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NIH awards $1.95M to study state-level COVID policies, mental health

Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, is the principal investigator for a five-year research project that will examine the impacts of state COVID-19 mitigation policies on adult psychological health, drug overdose and suicide. The project is funded with $1.95 million from the National Institutes of Health.
October 1, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Grant Awards, State & Local

Shana Gadarian speaks to Associated Press about mask mandates

Shana Gadarian, professor and chair of political science, says it’s important to weigh the motivation of politicians questioning public health measures proven to slow virus spread.
September 23, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, United States

Garcia discusses structural racism, COVID-19 outcomes in Public Health Post blog

"The Devastating Toll of Structural Racism," written by Assistant Professor of Sociology Marc Garcia and Ph.D. student Claire Pendergrast, was published in Public Health Post.
September 20, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, Race & Ethnicity, United States

Gadarian speaks to FiveThirtyEight about partisanship and COVID health behaviors

Based on research she and her colleagues have been conducting, Professor Gadarian says there has been a partisan split on all health behaviors throughout the pandemic.
September 14, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, Political Parties, United States

Landes discusses vaccines for those aiding people with IDD in LAist article

Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology, weighs in on COVID vaccine mandates for in-home health aides in California in the LAist article, "People With Developmental Disabilities Want Their Home Health Workers Vaccinated."
September 14, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, IDD, United States

Reeher talks with The Hill about vaccine refusal in spite of FDA approval

August 26, 2021

See related: COVID-19, United States

O'Keefe weighs in on military vaccine mandate in Gray DC piece

August 17, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Government, United States

Purser discusses employment protections in NY state on WCNY

August 10, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Labor, New York State

Engelhardt quoted in HousingWire article on pandemic, housing payments

August 6, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Housing, United States

Chen, Popp article on green stimulus in a post-pandemic recovery published in ERE

Ziqiao Chen, Giovanni Marin, David Popp & Francesco Vona
August 5, 2021

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