Our Top Ten Blog Posts from 2018
IAPHS StaffOur top ten blog posts from 2018 include discussions on opioids, twitter, racism, the black death, e-mental health, and more.
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Population Health News Roundup: December
IAPHS StaffBananas in bodegas, reducing accidents via an app and a car ban, guns as contagions, high-risk tobacco in low-income communities, and more in our monthly population health news roundup.
Conference Report: Is the Microbiome a New Era of Population Health?
Jennifer DowdWill the microbiome usher in a new era of “poop-ulation health?” Read this conference report from Jennifer Dowd.
4th Annual Health And… Conference: Childhood and Opportunity 2019
Christine BachrachWith the goal of translating research into action to improve urban population health, the “Health And…” Conference series brings together leading investigators, policymakers, practitioners, and community leaders who work at the intersection of health and its many determinants. The 2019 Conference, to be held on May 13th, will focus on Childhood and Opportunity. Stay tuned for more details. Link leads to information on past conferences.
Leveraging Health Information Technology (Health IT) to Address Minority Health and Health Disparities
Christine BachrachPAR-19-093 (R01), This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) seeks to support research that examines how health information technology adoption impacts minority health and health disparity populations in access to care, quality of care, patient engagement, and health outcomes. Letter of intent due 30 days prior to application due date. Due date for 2019 is March 4th.
Conference Report: Politics, Population Health, and (a Lack of) Progress
David WarnerWhat’s holding back our progress in population and public health? First we need a healthy democracy and attention to state-level policies that create disparities. David Warner filed this report from our October 2018 Population Health Conference.
Stephen Bezruchka Talks Inequality, Structural Violence, and the Future of Population Health
Fred ZimmermanNone of us are immune to the harm from structural violence and the “highly toxic gas of inequality.” Read more in our interview with Stephen Bezruchka in this special blog post.
Member of the Month: Allen Mallory
Hedwig LeeAllen Mallory is a Graduate Student in Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. He joined IAPHS in 2016. Allen is currently on the student member on the IAPHS Board. Learn more about Allen on his website and follow him on twitter: @allenbmallory
Tell us a little about yourself, where are you from, where did you go to graduate school, what makes you jump out of bed each morning?
I grew up in Atlanta, mostly in Marietta, GA. I received my undergraduate degree in psychology from Case Western Reserve University. I have a master’s degree from Kansas State University in couple and family therapy, and currently attend the University of Texas Austin where I am in my 3rd year of the Ph.D. program in Human Development and Family Sciences.
The topic I find infinitely fascinating is human sexuality—I feel incredibly fortunate that my job is to do research and teach to promote the health and well-being of sexual and gender minority people.
Dashboard Update: Some Worrying Trends on Policy and Population Health
Fred ZimmermanFred Zimmerman, IAPHS 2019 President-Elect, takes a look at his dashboard on policy and population health, and sees some worrying trends.
National Conference for Physician Scholars in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Christine BachrachThe 2019 conference will be held at the University of Michigan on April 6-7, 2019. The theme for the 2019 conference will be “Thought Diversity in Medicine: Beyond Disciplinary Divides.” Registration and call for abstracts are now open. Abstracts due January 9, 2019.