Archive: Oct 2017

Part of the answer may depend on where you live (industrial vs. agricultural economy). The findings of recent work by Harvard Pop Center faculty member and health economist David Cutler and his colleagues is cited in this New York Times article. He also…

Ichiro Kawachi, MD, shares his thoughts on how “gamification” (applying elements of game playing to other activities) can be used to motivate health-related behavior change in this invited commentary in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Harvard Pop Center faculty member Nancy Krieger and Associate Director Jason Beckfield have penned this op-ed in nydailynews.com that calls for sports stats geeks to put their quantitative skills to use to improve U.S. stats on deaths and…

Harvard Pop Center faculty member S V (Subu) Subramanian, PhD, and other current and past Pop Center researchers, have reviewed studies on the association between stunting and child development, and make some recommendations on next steps for the…

The Harvard Pop Center is now accepting applications for its postdoctoral fellowship programs—the Bell Fellowship and the Sloan Fellowship on Aging and Work. We offer competitive salaries, benefits, and research/travel funds. Learn more…