Courses

This Harvard Medical School online course brings you the confidence and know-how to help you meet the unique physical, emotional and financial needs of your loved one.

This 14-week online program equips participants with evidence-based knowledge and practical strategies to navigate nutrition, lifestyle medicine, and women’s health across midlife and beyond.

In this Harvard Health Publishing online course you will learn the best ways to successfully manage your cholesterol.

The proven advice in this essential course can help you lose weight safely—without gimmick diets. Even more important, Harvard’s nutrition experts explain how to keep the weight you lose from coming back.

Find innovation opportunities in health care technology, management, consulting, or investing by examining health care cost, quality, and access.

Join Harvard Medical School faculty Dr. Luana Marques to use applied psychology to build personal resilience with five science-driven skills.

Taught by Harvard Medical School faculty, Health Care Economics, a Harvard Online course, provides insights into the economic forces are shaping US health care.

Learn how drugs and other therapeutics are used in the treatment and prevention of diseases and disorders.

Experts from Harvard Medical School explain how to recognize risk factors, symptoms, and treatment of cataracts as well as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and AMD (age-related macular degeneration).

Learn foundational concepts in biochemistry and gain a new appreciation for how this field applies to human health and disease.

Access to healthcare services is critical – but is it enough?

Examine best practices in child and family policies, advocacy, financing, and pathways to scale.

To address your physical fitness needs, you’ll want a mix of aerobic, strength training, and balance exercises. Learn how to create an effective workout plan in this special online course.

Dive into the mechanisms of action and exciting applications of new FDA-approved genetic medicines.

Understand advances in drug discovery and development and how new therapeutics are developed.

This online course from Harvard Health Publishing brings you information from Harvard experts on staying mentally sharp as you age. 

Explore the opportunities and difficulties facing widespread adoption of digital technologies and AI in health care.

Get relief from the pain and discomfort of dozens of digestive problems. Experts from Harvard Medical School explain in this online course how to ease or prevent GERD, acid reflux, dyspepsia, ulcers, IBS, constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating, and more

Dive into the structure of the U.S. health care delivery system and uncover the diverse types of care facilities, their primary functions, respective patient goals, and clinical providers through a framework of inpatient, outpatient, and home-based care.

Equipping clinicians with an up‑to‑date, comprehensive understanding of stem cell–based approaches for Parkinson’s disease, including biological rationale, current trial outcomes, comparison with existing therapies, and guidance for evidence.

Combine the best business strategies with the fundamentals of the health care sector.

Anyone dealing with urinary and/or fecal incontinence will learn in this course about causes and symptoms as well as diagnosis options and best treatments. Discover, too, a host of effective preventive measures that can enhance your quality of life.

Learn how a Culture of Health can transform your business by integrating worker, customer, community, and environmental well-being for sustainable success.

Don’t leave teaming up to chance. Create better teamwork through science.

Learning about the process of clinical drug development has important implications for anyone working in health care and related sectors.

Reimagine global health problems with some of the leading global health thinkers and actors through a case-based biosocial framework.

Examine the drug discovery and development process by gaining a high-level understanding of the scientific and regulatory frameworks that shape the pharmaceutical landscape, from initial discovery through clinical trials and regulatory approval.

An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.

Learn foundational concepts in physiology and see how the material is used in taking care of patients.

Learn about developments in the creation of vaccines.