Harvard Yerby Fellow contributes to research on health outcomes among racial and sexual minorities in Nigeria

November 13, 2020

Harvard Yerby Fellow Adedotun Ogunbajo, PhD, has recently published two papers that contribute to the body of work focused on sexual and mental health outcomes among racial and sexual minority communities. One paper published in the journal Global Public…

Are social media and social interactions smoking influencers among young adults in Bangladesh?

November 10, 2020

Harvard Pop Center Research Assistant Enryka Christopher, MS, is an author on a published paper that explores how social media and social interactions influence smoking behavior in college students in Bangladesh.

Novel study examines pre-existing predictors of post-traumatic stress symptoms in aftermath of disaster

November 05, 2020

The Resilience in Survivors of Katrina Study (RISK) study has followed a cohort of low-income parents from a year before (baseline) exposure to Hurricane Katrina, and then 1, 4 and 12 years post disaster in order to learn more about the short- and…

How stressors are perceived may contribute to differences in mental health between Black and white older adults

October 30, 2020

Despite higher levels of exposure to common chronic stressors across five life domains (health, financial, residential, relationship, and caregiving), Black study participants were found to suffer less from symptoms of anxiety and depression than white…

Dashboard makes available to the public key COVID-19 metrics by U.S. congressional district

October 23, 2020

Having access to COVID-19 data for U.S. congressional districts can substantially enhance the ability of elected officials and their constituents to develop and monitor testing and vaccine deployment strategies, as well as to implement other measures to…

Revised screenshot of COVID-19 Dashboard

Harvard Pop Center Working Paper cited in New York Times; contributes race and ethnicity data on years of potential life lost by younger American Black and Latinos due to COVID-19

October 23, 2020

A Harvard Pop Center Working Paper (now published in PLOS Medicine) is referenced in a piece in The New York Times that explores the potential years of life lost in the United States due to COVID-19. Photos (left): by Diana Simumpande on Unsplash;…

Working paper shows COVID-19 is spiking in Red counties, flat in Blue this fall

October 16, 2020

A Harvard Pop Center Working Paper, “The changing political geographies of COVID-19 in the US,” shows that this fall there is a reverse in the trend from the spring, when case counts and excess death rates were higher in counties that lean…

Graph showing surge in Covid-19 in Red States; Blue States flat

Does cognitive function in older population living in South Africa differ based on HIV status?

October 15, 2020

A team of researchers affiliated with the HAALSI study have published their findings in Nature indicating that cognitive function scores varied depending on whether participants were being assessed using conventional measurement instruments versus one…

Older men and women in South Africa part of the HAALSI study

Aisha Yousafzai honored for her work in early childhood development

October 15, 2020

Our faculty affiliate Aisha Yousafzai, associate professor of global health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is the recipient of this year’s Alice Hamilton Award for “her impact in public health and future promise.”…

1-2-3: Counting the missteps of the U.S. Federal Government's handling of COVID-19

October 05, 2020

A new Harvard Pop Center Working Paper assesses the impact of the U.S. Federal Government’s “missteps” regarding the entry, spread and inequities associated with COVID-19. Authors include: William P. Hanage, Christian Testa, Jarvis T.…