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An article co-authored by David R. Williams explores how past “dramatic societal events” impacted the health of vulnerable, marginalized groups, and offers suggestions to health care providers on how to best mitigate the negative impacts…

Congratulations to Harvard Bell Fellow Lindsay Kobayashi on winning Best Poster in the Best Postdoc and Research Associates category at this year’s Harvard Chan School Poster Day event. This poster was also presented at the…

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Babatunde Osotimehin, the director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and a staunch supporter of the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls around the globe.…

Harvard Pop Center faculty member Mark Schuster, MD, is an author on an upcoming paper published in the journal Health Services Research that suggests that health insurance that includes an individual mandate more effectively keeps young adults…

Congratulations to our director Lisa Berkman on being honored with the Mentoring Award by the Committee on the Advancement of Women Faculty at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Learn more in this featured news story on the Harvard T.H. Chan…

Congratulations to Harvard sociologists Alexandra Killewald and Devah Pager who will be joining the 2017-2018 cohort of incoming Radcliffe Institute Fellows.

The Committee on the Advancement of Women Faculty (CAWF) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has announced that Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman will be honored with its Third Annual Mentoring Award at the upcoming 2017 Awards…

Mirror Touch, a book by Harvard Pop Center faculty member Joel Salinas, MD, about his experiences as a neurologist who has mirror-touch synesthesia—a neurological trait that gives him heightened empathic abilities—will be released on April…

Harvard Pop Center faculty member Nancy Krieger, PhD, makes a proposal to federal legislators that brings home the impact of their slashed environmental and public health regulations in this op-ed in the Boston Globe.