The IAPHS Blog is a virtual community that keeps population health professionals connected and up to date on the latest population health news, policy, controversies, and relevant research from multiple fields.

Finding Community with IAPHS
The power of finding your scientific community: IAPHS helped this scholar find what he needed to help him recommit to his career path.

Introducing a New Specialty Journal: SSM–Mental Health
The editors of a new scientific journal hope to push boundaries in how people think about, interpret, name, elevate, and care for people with mental illness.

Population Health News Roundup: January 2021
Racism in the great outdoors, undocumented seniors in Illinois gain health coverage, social vulnerability and birth outcomes, the legend of John Henry and the burdens Black men carry, and more.

Beyond the Boxes, Part 6: Final Thoughts and Gratitude to Our Communities
Our Beyond the Boxes series concludes with a final word, questions to ponder, and gratitude toward our communities.

In-Person Research During COVID-19: Considerations and a Call to Action
In-person data collection during the COVID-19 pandemic: Here are some key considerations, including centering equity, leveraging local resources, and weighing the benefits and costs.

Beyond the Boxes, Part 5: Analysis and Interpretation of Race and Ethnicity
Part 5 in our Beyond the Boxes series on race and ethnicity in population health research: What to think about to avoid superficial or even harmful analyses and interpretations.

Population Health News Roundup: November
COVID as the great unequalizer, minimum wage and deaths of despair, a win for Black communities against Smithfield, neighborhood poverty and BMI, and more.

Beyond the Boxes, Part 4: Complications in Coding Race and Ethnicity
How you code race and ethnicity can affect your analyses and even the interpretations of your results. Read more in the fourth post in our “Beyond the Boxes” series.

Mentoring Spotlight: Shared Backgrounds Help Build a Successful Mentorship
A mentor and mentee with different research focuses but similar backgrounds can build a successful mentoring relationship.

Beyond the Boxes, Part 3: Measuring Race and Ethnicity to Align with Your Research
The ways you measure race and ethnicity should align with your research question. Read more in Part 3 of our Beyond the Boxes series.
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