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Factoring in where women live could provide critical insight into lagging life expectancy of American women
Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman, PhD, comments in this New York Times piece on the findings of a new study published in SSM – Population Health. Lead author of the study is former Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholar Jennifer Karas…
Plan for your future retirement when in your fifties to leverage best decision-making abilities
David Laibson, PhD, comments on how to take advantage of our peak cognitive abilities to help make sound decisions regarding our fiscal future in this article on plansponser.com.
Risk of divorce tied to division of labor
A new study published in the American Sociological Review by Harvard Pop Center’s faculty member Alexandra Killewald, PhD, suggests that division of labor may have more to do with predicting a couple’s risk of divorce than the money or…
Courtney Cogburn in ScienceFriday podcast on health effects of racism
Courtney Cogburn, PhD, a Harvard RWJF HSS program alumna, is featured in this ScienceFriday podcast on the impact that racism can have on health and life expectancy.
Insights into hot flash variants, including "super flashers," sheds light on women's health in midlife
Rebecca Clark Thurston, PhD, Harvard RWJF Health & Society program alumna, comments in a New York Times article on the latest findings based on the SWAN (Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation) and published in journal…
Modern lifestyle may be more to blame for obesity epidemic than genes
The findings of a study by Harvard Pop Center faculty member Maria Glymour, ScD, research associate Ivan Mejia, PhD, and their colleagues published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) is the subject of this United Press…
Harvard RWJF HSS program alum Adam Lippert comments on e-cigarette use on Reuters
Adam Lippert, PhD, who recently completed a fellowship at the Harvard Pop Center, comments on the role that e-cigarettes may be playing in cultivating future conventional smokers in this piece on Reuters.
Could Killewald's research on marriage premium make Millennials less adverse to tying the knot?
In response to a news item in The Washington Post on the trend amongst Millennials to avoid, or at least postpone, getting married, a piece on MercatorNet refers to Killewald’s research on the marriage premium, the wage increase that tends to occur…
Working single mothers may be at slightly higher risk of heart disease, stroke & smoking
Learn more about the findings of a study published in the American Journal of Public Health by Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman, PhD, Research Associate Iván Mejía-Guevara, PhD, Faculty Member Mauricio Avendano, PhD, former Pop Center Fellow…