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VIDEO Lisa Berkman – Demography Is Not Destiny: Social Resilience in the 21st Century

Lisa Berkman, PhD
Director, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies; Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Epidemiology, and Global Health and Population,
Harvard School of Public Health

Williams and Sánchez: “Systemic racism has had its knee on the neck of the African American community since America began.”

June 5, 2020
Harvard Chan School Dean Michelle Williams and Lecturer Jeffrey Sánchez pen op-ed in The Washington Post that details how racism is a public health crisis.
Mental health status check of young adults in U.S. during first wave of COVID-19 pandemic

June 5, 2020
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Cindy H. Liu, PhD, and colleagues have published a study in Psychiatry Research that found that nearly half of the U.S. young adults (18-30) in … Continue reading “Mental health status check of young adults in U.S. during first wave of COVID-19 pandemic”
Nancy Krieger takes on the Harvard Chan School’s Big 3 in response to killing of George Floyd and national protests

June 5, 2020
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Nancy Krieger, PhD, is featured in The Big 3, a Q & A format that explores topical issues in public health. Social Epidemiologist and Professor … Continue reading “Nancy Krieger takes on the Harvard Chan School’s Big 3 in response to killing of George Floyd and national protests”
Harvard Bell Fellow Leslie Adams awarded two grants related to suicide prevention among Black men

June 2, 2020
Our Bell Fellow Leslie Adams, PhD, has been awarded two grants that will help to fuel her research aimed at reducing inequalities in the use of mental health care services … Continue reading “Harvard Bell Fellow Leslie Adams awarded two grants related to suicide prevention among Black men”
Harvard University Centers Condemn Recent Police Violence in the United States

June 2, 2020
The Center for Population and Development Studies joins other Harvard research centers in the condemnation of the vicious murder of George Floyd and all racist violence perpetrated by law enforcement … Continue reading “Harvard University Centers Condemn Recent Police Violence in the United States”

VIDEO Lisa Berkman – Demography Is Not Destiny: Social Resilience in the 21st Century

Williams and Sánchez: “Systemic racism has had its knee on the neck of the African American community since America began.”

Mental health status check of young adults in U.S. during first wave of COVID-19 pandemic

Nancy Krieger takes on the Harvard Chan School’s Big 3 in response to killing of George Floyd and national protests

Harvard Bell Fellow Leslie Adams awarded two grants related to suicide prevention among Black men

Harvard University Centers Condemn Recent Police Violence in the United States

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