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Lisa Berkman discusses aging workforce on Harvard Chan School webcast The Forum

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Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman appeared as a panel member of a  webcast on The Forum at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, presented in collaboration with the Huffington Post, on Thursday, February 11. The panel of experts discussed the implications of an aging population on the workforce, including challenges that older workers must face, as well as the impacts on employers and programs such as Social Security.…

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Lisa Berkman speaks on NPR’s Here & Now on American Workplace Policies

Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman shares findings from the Work, Family & Health Network intervention study with Robin Young in this NPR story that aired on Here & Now. This news story, “Are American Workplace Policies Stuck in the 1950s?,” is part of NPR’s focus this month on what factors shape health, the topic of a recent poll by NPR,  the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H.…

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Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman’s Appearance on Panel Featured in Harvard Gazette and Huffington Post

Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman’s appearance on Tuesday’s panel discussion titled “Living Longer and Happier Lives: The Science Behind Healthy Aging” (sponsored by The Forum at HSPH in collaboration with The Huffington Post) is featured in the Harvard Gazette and The Huffington Post.

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Save the Date: June 14, 2013

David Canning, Pop Center Associate Director, Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences and Professor of Economics and International Health, will be a panelist at the HSPH Forum on Girls’ Health and Education: Igniting Change Worldwide presented in partnership with Vulcan Productions. When: Friday, June 14, 2013 at 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Where: The Leadership Studio, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston RSVP to: theforum@hsph.harvard.edu Watch at:…

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