New York Times cites research by Koga & Kubzansky on why positive mind-set is one of the most powerful of their “7 Keys to Longevity”

New York Times cites research by Koga & Kubzansky on why positive mind-set is one of the most powerful of their "7 Keys to Longevity"

January 04, 2024

The 7th “Key to Longevity” (“Cultivate a positive mind-set”) in this NYT piece is laced with links to research by our postdoc fellow, Hayami Koga, and faculty member Laura Kubzansky (& their colleagues) that supports the case…

"Overtime" makes Princeton's short list of Noteworthy Books in 2022

December 07, 2023

“Overtime: America’s Aging Workforce and the Future of Working Longer,” a volume co-edited by HCPDS Director Lisa Berkman and former Sloan Fellow on Aging and Work Beth C. Truesdale featuring 30 contributing interdisciplinary…

Overtime Book cover with screen shot of Princeton's list of noteworthy books in 2022

Nancy Krieger delivers Sedgewick Memorial Medal address at APHA' s annual meeting

November 13, 2023

HCPDS faculty member Nancy Krieger was awarded the American Public Health Association’s 2023 Sedgwick Memorial Medal for her “activism and research surrounding health equity and social science.” Watch the 5-minute video of her Sedgewick…

Study links changes in work environment with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease among most at-risk employees

November 08, 2023

A reduction in stressful conditions at work has now been linked to a reduction in cardiovascular disease (CVD) among those employees who were at an elevated risk of CVD at the start of the intervention study, especially if they were older workers. …

Graph showing greater protection of risk for those at higher cardiometabolic risk

Call for Applications: The Sissela Bok Ethics and Population Research Prize

October 31, 2023

We are pleased to announce that the call for applications is now open for the Sissela Bok Ethics and Population Research Prize. The $5,000 prize will be awarded to a doctoral student, postdoctoral fellow, or full-time, untenured faculty member at Harvard…

What's to blame for the lagging U.S life expectancy? A closer look at mid-life 'deaths of despair' and retirement-age chronic disease

October 25, 2023

Recent Sloan Fellow on Aging and Work Leah Abrams, PhD, is lead author on A Brief Report published in PNAS Demography that explores what could be driving the troubling status of U.S. life expectancy which has been stagnating since 2010. Abrams and her…

Comment: "Prosociality should be a public health priority"

October 19, 2023

With poignant lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic fresh in our minds, faculty member Laura Kubzansky, PhD, corresponding author on a Comment published in Nature Human Behavior, makes a strong case for why prosociality (defined as positive…

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Recruiting now for interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard Population Center

October 11, 2023

The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies is now accepting applications for its postdoctoral fellowship program—the David E. Bell Fellowship for the 2024–2026 cohort. We offer competitive salaries, benefits, and research/travel funds.…

Collage of photos of postdoctoral fellows with Call for applications for fellowships

Claudia Goldin is first solo woman to be awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

October 10, 2023

HCPDS faculty member Claudia Goldin has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her comprehensive research into women’s participation in the U.S. labor force over centuries, highlighting inequalities in wages by gender. …

Claudia Goldin standing in front of Abstract Art

"Climate change is poised to have enduring and far-reaching consequences on the Sustainable Development Goals related to health"

September 27, 2023

S (Subu) V Subramanian explains in this piece in Mongabay-India how climate change has a negative impact on India’s progress in achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. A study led by Subramanian that was…