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Julio Frenk, MD, PhD
Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School

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If this is to be the “Decade of Healthy Ageing,” treatments and support for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRDs) need to scale up now

April 8, 2021
The United Nations has declared that we are now in the “UN Decade of Healthy Ageing” (2021-2030) as a way to address the challenges that accompany increasing global life expectancy. Two researchers affiliated with the Harvard Pop Center (David Bloom and Benjamin Seligman) are among the authors of this piece published on voxeu.org that cites … Continue reading “If this is to be the “Decade of Healthy Ageing,” treatments and support for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRDs) need to scale up now”
Older adults in rural South Africa who care for their grandchildren may also be safeguarding their cognitive function

April 6, 2021
Three researchers (Harvard Pop Center Research Scientist Elyse Jennings, Research Associate Director Meagan Farrell, and former Bell Fellow Lindsay Kobayashi) affiliated with one of the flagship projects at the Harvard Pop Center — Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI) — have published their findings in … Continue reading “Older adults in rural South Africa who care for their grandchildren may also be safeguarding their cognitive function”
Announcing our next cohort of Bell Fellows!

March 29, 2021
We are pleased to announce that after an extensive and competitive recruitment process, three exceptional scholars will be joining the Harvard Pop Center community as Bell Fellows this coming fall (2021–2023). Brittney Butler’s research investigates anti-Black structural racism as a risk factor for Pregnancy Induced Hypertensive Disorders (PIHDs) among Black women. During her fellowship, she … Continue reading “Announcing our next cohort of Bell Fellows!”
Why would this researcher like to see ortho-phthalates banned from consumer products?

March 19, 2021
Russ Hauser’s research on ortho-phthalates, commonly found in personal care products, is the focus of this Harvard Chan School’s Big 3 Q&A.
Now in The Lancet: US racial and ethnic data missing for COVID-19 vaccination

March 18, 2021
Harvard Pop Center Working Paper Vol. 21, No. 1, is now published as a correspondence in The Lancet.

VIDEO Julio Frenk – The Next Stage of Global Health: The Road to Sustainable Development

If this is to be the “Decade of Healthy Ageing,” treatments and support for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRDs) need to scale up now

Older adults in rural South Africa who care for their grandchildren may also be safeguarding their cognitive function

Announcing our next cohort of Bell Fellows!

Why would this researcher like to see ortho-phthalates banned from consumer products?

Now in The Lancet: US racial and ethnic data missing for COVID-19 vaccination

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