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Book Review: A Philosopher’s View of Population Health
Christine BachrachIAPHS founder Chris Bachrach reviews Sean Valles book “Philosophy of Population Health.”
Institutional Member Spotlight: Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences
IAPHS StaffMeet the Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences, an IAPHS institutional member exploring research in opioid-related mortality, mental health, aging, and much more.
Welcome Danya Keene, New Blog Editor
IAPHS StaffGet to know our new Blog Editor Danya Keene, and send your thanks and best wishes to Sarah Burgard, departing editor.
Introducing our 2019-2021 Editorial Board
IAPHS StaffMeet our Editorial Board, the behind-the-scenes folks who help us build fantastic weekly blog posts highlighting the best population health research.
Population Health Roundup: May
IAPHS StaffHomelessness in babies and seniors, parental incarceration, Civil War disability bias and racial disparities, teen pregnancy in Zambia, AI and frailty, and more, in our monthly Population Health News Roundup.
Finding Our Strength: Community-Based Research with a Trans Population
Peter BatraFinding strength—and research insights—in the trans community with a group called Transcending the Binary.
What Can We Do About Medical Mistrust Harming Americans’ Health?
Jennifer RichmondTrust decay is harming Americans’ health. What can be done?
Vote for Board and Officers for 2020
IAPHS StaffCongratulations to our newly selected candidates for several officer and board positions. Members-only voting begins June 1.
Population Health News Roundup: April
IAPHS StaffDiscrimination is linked to sleep, NASA tool predicts malaria outbreaks, a texting ban may mean fewer auto injuries, dirty air linked to mental illness (and where the air is the dirtiest), yersenia pestis lives, and more in our monthly population health news roundup.
Author Talk: Causation in Population Health Informatics & Data Science
Olaf Dammann, Benjamin SmartDammann and Smart talk with us about their new book, which aims to move toward a framework for causal explanations in population health informatics and analytics.
It Takes a Village: Claremont Healthy Village Initiative Builds Body, Mind, and Spirit
Patrick Masseo, Ronald Sanchez, Lindsey RealmutoHow one Bronx community is removing barriers and building body, mind, and spirit.
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