Please register for tomorrow's Social Demography Seminar (12:00 p.m. ET) with Jessica Finlay, assistant professor of geography, University of Colorado-Boulder, presenting “Cognability: A mixed-methods approach to neighborhoods and cognitive health across the life course.” hsph.me/Finlay-on-Zoom

Our former Bell Fellow Anna Grummon will be 1 of the 3 speakers at this hybrid Harvard Chan Studio event on healthy hydration slated for Feb. 26 at 1:00 p.m. ET... register now! hsph.harvard.edu/events/healt...

What have been the impacts of federal cuts to research funding on the lives of scientists and the biotech sector in MA? Some of our own HAALSA researchers (and, yes, former researchers) share their insights... hsph.harvard.edu/news/federal...

Sabrina Hermosilla from Columbia University presents “Navigating—and leveraging—existing data sources to guide sound public health programming to address social determinants of health” at TOMORROW'S Social Demography Seminar...we hope you'll join us! popcenter.harvard.edu/blog/calenda...

@elkelly.bsky.social presented at today’s Social Demography Seminar on a workplace intervention study that investigates the role that supporting increased worker voice (in the form of health & well-being committees) has on turnover at work.

We're looking forward to welcoming our collaborator Erin Kelly as we kick off another semester of hybrid Social Demography Seminars this Thursday (2/5) at noon ET. Please register to join us! @mitiwer.bsky.social @elkelly.bsky.social @mitsloan.bsky.social hsph.me/sds_with_Eri...

Congratulations to these faculty members (including two of our affiliates, @dschneider.bsky.social and Joscha Legewie) on being awarded funding through Harvard Impact Labs to support their transformative work for society. @impactatharvard.bsky.social hsph.me/impact-lab-f...

We're thrilled to have you @ritahamad.bsky.social join us as director and we look forward to advancing our mission together!

Rita Hamad, MD, PhD, a leading social epidemiologist, has been appointed the next director of the Harvard Pop Center. Read about this leadership transition in today’s Harvard Gazette. @ritahamad.bsky.social @apc.org @hsph.harvard.edu @harvard.edu hsph.me/hcpds_new_di...

Please take a look at our latest newsletter with a special Call for Applications for our Harvard Bell Postdoctoral Fellowships and brief summaries of the most recent publications of our postdocs, researchers, and faculty members... hsph.me/harvard_pop_...

Call for Applications! The Harvard Pop Center is now recruiting for the 2026–2028 cohort of Harvard Bell Postdoctoral Fellows. The deadline to apply is March 3, 2026. Please share! hsph.me/harvard_bell...

The unraveling of workplace protections for delivery drivers: A tale of 2 workplace models @dschneider.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-unraveli...

Study by faculty affiliate @ritahamad.bsky.social & colleagues finds an association between the expanded child tax credit, temporarily distributed monthly during the pandemic, and a reduction in child behavioral problems... hsph.harvard.edu/news/child-b...

Xiang is notable for his combination of methodological brilliance and generosity in answering methods questions from his colleagues as well as students.

Our faculty affiliate @ritahamad co-authored this study that evaluates the impact of school re-openings during COVID-19 on the mental health of children www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/h...

We're so looking forward to this seminar led by @atheendar.bsky.social ! Harvard Chan School Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences is co-sponsoring and it will take place at the Longwood campus in Boston (and online via Zoom). Please register to join us!

@christinajcross.bsky.social It was such a highlight to have you back at the Harvard Pop Center!

Our Bell Fellow, Shiro Furuya, will present “Revisiting theories of marital instability in the era of gray divorce: The case of retirement” at tomorrow's Social Demography Seminar... please register to join us! hsph.me/sdsshiro

Kudos to this journalist for talking to actual scholars, like @docthoughts.bsky.social and @christinajcross.bsky.social who have spent years studying Black families, to bring some much needed insight.

Why do Black kids in nuclear families struggle to succeed while white kids in these families flourish? What do these inequalities tell us about the power & limits of the two-parent family? Check out my new piece in @harpersbazaar.com.web.brid.gy to learn more www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...

Amitabh Chandra co-authored a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine that highlights the power of private investment in healthcare, as well as the pitfalls... news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Margaret McConnell is quoted in the Newsweek article "The Good News Hidden in the Birth Rate Decline" hsph.harvard.edu/news/birth-r...

