HCPDS Director Lisa Berkman moderates “Tackling the loneliness epidemic,” a live-streamed Q & A with Senator Chris Murphy sponsored by The Studio at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Please register to watch online or attend in person.
Study finds poverty & social isolation put older men at increased risk for higher resting heart rate, a known risk factor for CVD
Visiting Scientist Cathal McCrory, PhD, is lead author on a paper published in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B that examines the impact of poverty and psychosocial factors, such as social connectedness and loneliness, on resting heart rate (RHR) in older adults.