Over time, electronic health records linked to lower hospital mortality
Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, is an author on the paper published in Health Affairs that has received media attention.
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Lawrence Bobo receives prestigious Harvard appointment
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.
Study finds police killings of unarmed black Americans negatively impact mental health of black Americans in general population
Faculty members Alex Tsai and David R. Williams are among the authors on a study in The Lancet that utilizes novel data on police killings of black Americans to reveal the spillover effects on those living in the same state. Learn more in The New York…
Married women who retire when their husbands do may be making a financial mistake
An NBER working paper by faculty member Nicole Maestas, PhD, that illustrates how the financial returns for working later in life may be greater for women than for men is catching attention in the media.
Study points to marked increase in marketing of sugar-sweetened beverages in grocery stores when food stamps are dispersed
Faculty member S V Subramanian, PhD, and former RWJF Health & Society Scholar Christina Roberto, are among the authors of a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that has received coverage in The Washington Post.
Women business owners in India & Sri Lanka commonly invest their microfinance loans & grants in male household member's business enterprises
A recent working paper by Harvard Pop Center Bell Fellow Natalia Rigol, PhD, along with faculty member Rohini Pande, PhD, is the subject of this post on Ideas for India that offers some explanations as to why previous studies have shown that…
Lack of purpose drives many retirees back to work
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Nicole Maestas, PhD, shares insights into “unretirement” on NPR podcast.
Dean Michelle Williams pens op-ed on social isolation as public health issue & cites Nations at Risk colloquium
In today’s Boston Globe, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dean and Pop Center faculty member Michelle Williams co-authors editorial on role that loneliness and social isolation play in “deaths of despair” as described by…
Study points to unmet need for social support among older women in rural South Africa
Researchers affiliated with the HAALSI research project have published a new study that found that older women in South Africa have weaker social network connections and are more socially isolated than men and younger women. Higher levels of widowhood…
Nations at Risk colloquium explores 'deaths of despair' and 'dreams of a fairer world'
Lisa Berkman welcomes the audience
Dean Michelle Williams delivers introductory remarks
Sir Angus Deaton speaks about rise in ‘deaths of despair’
Crowd of Harvard affiliates absorb sobering statistics about effects of education gap
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