Introducing the Graduate Affiliate Program at HCPDS
If you are currently enrolled in a doctoral program at Harvard, learn more about the benefits of becoming a graduate student affiliate of the Harvard Pop Center.
HAALSI website focuses on health of aging population of South African community
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the overall gains in life expectancy due to socioeconomic and health improvements—as well as the scale-up of antiretroviral treatment (ART)—have meant that adults are now experiencing the onset of cardiovascular and metabolic…
How can U.S. get ready for its aging population?
An expert paper, commissioned by The National Academy of Medicine’s Vital Directions for Health and Health Care Initiative and co-authored by Lisa Berkman, tackles this key topic as part of a series focused on 19 priority…
Better sleep for employees, especially older workers, with more workplace flexibility & supervisor support
A study (in press in Sleep Health) by the WFHN reveals that those employees (particularly older workers) of an IT company that took part in an intervention study evaluating the effects of increased workplace flexibility and supervisor support…
HIV prevention initiatives needed targeting those 40 years & older in rural South Africa
A study published in JAIDS (Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes) by a team of HAALSI (Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa) researchers examines whether older adults in rural South…
Alexander Tsai receives Young Mentor Award from Harvard Medical School
Harvard Pop Center faculty member and former RWJF Health & Society scholar Alexander Tsai, MD, PhD, is a recipient of the Young Mentor Award 2015-2016 from the Harvard Medical School. Congratulations, Alex!
Work demands that create conflict in our personal lives found to impact sleep
A novel study published in the journal Sleep by the Work, Family & Health Network has found that when work demands conflict with our personal lives and create stress, the duration, quality and regularity of our sleep may…
Erin Kelly to launch Fall 2016 Harvard Pop Center Seminar Series on Monday, Sept. 26
Erin L. Kelly, PhD, professor of work and organization studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management, will present on a study by the Work, Family & Health Network (WFHN), a trans-disciplinary research effort designed to enhance the understanding…
Harvard Chan School to hold 2nd Annual Forum on Population Health Equity
The 2016 Forum on Population Health Equity once again will be hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with generous support from the Aetna Foundation from October 18-19, 2016.
This year’s Forum will feature keynote talks by Drs.…
Could virtual reality-aided "body swapping" help to reduce racism?
Former Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholar Courtney Cogburn, PhD, will partner with Stanford University in an upcoming research project aimed at giving people a better understanding of systemic racism through the use of virtual reality.…