Gita Sen, Pop Center faculty member, provides a feminist analysis of the UN Millennium Development Goals. Read more in “No Empowerment without Rights, No Rights without Politics: Gender-Equality, MDGs and the post 2015 Development Agenda” published last month in the Harvard School of Public Health Working Paper Series.
UV index and racial differences in prostate cancer
David Cutler, Pop Center faculty member, studies the role of vitamin D and the ultraviolet index on racial disparities in prostate cancer incidence and mortality. Read more…
Dying in their prime: determinants and space-time risk of adult mortality in rural South Africa
Study by Pop Center faculty members, Kathleen Kahn and Stephen Tollman, investigates the driving forces behind adult mortality in rural South Africa and their policy implications.Read more …
Underestimating Fast Food
Research by Jason Block, Pop Center faculty member, finds that the public underestimates calories consumed in fast food meals.Read more …
Boston gang violence and Operation Ceasefire
Study by Andrew Papachristos, former RWJF Health & Society Scholar, confirms role of Boston Police Department Operation Ceasefire in the reduction of gang violence. Read the Boston Globe story.