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Population health science requires scientists from different disciplinary backgrounds to combine their knowledge and expertise to answer questions that individual disciplines alone cannot. The Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) was founded to bring them all together. Learn More | Donate | Join

Improving the Health of Populations through Science and Innovation

Population health science requires scientists from different disciplinary backgrounds to combine their knowledge and expertise to answer questions that individual disciplines alone cannot. The Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) was founded to bring them all together. Learn More | Donate | Join

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For U.S. women, how long you live depends on where you live.
Courtesy of Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

America’s Health Gap

How do we improve health and reduce health disparities?

The odds of a long and healthy life are unequal in America. In 2010, life expectancy for women living in Marin County, California was 85 years. For women from Perry, Kentucky, it was 73 – a full 12 years less. The odds of premature death, disability, and disease are greater for Americans who are poor or black or American Indian. Even the best off Americans, however, fare worse on some health outcomes than their European counterparts.

Can we do better? The Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) believes we can.

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News & Events

March 31, 2020

Population Health News Roundup: March

JoAnne Dyer

Disaggregating data on Asian health, gun ban benefits in Colombia, Alzheimer’s disparities among Black Americans, a green stimulus plan, and more.

March 30, 2020

Coronavirus Is Bad Enough, But There’s a Larger Threat to Our Health

Steven Woolf

Dr. Steven Woolf discusses the complexities of “restarting” America, and what’s needed on multiple fronts to protect our health and our economy.

March 23, 2020

Population Health Dashboard Update: Few Promises Kept

Fred Zimmerman

Dr. Fred Zimmerman takes another look at his dashboard of determinants of population health…and finds little evidence of promises kept.

March 20, 2020

Sick Individuals and Sick Countries: COVID-19

Fred Zimmerman

Is radical social distancing necessary to limit COVID-19 spread? Or is a prompt, competent governmental response more important? What should we have in place to protect us the next time? Join us in the discussion, Hive Mind.