Special Topics in Env. Health: From Climate Events to Health Evidence: Research Methods in Practice

Harvard HSPH

How do we know that a heat wave, a hurricane, or a wildfire smoke episode harmed health, by how much, and for whom? This intensive January course teaches the research methods used to turn climate events into rigorous health evidence. The course is organized by method rather than by topic: each session pairs an exposure-assessment or causal-inference approach with real climate events, and is taught by Harvard faculty and guest researchers who use these methods in their own work.We kick-off the…