Archive: 2018

Harvard Pop Center faculty member S. Bryn Austin, PhD, and Graduate Student Affiliate Brielle Bryan have authored a study that indicates that sexual minority women (lesbian and bisexual) physiologically experience more stress based on disparities in…

Congratulations to Harvard Pop Center faculty member Meredith Rowe, EdD on being awarded this cross-sector fellowship which is given to professionals who are sparking new ideas and fostering breakthrough approaches for communicating the insights of early…

Social determinants of health (complex contextual factors) are considered to have a profound impact on our health, yet are not part of our health care system. Harvard Pop Center faculty member Hossein Estiri, PhD, is an author of a Perspective published…

Findings of a research study show that even though residents of black and Hispanic neighborhoods traveled outside of their home neighborhoods, they were far less exposed to nonpoor or white middle-class neighborhoods than residents of primarily white…

A study based on a survey experiment co-authored by Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholars program alum Rourke L. O’Brien, PhD, shows women and black job applicants to be negatively impacted by a bad credit report.

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, is an author on the paper published in Health Affairs that has received media attention.

A study by Laura Kubzansky and colleagues reveals that greater psychological well-being is linked to higher levels of HDL-C (considered to be the “good” cholesterol). While healthier behaviors play a role, this study aims to examine more…

Harvard Pop Center faculty members S V Subramanian, PhD, and Kenneth Mayer, MD, are among the authors on a study published in PLOS One that explores the impact of prison release on HIV incidence in parts of the U.S. that have the highest rates of…

Harvard Pop Center faculty member Chunling Lu, PhD, is co-author on a study that has found that poverty status is not the only significant contributing factor to the inequalities in medical care utilization and household catastrophic spending that exist…

Congratulations to Harvard Pop Center faculty member Lawrence Bobo, PhD, who has been named a Harvard College Professor, a five-year appointment that offers extra support for research or scholarly activities. Learn more in The Harvard Gazette.