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In the inaugural session of the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health series, "Diverse Voices: COVID-19 and the Health of Women," Ana Langer, MD, the director of the Women and Health Initiative (W&HI) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Jewel Gausman, ScD, MHS, a research associate at the W&HI, will lead a plain-language discussion of topics explored in their commentary article “Sex and Gender Disparities in the COVID-19 Pandemic,” recently published in the Journal of Women’s Health.

The Fisher College of Business will host a film screening and Q&A session with the Director of She Started It on Wednesday, January 27th at 5:30pm EST. She Started It gives a new face to the popular image of the tech entrepreneur: a female face. Following five young women over two years as they pitch VCs, build teams, bring products to market, fail and start again, SHE STARTED IT takes viewers on a global roller coaster ride from San Francisco to Mississippi, France and Vietnam.

In part II of this series sponsored by Zora's House, Izetta Thomas of Black Girls Plan will lead an intention setting session. Using a process developed through her work with Black Girls Plan, you'll set intentions (not to be confused with goals!) for the new year and learn how to use your planner to reinforce them.