Videos & Podcasts 2023

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Nancy Krieger accepts the 2023 Sedgwick Memorial Medal for Distinguished Service in Public Health
HCPDS faculty member Nancy Krieger was honored with this award for "her activism and research surrounding health equity and social science."
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Under 1-minute interview

Berkman speaks with Channel 7 about new cardiometabolic study
A workplace intervention study links changes made to the work environment with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease among most at-risk employees
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What is the association between social integration and mortality risk among African Americans?
This examination followed (until 2018) over 5,000 African-Americans from the Jackson Heart Study who completed the Berkman-Syme Social Network Index (2000–2004).
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What does an older population mean for the economy, society at large?
HCPDS faculty member Nicole Maestas is interviewed on NPR on why it matters that the median age is rising in the United States.
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