Maxwell School News and Commentary
Filtered by: Longevity
Monnat part of team recognized for research on rural America
See related: Addiction, COVID-19, Grant Awards, Longevity, Opioids, Rural Issues, State & Local, United States
Monnat talks to Bloomberg about rising suicide rates among US kids
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Montez study on life expectancy, state policies featured in Huffington Post
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Connecting how we live with what keeps us living
The Aging, Health and Neuroscience cluster initiative has “encouraged a culture of collaboration,” says Professor Janet Wilmoth, chair of sociology and an expert on aging. “Syracuse University is creating structural change, in which opportunities are provided for developing innovative ideas."
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Montez-led study linking state policies to life expectancy in the Los Angeles Times
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Landes speaks to NPR about COVID-19 fatalities among people with IDD
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Monnat discusses racial disparities, COVID-19 deaths in Miami Herald
"Without widespread testing and without knowing the infection rate, we can’t responsibly predict when things could open back up," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
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Monnat discusses COVID-19 with D Magazine, