepared to go our separate ways for the summer, the Department of Health & Behavioral Sciences celebrated its 30th anniversary with an event attended by faculty, staff, alumni, our latest undergraduate award winners, and friends of the Department.

It was a reminder of how far the department has come in its three decades of existence and, most importantly, how many lives it has touched for the better through our educational, research, and outreach missions. The greatest point of pride for me, is our students, both undergraduate and graduate, and their dedication to improving the lives of communities around us through theory- and data-informed research and practice. As we embark on a new academic year, I hope you too can take a moment to reflect on being a member of an academic community that is profoundly dedicated to equity and justice in the domain of health and beyond.

I wish everyone success in the coming academic year! And please, always feel free to stop by the Department Office to chat or just say hello."

Back by popular demand… the Colloquium Speaker Series! Join us on select Fridays throughout the semester to learn from some great minds and their cutting edge research. Support HBS students, professors, and alums, as well as researchers from external institutions. Watch your emails for invites!

September 6

Thinking with Critical and Feminist Theory Using Quantitative Methods in Health Research

Laura Sochas, PhD

School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh

September 20

Person-Centered Care or Payer-Centered Care? An Ethnographic Study of an Outpatient Setting and Wheeled Mobility Clinic

Becky Breaux, MS, OTR/L, ATP

Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Denver