Locking Up Disabilities
U.S. prisons incarcerate roughly 1.2 million people, and almost two-thirds of the prison population report living with a disability.
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Sondra Crosby
Sondra Crosby is a professor at Boston University School of Public Health and School of Medicine. She is internationally recognized as a medical expert in the evaluation and documentation of torture.
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Managing Substance Use with Medicare
Distance to treatment facilities is a considerable problem for substance use recovery, regardless of age. But the impact of this distance may be felt more by older adults.
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Katherine Flegal
Katherine Flegal is a consulting professor at Stanford University and is one of the most highly cited researchers in obesity epidemiology.
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Weighed Down by Discrimination
Roughly 42% of U.S. adults experience weight discrimination, yet Michigan is the only state where discrimination based on weight is illegal.
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Vaccinations Lost in Translation
The COVID-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented time of uncertainty, and inadequate language services have blindfolded millions of people across the country.
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Anti-Life Legislation
Is cancer considered a medical exception in abortion bans? It’s unclear, and people in anti-abortion states are now left with few choices.
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When Emergency Rooms Turn Blue
While many study participants described professional interactions with police in emergency room settings, others noted concerns about officers interrupting care and breaching patient privacy rights.
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Coping After Crisis
Five years after the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, residents show high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.
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Isabel Morgan
Isabel Morgan is the director of Birth Equity Research Scholars at the National Birth Equity Collaborative. She is also a PhD candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studying infertility epidemiology and equitable access to fertility treatment.
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