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The dangers of ignoring the other epidemic during the COVID-19 pandemic
Jason Block contributes his public health expertise to this op-ed in The Washington Post on the acute (and chronic) risks of ignoring the obesity issue in the U.S.
“The reason obesity is so stigmatized is that people think of weight as a choice . . .…
How are changes in working status due to COVID-19 impacting the mental health of those Americans close to retirement age?
Harvard Pop Center’s Sloan Fellow on Aging and Work Leah Abrams, PhD, and recent Harvard Bell Fellow Lindsay Kobayashi, PhD, along with a colleague, have published their findings which reveal that workers who lost their jobs (more commonly…
If this is to be the "Decade of Healthy Ageing," treatments and support for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRDs) need to scale up now
The United Nations has declared that we are now in the “UN Decade of Healthy Ageing” (2021-2030) as a way to address the challenges that accompany increasing global life expectancy. Two researchers affiliated with the Harvard Pop Center…
Older adults in rural South Africa who care for their grandchildren may also be safeguarding their cognitive function
Three researchers (Harvard Pop Center Research Scientist Elyse Jennings, Research Associate Director Meagan Farrell, and former Bell Fellow Lindsay Kobayashi) affiliated with one of the flagship projects at the Harvard Pop Center — Health and Aging in…
Announcing our next cohort of Bell Fellows!
We are pleased to announce that after an extensive and competitive recruitment process, three exceptional scholars will be joining the Harvard Pop Center community as Bell Fellows this coming fall (2021–2023).
Brittney Butler’s research…
Why would this researcher like to see ortho-phthalates banned from consumer products?
Russ Hauser’s research on ortho-phthalates, commonly found in personal care products, is the focus of this Harvard Chan School’s Big 3 Q&A.
Now in The Lancet: US racial and ethnic data missing for COVID-19 vaccination
Harvard Pop Center Working Paper Vol. 21, No. 1, is now published as a correspondence in The Lancet.
Amazon puts the pressure on local companies to raise wages too
Former Harvard Bell Fellow Clemens Noelke is an author on a study (at the center of this piece in The New York Times) that has found that Amazon, by raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour, has influenced other local companies to raise wages, and…
Latest study on aging in South Africa presents some of the first incidence rates of aging-related cognitive impairment in this population
HAALSI researchers — including former Harvard Bell Fellow Lindsay Kobayashi, and Harvard Pop Center Research Associate Meagan Farrell, and Director Lisa Berkman — have published a study that finds similar patterning between social disparities (such as…
