Harvard Pop Center’s Director of the Research Core Jocelyn Finlay, PhD, presented as a member of an expert panel on “Population, sustainable development, and the post-2015 development agenda” at the United Nations on January 22. The panel was assembled to prepare for the upcoming 48th session of the Commission on Population and Development in 2015, when the theme will be “Realizing the future we want: integrating population issues into sustainable development, including the post-2015 development…
Jason Block comments on study that finds people pay attention to restaurant calorie labels
Harvard Pop Center affiliated faculty member Jason Block, MD, comments in this livescience article on the impact of restaurant calorie labeling.
O’Brien on bias against disabled in this LA Times Op-Ed
In this Op-Ed in the LA Times, Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholar Rourke O’Brien shares some findings from a national survey he conducted on bias against the disabled.
Gunther Fink on Saving Neonatal Lives
Pop Center faculty member Gunther Fink talks about reducing neonatal mortality in a featured story on the Harvard Chan School’s website.
Long working hours linked to risky alcohol consumption
Cassandra Okechukwu, ScD, MSN, Pop Center affiliated faculty member, comments in this Time article on an editorial she wrote to accompany a study published in BMJ that links long working hours to risky alcohol consumption.
Papachristos suggests ways to curb gun violence “epidemic” in Chicago in Huffington Post
Former Harvard RWJF Scholar Andrew Papachristos, PhD was lead author in a study in Social Science & Medicine that is highlighted in a Huffington Post article. Papachristos compares the majority of nonfatal gun violence in Chicago to a blood-borne pathogen transmitted within networks for specific reasons.
Rohini Pande addresses root cause of violence against women in South Asia
In this Harvard Magazine Forum piece, Harvard Pop Center affiliated faculty member Rohini Pande, PhD, shares her perspective on steps that can be taken, both short and long term, in response to the rash of violence against women in South Asia.
Employees with financial incentives more likely to participate in wellness programs
In this The St. Louis American article, Harvard Pop Center affiliated faculty member Jason Block, MD, MPH, comments on his new research that shows that a financial incentive can drastically increase employee participation in a health coach program, a wellness initiative that involves one-on-one phone calls with a personal health coach.
Gita Sen on importance of strong public health system & UHC in Bangladesh
Harvard Pop Center affiliated faculty member Gita Sen, PhD, was interviewed by Bangladesh’s first Internet newspaper, bdnews24.com, on the importance of a strong public health system to adopt universal health coverage (UHC) to protect people from slipping into poverty.
Yerby Fellow Arcaya focus on HSPH The Big 3
Harvard Yerby Fellow Mariana Arcaya, ScD, is the focus of this HSPH The Big 3 news feature which asks the lead author of a recent article relating to Hurricane Katrina survivors three key questions about her research.