Pop Center affiliated faculty member Rohini Pande, PhD, has co-authored a study, based on evidence from a randomized experiment in urban India, that examines, in particular, whether meeting frequency and group composition affect social capital.
Attention Harvard University Researchers: PGDA Call for Pilot Proposals
The Program on the Global Demography of Aging at Harvard is calling for pilot proposals in the area of economics and demography of aging. This funding opportunity is open to Harvard University researchers and the deadline is September 3, 2014.
Having Better-Educated Offspring May Add Years to Parents’ Lives
Harvard RWJF HSS Alum Esther Friedman, PhD, has co-authored a study that suggests that making an investment in children’s higher education may have a big payoff for parents’ lifespan. The study has received media coverage, including this article in the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, and this piece in Yahoo News.
Gortmaker Looks for Cost-Effective Solutions to Childhood Obesity
Harvard Pop Center affiliated faculty member Steven Gortmaker, PhD, is principal investigator on CHOICES Project (Childhood Obesity Intervention Cost-Effectiveness Study), a 3-year study that will evaluate the cost-effectiveness of 40 interventions designed to prevent childhood obesity.
Social Connection & Suicide Risk Study on Reuters.com
The recently published study by Harvard RWJF Health & Societies Scholar Program Alum Alexander Tsai and Harvard Pop Center affiliated faculty member Ichiro Kawachi that links being well-integrated socially with a lowered risk of suicide receives press.
Being Socially Well-Integrated Reduces Risk of Suicide
A 24-year prospective cohort study authored by Harvard RWJF Health & Societies Scholar Program Alum Alexander Tsai and Harvard Pop Center affiliated faculty member Ichiro Kawachi indicates that middle-aged men who are well-integrated socially have more than a 2-fold reduced risk for suicide. Being married, having a larger social network, and attending religious services on a regular basis showed the strongest protective associations. This study was published online July 14…
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Thurston’s Study on Hot Flashes and Weight Loss in the News
A study by Harvard RWJF Scholar Alum Rebecca Clark Thurston, PhD, on the connection between a reduction in menopausal hot flashes and weight loss has received some press in The Pittsburgh Business Times. The study has been published in the July online issue of Menopause.
David Cutler’s Earlier Optimism on Increasing Efficiency of Healthcare System May Have Been Right, say New Republic
Harvard Pop Center affiliated faculty member David Cutler is referenced in this article in New Republic on some recently released statistics on healthcare spending, indicating that the healthcare system may be becoming more efficient and services more widely utilized.
Older American workers more likely to be depressed after job loss than their European counterparts
In support of a recent study on job loss and depression in the USA and Europe published in the International Journal of Epidemiology and reported by CBS News, Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman has written a commentary. The HSPH researchers and their colleagues found that older American workers (aged 50-64) are more likely to experience depression after job loss than their European counterparts. In Berkman’s commentary, The hidden and…
Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman is appointed president of APC
Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman has recently been appointed president of The Association of Population Centers (APC). The organization, an independent group of universities and research groups whose mission is to foster collaborative demographic research and data sharing, translate basic population research for public policy decision-makers, and provide educational and training opportunities in population studies, was founded in 1991, and is open to any organization with a primary interest in…
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