On Tuesday June 4th, IOC Co-Director Katharine Lusk spoke on a panel co-hosted by the Boston University School of Public Health, Initiative on Cities, AcademyHealth, and de Beaumont Foundation. Titled, “A Conversation About Cities and Health,” the panel, hosted by Sandro Galea, Dean of the School of Public Health, and moderated by Lisa Simpson, the […]
PI: Julia Raifman, ScD; Assistant Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management, School of Public Health Co-PI: Michael Ulrich, JD, MPH; Assistant Professor, Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, Health Law, Policy & Management, School of Public Health Mentor: Michael Siegel, MD; Professor, Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health The United States is characterized by inequities that […]
PI: Erica Walker, MSc, ScD; Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health Co-PI: Richard Primack, PhD; Professor, Department of Biology Sound pollution in urban areas can cause physical and mental health problems which disproportionately affect poor and underserved communities; it can reduce the cultural vitality of outdoor areas; and it can harm wildlife. The investigators […]
PI: Lucy Marcil, MD MPH; Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Co-PI: Yoonsook Ha, PhD; Assistant Professor, School of Social Work Despite the link between income and health, few interventions to reduce health disparities have provided financial services directly targeting the needs of families living in poverty to improve health. The Earned Income […]