Harvard Pop Center affiliated researchers Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD, and former RWJF scholar Alexander Tsai, MD, PhD, are authors of a large study that examined the link between fatty acid intake and suicide, which sets it apart from the majority of similar studies of its size which focused more on just depression.
Can strong community ties compensate for a lack of more personal relationships as far as your health goes?
Harvard Pop Center-affiliated faculty member SV Subramanian, PhD, is an author on a study “The Influence of Social Capital on Individual Health: Is it the Neighbourhood or the Network?” published in Social Indicators Research.
Following ban of Donald Sterling from the NBA, Harvard sociologist David Williams comments on racial inequalities in The Montreal Gazette
The ban of Donald Sterling from the NBA for racist comments has generated increased conversation about the presence and impact of racism in the U.S. The Harvard Pop Center’s affiliated faculty member sociologist David Williams is one of several experts who share their insights in this feature in The Montreal Gazette.
Harvard Gazette reports on Pop Center’s 50th Anniversary Symposium
This recent feature in the Harvard Gazette is a comprehensive read on the issues, experts and outlooks that were a part of the Harvard Pop Center’s 50th Anniversary Symposium titled “Reimagining Societies in the Face of Demographic Change.”
Amitabh Chandra and David Cutler comment on health care spending in New York Times article
Harvard Pop Center affiliated faculty members Amitabh Chandra and David Cutler share their thoughts on health care spending in this New York Times article.
Amitabh Chandra discusses technology’s role in health care crisis with WGBH
Amitabh Chandra, PhD, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a member of the Harvard Pop Center’s Steering Committee, is featured on WGBH’s Innovation Hub and discusses whether technology has fueled the health care crisis.
Matt Wray, former RWJF Scholar at Pop Center, on his upcoming book on the “Suicide Belt” in American West
Matt Wray, PhD, former RWJF Health & Society Scholar at Harvard Pop Center, and current associate professor of sociology at Temple University, is interviewed in The Society Pages on his upcoming book about the “Suicide Belt” in the American West.
More TV viewing (and among racial/ethnic minority children, the presence of a bedroom TV) was associated with shorter sleep from infancy to mid-childhood.
According to a recent study co-authored by Harvard Pop Center-affiliated faculty members Matthew W. Gillman, MD, SM, and Elsie M. Taveras, MD, MPH, more TV viewing (and among racial/ethnic minority children, the presence of a bedroom TV) was associated with shorter sleep from infancy to mid-childhood.
Harvard Pop Center researchers investigate effect of urban sprawl on body mass index among displaced Hurricane Katrina survivors
Three Harvard Pop Center-affiliated researchers, Yerby Fellow Mariana Arcaya, ScD, and faculty members Mary C. Waters, PhD, and S.V. Subramanian, PhD, have provided the first natural experimental data on urban sprawl and body mass index (BMI). Their research results suggest that built environment may foster changes in weight.
RWJF Alums study how marathon bombings impact adolescent mental health
Last Spring, RWJF alums Katie McLaughlin and Margaret Sheridan were in the middle of a study on trauma that, like so many of its kind, relied upon artificial situations created in a lab. But in the middle of this study, a real-life trauma occurred: the marathon bombing. As McLaughlin told New England Public Radio, this provided a unique opportunity to look at how children and adolescents who had experienced previous trauma…
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