A study by Work, Family & Health Network (WFHN) researchers is spotlighted in this piece in The New York Times magazine on “Rethinking the Work-Life Equation.”
Why is measuring cost-related medication burden for Medicare beneficiaries so important?
Jessica Williams, PhD, a Harvard RWJF Health & Society program alumna, has written a piece for the blog of the journal, Medical Care in which she discusses the timeliness and value of a recently published paper that examines the instruments used to measure cost-related medication burden.
Pop Center faculty share insights into U.S. health inequalities in Harvard Gazette’s series on inequality
Pop Center faculty members Amitabh Chandra, PhD, Ashish Jha, MD, Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD, Joshua Salomon, PhDJ, SV Subramanian, PhD, and David Williams, PhD, are among the Harvard scholars cited on health inequalities in this Harvard Gazette article, the fourth in a series on what Harvard scholars are doing to address inequality in the United States. The piece was covered in this issue of U.S. News and World Report.
Deepening our understanding of how cash transfer programs can lower risk of HIV among adolescents in Africa
Harvard Pop Center Bell Fellow Molly Rosenberg, PhD, is an author on a paper published in Global Public Health that explores how cash transfer programs may work to delay sexual debut among Kenyan adolescents. The study explores three pathways in particular, including schooling, socio-economic status, and psycho-social status.
Michelle Williams named dean of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Michelle Williams, ScD, the Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Public Health, chair of the department of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a Harvard Pop Center faculty member, has been named the new dean of of the Faculty of Public Health.
Lisa Berkman discusses aging workforce on Harvard Chan School webcast The Forum
Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman appeared as a panel member of a webcast on The Forum at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, presented in collaboration with the Huffington Post, on Thursday, February 11. The panel of experts discussed the implications of an aging population on the workforce, including challenges that older workers must face, as well as the impacts on employers and programs such as Social Security.…
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Ashish Jha JAMA commentary on new program focused on social determinants of health
In this JAMA Forum, Ashish Jha, MD, a Harvard Center for Population and Development faculty member, expresses praise – and some words of caution – regarding a new government program dedicated to exploring the social determinants of health. The demonstration project, Accountable Health Communities (AHCs), will assess whether addressing health-related social needs among Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries can reduce health care costs at the community level.
Do higher health insurance deductibles really turn patients into smarter consumers?
In this New York Times piece “The Big Problem With High Health Care Deductibles” Amitabh Chandra, PhD, a Harvard Pop Center faculty and executive committee member, shares his thoughts on why he is no longer convinced that high-deductible health care plans are effective at converting patients into discerning consumers. Chandra’s insights were gleaned from this recent working paper.
Cumulative lifetime use of marijuana found to impact verbal memory in middle age
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Maria Glymour is an author on a paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine that explores the long-term effects of lifetime marijuana use on memory and other aspects of cognitive function.
Lisa Berkman to discuss aging workforce on Harvard Chan School webcast The Forum
On Thursday, February 11 from 12:30 to 1:30 ET, Lisa Berkman, Director of the Harvard Pop Center, will discuss the challenges (and benefits) of an aging workforce as a panel member on The Forum, a live webcast at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Tune in to the live webcast, or watch the on-demand video later.