How well are men represented in sexual and reproductive health (SRH)-related policies? New research by LDI Fellow @drdmgriffith.bsky.social finds not very well—making their SRH challenges harder to address. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czaf090

Federal efforts to dismantle DEI are also cutting health disparities research. Derek Griffith and colleagues argue in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social that conflating DEI with disparities science threatens the nation’s economy and health. Read: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308268

New York Times magazine asks the question: What Does It Take to Get Men to See a Doctor? The answer, in this in-depth article from Helen Ouyang, includes some interesting insight from GAMH chair Derek Griffith… @nytimes.com @drdmgriffith.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/m...

An overlooked demographic has the highest suicide risk — and it’s been rising www.statnews.com/2025/07/17/s... via @statnews.com

There's a new issue of the International Journal of Men's Social and Community Health for #MensHealthWeek with a hard-hitting editorial by GAMH chair @drdmgriffith.bsky.social Derek M Griffith on the impact of President Trump on public health utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...

What’s the Best Way to Design a Black Barbershop Health Intervention? Read this @pennldi.bsky.social post about PARC Research Associate Derek Griffith's @drdmgriffith.bsky.social work: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res... Published in a new Translational Behavioral Medicine paper: doi.org/10.1093/tbm/...

"Redlining And Whiteness: Colors Of Racism" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=1til...) In this AJPH podcast episode, Vickie Mays and Alfredo Morabia speak with Caroline Efird, Derek M. Griffith, and Jonathan Metzl about the often-overlooked role of whiteness as a determinant of health.

Whiteness: A Fundamental Determinant of the Health of Rural White Americans ⬆️ NEW PAPER in #AJPH @aphapublichealth.bsky.social By PARC Research Associate Derek M. Griffith @drdmgriffith.bsky.social with Caroline R. Efird doi.org/10.2105/AJPH... #PublicHealth #SDOH #Rurality

Trump’s ‘Flood the Zone’ Strategy Leaves Opponents Gasping in Outrage www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...

Join us tomorrow, February 4, for the first Emerging Scholars Exchange Program event featuring Dr. Jade Burns, PhD, RN. Dr. Burns is a recognized expert in adolescent health and community-based health care. Learn more and register here: ldi.upenn.edu/events/emerg...

www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/t... “My big concern in the area of health equity is we are going to go backward, and our health is going to decline,” said Derek Griffith... “NIH has multiple centers they fund on health equity. Are they under threat? How deep does the rabbit hole go?”

Has the U.S. cured health care cost growth? Join this @pennldi.bsky.social talk on Jan 31 from noon to 1 PM. This virtual event will be a conversation with Drs. Melinda J.B. Buntin, Amitabh Chandra, and @zekeemanuel.bsky.social, moderated by Rachel M. Werner. ldi.upenn.edu/events/has-t...

Exciting news! LDI Senior Fellows Catherine McDonald and Andy Tan are recipients of the PECASE award — the highest federal honor for early-career scientists. Their work tackles critical issues in childhood injury prevention & health equity: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

"Policy making that denies the existence of #structuralracism...is inconsistent with the science of racism and its effects on health." ‘Divisive Concepts’ Prohibitions: Implications For Health And Health Equity https://buff.ly/40JBadm by @drdmgriffith.bsky.social and Andrew Twinamatsiko.

Starting Day 2 of #prcweek with a familiar keynote speaker, @upenn.edu PIK professor, Derek M Griffith PhD. #healthequity 1. Ann Smith, CDC, & Dr. Griffith 2. @drdmgriffith.bsky.social 3. “Sankofa and the Science of Community-based Health Equity Research: Charting the Course for the Next 40 Years”