Penn Today highlights Michel Guillot's study, which reveals that life expectancy in Gaza has dropped by 46.3% since October 2023, from 75.5 to 40.5 years. The decline is more pronounced in men, and the study cautions that mortality estimates may be underestimated due to incomplete identification and the indirect effects of the war.
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Derek Griffith Talks about Dangers of Restricting Discussions on Structural Racism in Health Policy, Penn Nursing
“By limiting discussions of structural racism, these policies ignore the historical and environmental factors that shape health outcomes,” Derek Griffith told Penn Nursing.
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George Demiris told Penn Today, “With machine learning and natural language processing, you can extract meaning from large volumes of text, images, or other materials, gaining insights much more quickly.”
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Penn Carey Law highlights Dorothy Roberts' Penn Carey Law course on reproductive justice, exploring legal, ethical, and constitutional issues beyond abortion access, including parenting, contraception, and freedom.
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Penn LDI features Eric Bressman's AI-driven tool to enhance handoffs, reduce provider burden, and improve communication in hospital care.
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Dennis Culhane's in an interview with The Signal addresses the troubling increase in homelessness across the U.S., focusing on the sharp rise in homelessness among immigrants.
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"Mother of exiles." The Signal, D Culhane and G Jönsson, January 7, 2025
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Read the PSC 2024 Year In Review annual newsletter and discover all the highlights of the Population Studies Center's work from the past year. Sections include: a letter from PSC Directors Emilio A. More »
Read the 2024 PARC Year In Review Newsletter, which includes a letter from PARC Co-Director's, PARC 2024 By The Numbers, New PARC Associates, GEAR UP, Awards & Honors, Funding, In The News, Op-Eds, Population Center Working Paper Series (PSC/PARC), and Events.
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Dolores Albarracín Comments on Media's Influence on U.S. Public Support for Foreign Conflicts at Annenberg Public Policy Center, Annenberg Public Policy Center
Dolores Albarracín, co-author of the study highlighted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, says, “These findings are important for media outlets and policymakers as they navigate the complex choices in how to portray and engage with international conflicts, and they also shed light on the psychological forces that shape policy support in the co More »
Aaron Richterman Discusses the Health Benefits of Cash Transfer Programs in Combating Tuberculosis, NPR
"If we think about what can take us to the next level, it's not the next drug," Aaron Richterman told NPR. "It's probably not the vaccine that we're all waiting for. More »
Hanming Fang and Yi Chen won the 2024 JER Best Article Award for their article "The State of Mental Health among Older Chinese and the Role of Children" in The Japanese Economic Review. The article examined the mental health of older Chinese and the role of children.
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