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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IAPHS CONFERENCE
The 2023 IAPHS Conference, “Gender, Sexuality, and Health Across the Life Course: Current Challenges and Opportunities for Population Health and Health Equity” will take place on October 2-5, 2023 in Baltimore, Maryland.
ONLINE EVENTS
IAPHS is pleased to offer online events throughout the year. In most cases, the online events will be recorded and available to IAPHS members to access.
Social Determinants of Health
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman….” –Martin Luther King Jr., March 1966
How long you live and how healthy you are depend in part on your race or ethnicity, your income, and even your ZIP code. In New York City, East Harlem residents live an average of 71 years, while those a few blocks away in the Upper East Side live to almost 90.
American health disparities reflect both current and historical inequalities. Systemic racism, environmental injustice, and economic disenfranchisement mean that health and longevity aren’t equally obtainable for everyone.
IAPHS believes that with interdisciplinary population health research and evidence-based policy, we can reduce disparities and improve health for everyone.
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IAPHS CALENDAR OF EVENTS!
Apr 04
RacismLab: Keynote Panel & Discussion
We will convene the RacismLab symposium in two parts. The first part will include a keynote panel of four speakers on racialization and after a 30-minute break, we will reconvene with a one-hour discussion on measurement of racialization. The panel will be live from the University of Michigan and cast over zoom to anyone wishing to attend.
More DetailsApr 05
RacismLab: Student-Led Panels
We will convene the RacismLab symposium in two parts. The second part will be two student-led panels on race and health and will be over zoom only.
More DetailsApr 13
Twitter Takeover with David Kinitz
Join @ia4phs for a twitter takeover with David Kinitz!
May 11
Twitter Takeover with Rin Reczek
Join @RinReczek for an IAPHS Twitter Takeover!
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Population Health News Roundup: March 2023
Racism and sleep, food inefficiency and cognitive decline, coal’s enduring toxic legacy, built environments and adolescent obesity, and more.
Population Health News Roundup: February 2023
Proactive policing and reproductive health, water quality disparities in BIPOC communities, untreated Hep C in prisons, loneliness and the built environment, and more.
Inclusive Research Methods: A Foray into the Literature, Part 2
Explore inclusive research methods more deeply in part two of our two-part series.
Inclusive Research Methods: A Foray into the Literature, Part 1
How do you define “inclusive research methods?” Find out in part one of our two-part series.