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.
The IAPHS Vision: An Updated View from the Board
The IAPHS board has expanded and strengthened the IAPHS vision. Read more about it from Chris Bachrach.
Mentoring Spotlight: Building a Successful Relationship Despite 2020’s Challenges
Our mentoring program continues to bring success, despite the pandemic’s challenges. Read about Roland J. Thorpe Jr. and Carlos Tavares here.
The World Is Your Oyster: Advice for PhD Students Considering Non-Academic Jobs
Considering a career outside academia? Here’s an excellent guide to navigating the job search, ensuring you have the right skill set, and taking action when you’re still in school.
Beyond the Boxes, Part 1: Guiding Questions for Thoughtfully Measuring and Interpreting Race in Population Health Research
Introducing our new series on conceptualizing, measuring, and interpreting race and ethnicity in population health.
Population Health News Roundup: August
Which policies add life-years—and which subtract? What’s making the pandemic worse, and for which groups? How does systemic racism harm the environment and vice versa? Whose mental health is suffering disproportionately during the pandemic?
Structural Racism as a System of Racial Inequities: New Approaches and Tools
Seeing structural racism as a system is key to dismantling it. Read more about how the MORHE program is developing new measurement tools and approaches.
Population Health News Roundup: July
Disparities in the harm from plastics pollution, in who can work from home, in who can access mental health care, and whose hunger is increasing. Plus how climate change will combine with COVID-19 to worsen disparities and how the private sector plays a role in COVID-19’s spread, and much more in our monthly population health news roundup.
School Reopenings, Health, and Health Inequality
Until the novel coronavirus is under control, there aren’t really many good options for our kids. IAPHS Blog Editor Danya Keene explores this complex issue.
Spotlight on Successful Mentoring: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum
Our mentoring program is going strong. Find out how one mentor is unlocking the “hidden curriculum” for her mentee.
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