Dr. Joseph G. Allen, DSc, MPH, CIH. Associate Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Director of Harvard’s Healthy Buildings Program
April 28, 2025, 5:10-6:10 p.m., McLaughlin Atrium
The air we breathe, outdoors and indoors, is compromised, and like it or not, humans have become an indoor species. This also means that the people who design, build, and maintain our buildings can have a major impact on our health. Why is air quality—not just outdoor air quality—something business leaders and policymakers care about, and what do cross-sector pathways to progress look like?
Join Dr. Joseph Allen, Associate Professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and Director of Harvard’s Healthy Buildings Program and Tuck Professors Charlie Wheelan and Lindsey Leininger for a briefing and moderated discussion on the nature of air quality threats.
Cosponsors: Tuck Center for Business, Government & Society; Tuck Center for Health Care; Rockefeller Center; Tuck Undergraduate Programs
Please note: All events are in-person and will not be recorded.
About Joseph
Dr. Joseph G. Allen, DSc, MPH, CIH is associate professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and director of Harvard’s Healthy Buildings Program. He is the coauthor of Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick—or Keep You Well. Dr. Allen keynoted the White House’s first ever Indoor Air Quality Summit, is an advisor to The White House Clean Air and Buildings Challenge, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, served as Commissioner of The Lancet COVID-19 Commission and Chair of its Safe Work, Safe Schools, and Safe Travel Task Force. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and regularly contributes to the New York Times, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review and The Atlantic.
About the Series
The Health, Wealth, and Sustainability (“Wicked Problems”) Series will immerse Tuck students and Dartmouth undergraduates in complex social problems and prepare them to be wise, decisive leaders. Each event during the academic year will feature an expert on a “wicked problem” in conversation with a Tuck faculty member.