VIDEO Lisa Berkman – Demography Is Not Destiny: Social Resilience in the 21st Century | Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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

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We’re Hiring a Data Compliance Coordinator!

April 14, 2021
If you have experience with research protocols, data use agreements, and the storage of datasets (or know someone who does), please explore (or share) this new job posting!
The dangers of ignoring the other epidemic during the COVID-19 pandemic

April 14, 2021
Jason Block contributes his public health expertise to this op-ed in The Washington Post on the acute (and chronic) risks of ignoring the obesity issue in the U.S. “The reason obesity is so stigmatized is that people think of weight as a choice . . . It’s especially unfair when we have a society that … Continue reading “The dangers of ignoring the other epidemic during the COVID-19 pandemic”
How are changes in working status due to COVID-19 impacting the mental health of those Americans close to retirement age?

April 13, 2021
Harvard Pop Center’s Sloan Fellow on Aging and Work Leah Abrams, PhD, and recent Harvard Bell Fellow Lindsay Kobayashi, PhD, along with a colleague, have published their findings which reveal that workers who lost their jobs (more commonly associated with those who were under age 65 and those with less than a college degree), were … Continue reading “How are changes in working status due to COVID-19 impacting the mental health of those Americans close to retirement age?”
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”

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

We’re Hiring a Data Compliance Coordinator!

The dangers of ignoring the other epidemic during the COVID-19 pandemic

How are changes in working status due to COVID-19 impacting the mental health of those Americans close to retirement age?

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

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