top of page

As a collaboration between the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Department of Behavioural Science and Health at UCL, the course will rotate between the two institutions, with the 2025 course being hosted by Harvard. This rotating model will allow the short course to have a more global reach and will assist in building an international community interested in and committed to building the science around linkages between emotional well-being and physical health outcomes. 

Course Schedule

The course will consist of four full days, Monday to Thursday. There will be a mix of lectures, interactive discussions, practical work, and mentoring sessions. Lectures will usually be one hour-long (40 minutes lecture, 20-minute discussion). Practical activities will consist of group work, analysis demonstrations, student flash talks, and more.​​

​

Each day of the course will have a different thematic focus exploring the linkages between emotional well-being and physical health. In addition to core sessions, guest speakers will present on topics that are particularly relevant in the field right now. These session topics include: social networks, arts and health, nature and well-being, and cross-cultural understanding of well-being.

​

We will provide coffee and tea breaks each day, as well as organized opportunities for student interactions and social activities. There will likely be other opportunities to chat with course directors and faculty during the course and in the evenings. 

Daily Breakdown

The following is representative of the typical schedule during previous courses.

 

Monday

State of the Knowledge on Linkages Between Emotional Well-being and Physical Health

Topics include:

  • Orientation

  • State of the knowledge

  • Defining and measuring well-being

 

Tuesday

Methods & Novel Topics

Topics include:

  • Cross-cultural understanding of well-being 

  • Study design: epidemiological and experimental studies

  • Nature and well-being

  • Methods to enhance causal inference

 

Wednesday

Mechanisms

Topics include:​

  • Biological mechanisms

  • Behavioral mechanisms

  • Income and well-being

  • Measuring well-being at the societal level

 

Thursday

Social Context & Interventions

Topics include:

  • Arts and cultural interventions

  • Measuring well-being at the societal level

  • Well-being and public policy 

  • Interventions in patient populations

  • Social connections and health​

​

​

Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Emotional Well-Being and Physical Health Summer Short Course. The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health designates this live activity for 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABOUT US
ADDRESS
COLLABORATORS

This short course focuses on the relationship between positive emotional well-being and physical health, drawing on a variety of empirical methods with careful consideration of measurement issues.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

677 Huntington Avenue

Boston, MA 02115

 

University College London

Gower Street

London, WC1E 6BT

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

 

Research Department of Behavioural Science and Health at University College London (UCL)

© 2024 by Kelsey Hunt 

            |                     |                                  |                   |                               |

Home

Organizers

Course Objectives

Applicants

Course Schedule

Contact

bottom of page