Paths to Insight and Inquiry

In 2025, the HMS Office for Culture and Community Engagement (OCCE) established Opening Doors – a series of conversations with HMS faculty who have made significant contributions to Harvard Medical School. By conversing with a former mentee or colleague...

During the 2025–2026 academic year, the Harvard Medical School Office for Culture and Community Engagement (OCCE) hosted its Discovery, Service, and Justice (DSJ) Lecture series, focusing on critical social determinants shaping health in Boston. Grounded...

Five practices of a confident pluralist — (1) Reflection, (2) Commitment to Institutions and Nonviolence, (3) Commitment to Compromise, (4) Listening Before Speaking, and (5) Protecting Human Dignity — framed the keynote lecture delivered by Professor...

On March 12, the HMS Office for Culture & Community Engagement welcomed Dr. Joseph B. Martin, the Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor of Neurobiology and former Dean of Harvard Medical School, for an “Opening Doors” conversation moderated by Dr...

On Tuesday, October 21, 2025, Dr. Wayne Frederick presented a keynote lecture on "Equity Through Empathy: The Human Side of Health Leadership" at Harvard Medical School for the 2025 Schlager Visiting Professor Lectureship, sponsored by Mass General...