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 2025 IAPHS Conference, “Community Engagement in Population Health Science” will take place on September 8-11, 2025 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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.
Member of the Month: Bruce Link
You won’t find Bruce Link polishing pebbles, but you might find him fishing for guppies.
Extracting the National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality File (NHIS-LMF)
Here’s help in accessing and using IPUMS National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality File Data.
Population Health News Round-Up: April 2025
Where the budget cuts are hitting hard: veterans, people with disabilities, blood disorder researchers, wildfire responders, and more.
Population Health News Round-Up: March 2025
Looming Medicaid cuts, sepsis rates after an abortion ban, funding threats to rural hospitals, and more.