Gillman co-author on Group-Based Intervention Effective in Lowering Gestational Weight Gain Among Obese Women
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Matthew Gillman, MD, has co-authored a study that reports on the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at lowering the gestational weight gain (GWG) among obese women, as well as reducing the likelihood of…
Ichiro Kawachi is named John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Social Epidemiology
Congratulations to Ichiro Kawachi, co-director of the RWJF Health & Society Scholars program, who was recently named the John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Social Epidemiology. Dr. Kawachi’s copious publications include…
HCPDS Researchers Challenge Findings of Study on SES and Hypertension in LMICs
Fahad Razak and S (Subu) V Subramanian challenge some conclusions relating to association between SES and hypertension in LMICs in this Commentary.
LGB Young Adults at Heightened Risk for Cardiometabolic Risk
Kate McLaughlin, PhD, & co-authors find that stressful events experienced earlier in life elevate cardiometabolic risk in LGB young adults.
Aging Well; Examining Health of Those on Their Way to Becoming Centenarians
Former Harvard Pop Center Bell Fellow Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, PhD, has co-authored a study that examines the long-term trajectories of disease, disability and cognitive functioning among potential centenarians, finding that those who lived to 100 had…
Do Meeting Frequency and Group Composition Affect Social Capital Gains Among Microfinance Clients?
Pop Center affiliated faculty member Rohini Pande, PhD, has co-authored a study, based on evidence from a randomized experiment in urban India, that examines, in particular, whether meeting frequency and group composition affect social capital.
Balanced Research Approach Called For to Explain Declining Life Expectancy of Low-Educated Women
Former Harvard RWJF Scholar Jennifer Karas Montez, PhD, and a colleague have written an editorial, published in the American Journal of Public Health, that challenges researchers to apply a balanced approach, incorporating two criteria, to better…
The protective effect of education for cohorts graduating in bad times
Timing is everything. A study by David Cutler confirms that graduates who enter the labor market during bad economic times experience lower income, lower life satisfaction, greater obesity, more smoking and drinking later in life. The study also…
Attention Harvard University Researchers: PGDA Call for Pilot Proposals
The Program on the Global Demography of Aging at Harvard is calling for pilot proposals in the area of economics and demography of aging. This funding opportunity is open to Harvard University researchers and the deadline is September 3, 2014.