2020 – Page 13 – Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies

Is there a link between opioid overdose mortality rates and automobile assembly plant closures in the U.S.?

January 22, 2020

Researchers affiliated with the Harvard Pop Center have published a study that focuses on counties with a large share of the population employed in the manufacturing sector, finding a link between automobile assembly plant closures and deaths by opioid…

Assembly workers work on a Chrysler car at a Michigan plant.

Lisa Berkman addresses Harvard community in Seattle about widening inequalities and shifting workplace demographics

January 09, 2020

Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman joined Harvard University President Larry Bacow in Seattle and addressed nearly 300 alumni and students. Based on her work as a social epidemiologist, Berkman noted “life expectancy in the United States is…

Prevention may be worth much more than pound of cure to tackle obesity trends

January 07, 2020

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that utilized state-level data projects that by 2030 almost 50% of U.S. adults will be obese, with some states coming in higher than 50% and no state at a level below 35%. Harvard Pop Center…

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Is there a link between opioid overdose mortality rates and automobile assembly plant closures in the U.S.?

Lisa Berkman addresses Harvard community in Seattle about widening inequalities and shifting workplace demographics

Prevention may be worth much more than pound of cure to tackle obesity trends