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Reducing health inequities in the Mississippi Delta
Four students worked in the Mississippi Delta region over the summer on practicum projects aimed at tackling chronic disease, supporting foster youth, training community health workers, and improving maternal and infant health.
Opinion: Carney Hospital, a key Boston safety net hospital, must remain open
The imminent closure of Steward Health Care-owned Carney Hospital threatens to widen Boston’s already dramatic health inequities, writes Harvard Chan School’s Alecia McGregor.
Racial, economic injustice may accelerate epigenetic aging
Nancy Krieger, professor of social epidemiology, discusses her most recent study about epigenetic aging and early life and adult exposure to racial, economic, and environmental injustice.
Steward hospital closures could harm health equity in Massachusetts
While Massachusetts residents were recently found to have the second-highest life expectancy in the country, major health disparities still plague the state—and could widen if vulnerable patients lose access to the hospitals and health centers they’ve relied on.
Top causes of death suggest need to better prevent, manage chronic conditions
Many deaths in the U.S. from the most common causes could be delayed or prevented with lifestyle changes and improved primary care delivery, experts say.
Environmental justice boot camp offers training on solutions-driven research
At a boot camp held August 15–16 at Harvard Chan School, around 60 environmental health scientists gathered both on campus and online to learn about methods and approaches for studying environmental health disparities.
Improving biostatistical models to decrease health disparities
Briana Stephenson, assistant professor of biostatistics, develops biostatistical models to better understand population health disparities. In this Q&A, she shares what motivates her work and the broad applications of her research.
Elevating precision medicine research
New guidelines for how precision medicine researchers report their findings seek to increase the field's impact and promote health equity.
Improving life expectancy for youth with HIV in U.S.
While life expectancy remains lower among youth with HIV, these gaps have less to do with the disease itself and more to do with disengagement from care and other sociodemographic factors, according to a new study co-authored by…
Insurance coverage disruptions, challenges accessing care common amid Medicaid unwinding
According to a new Harvard Chan School survey, nearly half of those who were disenrolled from Medicaid reported being uninsured in late 2023.
