Lack of purpose drives many retirees back to work
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Nicole Maestas, PhD, shares insights into “unretirement” on NPR podcast.
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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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Mary C. Waters awarded prestigious Harvard Arts and Sciences professorship
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Mary C. Waters has been named the PVK Professor of Arts and Sciences in recognition of her excellence in leadership, teaching, and scholarly achievement. The prestigious, five-year term professorship is one of four…
Why is U.S. healthcare spending so high? How does it really stack up to other high-income countries?
Faculty member Ashish, Jha, MD, is author and lead researcher on a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that takes a “careful and more comprehensive” look at the U.S. healthcare system. Learn about the…
What makes some natural disaster survivors more resilient than others?
Mary Waters‘ research (RISK project) on the long-term consequences of a disaster on the lives of survivors is featured in this piece in Science Magazine.
Lisa Berkman on public health challenge of our aging world in Harvard Chan podcast
Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman, along with Harvard Chan School Professor Albert Hofman and Dean Michelle Williams, discuss the social, health and economic challenges posed by the fact that we are living longer in this Harvard Chan podcast.
A blueprint for deciphering and assessing evidence-based health policy
An editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine co-authored by Amitahb Chandra has received attention in the news.
Anders Herlitz awarded the Sissela Bok Ethics and Population Research Prize
The Harvard Pop Center has awarded Anders Herlitz, PhD, a research fellow and visiting scientist in the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with a $5,000 research grant. Herlitz was selected for…