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May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Reducing health disparities is central to the work of both social epidemiology and community-engaged interventions, but practitioners in both fields have had little success working together to reduce health inequalities. The authors recommend promoting transdisciplinary training and practices.
April 12, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Economist featured a story about Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health & Society Scholar David Van Sickle, Ph.D., who created an asthma inhaler equipped with a global positioning system (GPS) device. Every time the inhaler is used, it rec ...
January 27, 2011 | Story
In an extraordinary example of interdisciplinary research, a scholar combines physics, network theory and social epidemiology to greatly advance our knowledge of how we can help each other live healthier lives.
July 15, 2006 | Commentary
This paper discusses the complex epidemiological challenges that an aging population, such as exists in the United States presents.
June 26, 2009 | Story
Two rising stars in the fields of epidemiology and economics work together to reveal new information on poverty and chronic illness.
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Social and environmental factors, rather than race, may be important determinants of lung function.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
An examination of stress sensitization among perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) found that past-year stressors in adulthood increase the risk of IPV perpetration among people with a history of childhood adversity.
September 13, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
In this latest trip to Washington, the 16 other individuals and organizations that were similarly honored had the chance to meet with top technology leaders from The White House, including Aneesh Chopra (Chief Technology Officer) and Vivek Kundra (C ...
July 6, 2011 | Story
"CDC and state health departments often conduct joint investigations of disease outbreaks, but only a tiny fraction of these investigations have focused on asthma. The reason is a lack of timely and specific data about the geography of asthma."
November 17, 2010 | Story
David Van Sickle's "smart inhaler" technology in spotlight at forum on solving urgent health care challenges.