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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

October 26, 2020

Dear Pandemic: An Origin Story

Malia Jones

Find out how Dear Pandemic, a go-to resource for all things COVID-19, was born.

October 26, 2020

Population Health News Roundup: October 2020

JoAnne Dyer

Emergency sick leave slowed COVID-19’s spread, enforcing workplace guidelines saved Black lives, telehealth disparities are emerging, wildfire smoke can harm babies, older Black lives matter, and more.

October 19, 2020

Embracing IAPHS and Interdisciplinary Research: A Graduate Student’s Journey

Muntasir Masum

How much can IAPHS help students? A whole lot.

October 12, 2020

Capitalism and Population Health: Highlights from Our 2020 Conference Plenaries

Christine Bachrach

Capitalism and economic policies are undermining public health, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Chris Bachrach summarizes the plenaries at our October 2020 Conference, “Policies, Places, and Profits: Manufacturers of Illness and Health.”