Behavioral Psychology

  • Read more: Research Assistant III: Work with Professors Eyal, Hammitt, Freedberg, Kuritzkes, and collaborators on HIV cure studies’ risks, risk perceptions, and ethics

    Research Assistant III: Work with Professors Eyal, Hammitt, Freedberg, Kuritzkes, and collaborators on HIV cure studies’ risks, risk perceptions, and ethics

    The research assistant will work with the principal investigator Nir Eyal and collaborators from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Duke University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital as well as the ACTG HIV trial site network. The multidisciplinary team uses methods of clinical epidemiology, economics, simulation modeling, and normative theory…

  • Read more: Harvard Effective Altruism (HEA): Thursday, April 17th: Critch on Aversion Factoring & Career Choice

    Harvard Effective Altruism (HEA): Thursday, April 17th: Critch on Aversion Factoring & Career Choice

    A communication from Harvard Effective Altruism: Aversion Factoring & Career Choice with Dr. Andrew Critch Thursday, April 17th 7-8:30 PM Emerson 305 We often limit ourselves by avoiding things we find bothersome or scary.  But for almost anything you find bothersome, there’s someone out there who doesn’t!  How does that work?  Can you copy their…

  • Read more: Saturday, April 5th: Aid Grade! (from Harvard Effective Altruism)

    Saturday, April 5th: Aid Grade! (from Harvard Effective Altruism)

    A communication from Harvard Effective Altruism:   Hi altruists, Saturday, April 5th is a big day for EA at Harvard: we have three different awesome events for you! Our guest for the day, flying up from DC for the occasion, will be Dr. Eva Vivalt, the founder of AidGrade. AidGrade helps figure out what works in international…

  • Read more: Harvard Effective Altruism: Josh Greene this Tuesday

    Harvard Effective Altruism: Josh Greene this Tuesday

    Emotion, Reason and Altruism with Professor Joshua Greene Tuesday, March 11th, 7 PM, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall Why do people have radically different opinions as to who to help and how? How can we get along with people who seem to fundamentally disagree with us about what to want? Professor Josh Greene addresses this and…

  • Read more: Feb 13: Peter Ubel speaking to the HMS Division of Medical Ethics

    Feb 13: Peter Ubel speaking to the HMS Division of Medical Ethics

    Please join the HMS Division of Medical Ethics for… “What behavioral science has taught me about the limits of autonomy” Peter A. Ubel, MD Professor of Business Administration and Medicine, Professor of Public Policy, Duke University Wednesday, February 13, 2013 1:00 – 2:30 PM 1st Floor Conference Room 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston RSVP to DME…