Assistant director, Mary Kate Schutt, was interviewed on NewsChannel 9 about the Healthy Monday Race Across the US challenge, beginning May 17th! It’s a 12-week challenge that uses the DIEMlife digital platform to log activities and behaviors related to physical exercise (Move it Monday), stress reduction (DeStress Monday), healthier eating (Meatless Monday), and increased overall…
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CNY Central interviews Lerner Affiliate Doug Wolf about his study finding that raising minimum wage could save lives
Lerner Affiliate, Doug Wolf, is leading a study that looks at how minimum wage impacts public health, specifically infants. His research indicates that over 1,400 infant deaths could have been prevented if the minimum wage among certain states was raised to $15. Wolf tells CNY Central in this article,“Increasing the minimum wage benefits people who…
Assistant director, Mary Kate Schutt, publishes a book chapter on mindfulness based interventions in school settings
Mary Kate Schutt published a book chapter titled “Mindfulness in Education” in the book Mindfulness-based Interventions with Children and Adolescents. The chapter summarizes the literature on school-based mindfulness interventions that has been published since 2014.
Lerner Fellow Mariah Brennan was selected for prestigious position in RAND’s 2021 Graduate Student Summer Associate Program
Mariah Brennan, Lerner Graduate Fellow and Social Sciences PhD student, was selected for a very competitive and prestigious position in RAND’s 2021 Graduate Student Summer Associate Program. Brennan will work with researchers at RAND this summer on projects related to veterans’ health and health care. Brennan says, “I look forward to conducting research this summer at RAND. This project is so important because it will highlight the employment accommodation needs of veterans with service connected disabilities.”
New Research from Affiliates London & Landes finds that the gender gap in the prevalence of ADHD among adults decreased by 31.1% from 2007 to 2012
Lerner research affiliates Andrew London and Scott Landes publish new research which documents inter- and intra-cohort changes in adult ADHD and examine whether changes vary by gender. They found that the prevalence of ADHD among adults aged 18 to 64 years increased from 3.41% in 2007 to 4.25% in 2012 due to increased prevalence among adult women of all ages. Read the article here.
VICE quotes Monnat in article titled Pain and Isolation Are Driving America’s Lockdown Overdose Surge
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a sharp rise in drug overdoses due to increasing isolation, despair, and unstable supply of drugs. Monnat speaks to this issue in this VICE article and explains “At its core, I think addiction is about a need for connection. My research shows that work, family, and community are the three…
Monnat interviewed by Institute for New Economic Thinking on the Epidemic of Despair
Shannon Monnat shares her insights on the increased deaths of despair, like overdoses, during the COVID-19 pandemic in this article. Deaths of despair are affecting more distressed and vulnerable populations. Monnat has been studying drug overdoses for years and has seen that communities with more economic stability, a strong social safety net, and better quality…
Lerner Affiliate Andrew London publishes new research on same-sex marriage and the risk of divorce
Andrew London and Aaron Hoy’s new research examines whether same-sex sexuality – desire/attraction, behavior, and gay, lesbian, or bisexual identity – increases the likelihood of divorce from an different-sex spouse. They found that same-sex sexuality puts a brake on divorce by preventing some different-sex marriages that would ultimately end in divorce, but is associated with…
Lerner Affiliate Andrew London publishes new paper: Every now and then I get flagged for a pap smear: Gender transition, embodiment, and “sex-specific” cancer screenings
London and colleagues publish new research on how transgender embodiment shapes perceived needs for access to and experiences of “sex-specific” cancer screenings (e.g. breast and prostate exams, Pap, smears) in the North American healthcare system. They found that in relation to “sex-specific” cancer screenings, transgender individuals experience discrimination, do emotion work, and actively manage situations…
Landes & London Publish Article on Self-Reported ADHD and Adult Health in the United States
Lerner Affiliates Scott Landes and Andrew London published an article titled Self-Reported ADHD and Adult Health in the United States. Their research was informed by a social determinants of health framework and they investigated the relationship between self-reported ADHD diagnosis status and adult health, and whether observed associations are attenuated by biomedical and socioeconomic factors.…