Archive: Jul 2013

Arijit Nandi and Elizabeth Sweet, former RWJF Health & Society Scholars, find debt to be an important socioeconomic determinant of health in their recent study, “The high price of debt: Household financial debt and its impact on mental and…

Neighborhood foreclosures are associated with local population weight gain finds Pop Center faculty members, Maria Glymour, Ichiro Kawachi and SV Subramanian, and Pop Center research scientist, Mariana Arcaya, in their recent study published in the…

Study by Rebecca Thurston, former Harvard RWJF Health & Society scholar, explores methods to predict cardiovascular disease in adolescents.

Challenges in therapeutic options for chronic rhinosinusitis are highlighted by Cindy Liu, Pop Center faculty member, in her study “Medical therapy reduces microbiota diversity and evenness in surgically recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis“,…

In her recent essay, Mary Waters, Pop Center faculty member, examines the relationship between US cities and immigration with a special focus on New York City.

Pop Center faculty member, Till Baernighausen, investigates changes in population sexual behavior in response to the availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Changes in fish consumption during midlife impact men and women differently finds a recent study by Miguel Hernan, Pop Center faculty member.

SV Subramanian, Pop Center faculty member, studies socio-economic patterns in tobacco use in Indian states and their policy implications.

Race adversely affects health regardless of socioeconomic level says David Williams, Pop Center faculty member, speaking of the need for greater racial justice at the recent conference: Overcoming Racism, Seeking Equity, Building Community.

Study by Amitabh Chandra, Pop Center faculty member, suggests that the healthcare sector is responsive to standard market forces.