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Behind the Research: Heather Howard Seeks Health Equity

The United States has the highest rate of maternal mortality of any developed nation, and the CDC recently released a report showing thatSee more

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Shin-Yi Lin ’11 Is Contributing Science to New Jersey’s …

WebAfter the 2016 election, Dr. Shin-Yi Lin *11 and her husband Matt Weber *09 — both scientists who have been politically active in their community — felt a heightened …

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Economics Study Shows the Racial Health Gap Is Closing

WebIn the nearly three decades from 1990 to 2018, the life-expectancy gap between Black and white Americans narrowed by nearly 50 percent, according to a study conducted by …

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How Writer Suleika Jaouad ’10 Journeyed from Sickness …

WebHer book’s title borrows from a Susan Sontag essay, “Illness as Metaphor,” describing, in Jaouad’s words, “how we all have dual citizenship in the kingdom of the sick and the …

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PAWcast: Students Discuss Mental Health at Princeton

WebTranscript: Liz Daugherty: Concerns have been rising about student mental health on college campuses for the past few years — perhaps ramping up, if not …

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Radio Host John Batchelor ’70 Battles Cancer — and Stays …

Web1. SEND A RESPONSE TO INBOX. John Batchelor ’70. Alfred Miller ’11. John Batchelor ’70, a radio host and novelist, considers himself that artifact of the 20th …

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Behavior Scientist Katy Milkman ’04 On Small Ways to …

WebBut for Katy Milkman ’04, a professor at Penn’s Wharton School, the virus’s reliance on humans’ social habits opens the door for a behavioral scientist like her to …

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Q&A: Andrew Houck ’00 on Princeton’s New Quantum …

WebAndrew Houck ’00, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of one of five National Quantum Information Science Research Centers established by the U.S. …

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Guest Essay: Reimagining Mental Health at Princeton

WebRecent years have facilitated debates about Princeton’s mental health policies, including President Christopher Eisgruber ’83’s statement to The Daily Princetonian that …

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Alumni Profile: Brian Bonnyman '85, providing medical …

Web0. SEND A RESPONSE TO INBOX. Last January, Dr. Brian Bonnyman ’85 left his suburban private practice in Knoxville, Tenn., to take care of uninsured and low …

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Q&A: Laura Kahn *02 on COVID’s Spread and How We Defeat It

WebCourtesy Laura Kahn. Laura Kahn *02, a physician and research scholar at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School, studies the politics of infectious disease, including how leaders …

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In Short Princeton Alumni Weekly

WebThe new home of University Health Services will be named the Frist Health Center in recognition of a major gift from Dr. Thomas Frist Jr. “This extraordinary gift from Tommy …

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Designing Doctors Princeton Alumni Weekly

WebBy Katherine Hobson ’94. Published in the October 2020 Issue. 2. Dr. Bon Ku *09, wearing heavy-rimmed glasses, blue scrubs, and orange-and-black Air Jordans, hops onto a …

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Disorder: A History or Reform, Reaction, and Money in American …

WebSwenson provides an unsettling summary of the public and private health systems of the United States, and their dark, clandestine interactions with money and politics. While the …

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Essay: Should We Save Lives — or Save the Economy

WebTherefore, the health benefits of avoiding all these deaths are worth about 150 percent of a year of income: more than $30 trillion! Assuming that the serious recession that would …

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Abigail H. Neely ’01 Explores Social Medicine in South Africa

WebBy rewriting the story of social medicine at Pholela, Neely challenges global health practitioners to recognize the multiple worlds that shape healing in Africa and beyond. …

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“I can’t put my life on pause” Princeton Alumni Weekly

WebWith a relatively poor prognosis, she won’t go so far as to say she’s planning for a cancer-free future. Instead, she says, “I think what I’ve learned is that I can’t put my …

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System Failure: Economists Who Uncovered American ‘Deaths of …

WebPrinceton economists Anne Case *88 and Angus Deaton were the first to point out, in 2015, a startling development: Mortality was on the rise for middle-aged white Americans.

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Chin Jou *09 Examines America’s Supersized Obesity Epidemic

WebPrinceton fends off a relentless Penn team in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals

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