Had a great interview with the Harvard Gazette about my new book, INHERITED INEQUALITY, & its connection to culture & policy: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

I’m delighted to share that link to my PBS interview about INHERITED INEQUALITY is now available! Follow the link below: youtu.be/w1P79Ryy50w?...

Harvard Pop Center welcomes John Wilmoth, director of the population division at the United Nations, as the speaker of our first Social Demography Seminar this fall. popcenter.harvard.edu/seminars-and...

Are you wondering what our research affiliates have been working on? Here's our latest newsletter to loop you in... hsph.me/Harvard_Pop_...

This Thursday (9/18) we are excited to welcome John Wilmoth, director of the population division at the United Nations, as our Social Demography Seminar speaker. Please join us in person or online via Zoom from 12:00–1:15 p.m. (ET). hsph.me/John_Wilmoth

We're looking forward to hosting you on October 23 as you launch #inheritedinequality @christinajcross.bsky.social

Early reviews of INHERITED INEQUALITY are in I couldn’t be happier with its reception. I’ll be posting one each day this week. First up, award-winning author & sociologist, Anthony Jack. THANK YOU!

The August issue posted last week--5 notes, 9 articles & a note from the new Editors in Chief. This issue includes research on mobility-based segregation, child migration in Africa, educational inequality in biological aging, and inequalities in dementia risk. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/i...

Risk of CVD found to be significantly higher among those women who experienced stalking and among those who filed a restraining order...Pop Center faculty member Laura Kubzansky, former GSA Audrey Murchland and former fellow Rebecca Thurston are among the authors. hsph.me/stalking

We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026: www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...

Lisa Berkman says "This is science that rests on a public investment," in this NYT piece on the "80-year-old model of American science." hsph.me/harvard-fund...

Congrats on the paper to our former Sloan Fellow on Aging and Work @sungspark.bsky.social !

Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2834949?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=061025

Have you heard of "vicarious" trauma? Recent GSA Elisabeth Stelson (and colleagues) have published a study finding healthcare workers who interact with trauma victims and had symptoms of vicarious trauma were significantly more likely to develop disorders of gut-brain interaction. hsph.me/vicarious

Our paper was conducted using CDC PRAMS data, the only national survey data set capturing perinatal health, which was recently terminated. Studies like this can no longer be done because of attacks on #science. I spoke about this @statesnewsroom.com: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/rese... 3/3

Strength of Long-Distance Ties for Aging Healthy with HIV: The Case of Rural South Africa url:https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/geronb/gbaf103/8152712

Congratulations to Harvard Chan School's Class of 2025, comprising 615 graduates from 33 U.S. states and 52 countries, who will officially be granted their degrees from Harvard University today at the Commencement Morning Exercises. Watch the ceremony at hsph.me/graduation #HarvardChan25

Here's the latest news and findings from the Harvard Pop Center... mailchi.mp/hsph/latest-...

It's not too late to sign up for @bostonglobe.com #HealthEquity summit this Wed May 14, including panel I will be joining on the future of policy & practice. Details & registration here, including virtual options: healthequitysummit25.splashthat.com @hsph.harvard.edu @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social

Our work has shown how cuts to SNAP hurt food security and mental health: www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.... With sky-high food prices and the threat of recession, such cuts could be even more detrimental for #pophealth now. @hsph.harvard.edu @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social

Congratulations to Marcy Carlson who will be the President of PAA beginning January 1, 2025! #Demography #PopulationScience @popassocamerica.bsky.social

⛔ NIH ended ALL of my grants mid-project, given LGBTQ health focus 🏳️‍🌈 ⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr. As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“ #SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth

Our Director Lisa Berkman, Faculty Member Christina Cross, and Graduate Student Affiliate Jen Cruz met with MA Senators and members of Congress at #PAA2025

Faculty member Laura Kubzansky's research on optimism and longevity is cited in this NYT piece, and she comments on how you can "train your brain." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/w...

Harvard Pop Center's Spring 2025 Newsletter has hatched! There's a link at the end to subscribe. hsph.me/harvardpopce...

Our director, Lisa Berkman, shares insights into why its important to have flexible workplace policies (hint: it can help people stay employed in their 50s which sets them up better for working in their 60s, if they need or want to). time.com/7260357/agin...

A study out in JAMA Cardiology, one of the first to analyze impacts of sodium reduction legislation targeting processed foods in South Africa, reports finding a reduction in blood pressure amongst its cohort of over 5,000 adults in semi-rural South Africa #HAALSA tinyurl.com/sthyj4v6