A study by Harvard Pop Center faculty member Aisha K. Yousafzai, PhD, and colleagues explores the impact of chronic maternal depression, distinct from more temporary bouts of depression, on child development.
Even though height is commonly correlated with socioeconomic status (SES), SES is not known as a reliable predictor of height. In this study, Harvard Pop Center Bell Fellow Adel Daoud, Research Associate Rockli Kim, and faculty member S (Subu) V Subramanian utilized machine learning algorithms to assess whether there were non-linear patterns in the data that might shed more light on the relationship between height and socio-economic status.
Researchers affiliated with the RISK project have published a study in Social Science & Medicine that looks at the long-term mental health consequences of Hurricane Katrina. Among the study participants—a group of low-income mothers— one in six was found to still be suffering post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), and hurricane-related traumas were found to predict persistent PTSS.
The current issue (Fall 2019) of Harvard Public Health magazine features research by Jack Cordes (then a graduate student), Lyndsey Rolheiser (then a Harvard Pop Center post-doc fellow), and our faculty member Subu Subramanian that “made a splash with the media.” ℞ for an Epidemic
Anna Grummon, PhD, a Harvard Bell Fellow in the 2019-2021 cohort, is among the authors of an analysis published in the journal Science. The researchers conclude that health and economic gains could be better realized by taxing the sugar content of those beverages, rather than taxing the amount of liquid in the drinks. Learn more in this news post by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Harvard Pop Center Research Associate Beth Truesdale, PhD, has penned a Letter to the Editor published in The Boston Globe that calls for strengthening Social Security and employer-based retirement plans. Beth is currently co-editing a volume titled Overtime: America’s Aging Workforce and the Future of “Working Longer.” This project, which is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, gathers an interdisciplinary community of scholars to examine how changes in health,…
Laura Kubzansky and her colleagues have published a paper in PNAS that has furthered previous research on the link between optimism and better health to now find a relationship between optimism and greater longevity (up to 15% longer, on average) including increased odds of living to 85 years old or beyond. The findings have received much attention in the press… Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Psychology Today CNBC…
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Harvard Pop Center faculty member S (Subu) V Subramanian, PhD, and student Pritha Chatterjee have penned an op-ed that is the subject of a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health news item.
Joel Salinas, MD, is an author on a study that, using data from the Framingham Heart Study, revealed that a particular whole blood microRNA (miR-574-3p) expression was significantly lower in participants with chronic stroke, signaling the need for further research aimed at developing better diagnostic and treatment options for cerebrovascular disease.
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Sari Reisner, ScD, is an author on a study that examines what age young women develop and express their transgender identities, finding that Black & Latina transgender women begin disclosing their identity to others earlier than White transgender women. One reason that such developmental milestones are important to track is to potentially mitigate the risk of acquiring HIV and other STDs. The study has received…