Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

For many people, consistent exercise feels daunting—an all-or-nothing proposition in which setbacks signal failure and advice overwhelms. Today’s Harvard Chan Studio discussion reframes physical activity as something accessible and sustainable by challenging common myths about exercise and the amounts needed for health and well-being.

Speakers will explore how different “doses” of activity, from light movement to more intense training, influence health—and how adapting routines can help people avoid burnout and keep exercising over a lifetime.

A panel of specialists in epidemiology, sports cardiology, athletics, and health journalism will weigh in, drawing on both research and real-world experience.
Brooke Forde – Olympic Silver Medalist and Project Coordinator, Harvard Chan School
I-Min Lee – Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard Chan School
Mia Sanchez, SM ‘26, and Marathoner
Meagan Wasfy – Sports Cardiologist and Echocardiographer, Massachusetts General Hospital
Gretchen Reynolds – Health Columnist, The Washington Post [Moderator]

Watch live at 1 PM ET on our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/4eiimJ6

“These findings highlight the potential of creator-focused interventions to promote positive mental health behavioral outcomes on video-based social media platforms,” wrote the co-authors of a recent study that examined the results of mental health communication training for social media content creators.

Training TikTok creators in mental health communication improves audiences’ mental health knowledge, competencies | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Providing training in mental health communication to social media content creators can help improve their audiences’ abilities to gather and understand mental health knowledge as well as boost their e...

AI has already changed how health care organizations collect and analyze data. Now, it’s changing how they build new solutions for challenges such as automating administrative work and supporting clinical decision-making.

Learn more from our recent Harvard Chan Studio event:

Experts discuss AI’s growing role in transforming health care | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Panelists explored how health care organizations are using AI tools.

“What drew me [to the project] was the argument that civic participation is a meaningful pathway to health. If you can’t engage in the governance of your own community, you have less power to shape the policies that determine what resources flow to you and on what terms,” said Jake Wheeler, DrPH ’28.

Students work on social impact projects in Native American communities | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Jake Wheeler, DrPH ’28 worked with a Native-led organization to develop a civic engagement curriculum for the Klamath Tribes.

20 faculty research projects were recently awarded grants through Harvard University's Frontiers of Innovation for Societal Impact Fund, including four led or co-led by Harvard Chan School researchers:

🦟 Flaminia Catteruccia and Daniel Edward Neafsey received an Ascend Award for their work on bed nets for effective malaria control.

💻 Francesca Dominici and Le Xie (SEAS) received an Ascend Award for their work on sustainable AI infrastructure.

🫁 Peng Gao received a Spark Award for his work mapping chemicals in human lung tissue.

🔎 Jessalyn Ubellacker and Ted A. James (Endeavor Health Cancer Institute) received a Spark Award for their work to uncover early biomarkers of breast cancer.

Congratulations to all the awardees!

20 societal problems, 20 solutions — Harvard Gazette Projects translating research into public good — spanning fields from medicine and climate to civics and arts — win $4 million from new Harvard fund

This May, Harvard Chan School researchers came together with colleagues across the university to discuss the fight against malaria—past, present and future.

“It’s going to take all of us in our different corners to defeat malaria," said professor Dyann Wirth.

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One year into new federal health leadership, new poll findings show a sharp fall in trust in the CDC, as well as continued support for childhood vaccine requirements and recent changes to dietary guidelines.

Poll: Trust in CDC has fallen dramatically in the last year | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health The poll, "One Year In: Public Views of a Changing Public Health Landscape," was conducted by Harvard Chan School and the de Beaumont Foundation’s Public Health Listening Lab.

At Harvard Chan Convocation, student speaker Rajeshwari Subramanian, MPH '26, shared how her experience at Harvard has transformed her way of seeing problems and inspired her to use her education to ensure the health and well-being of others.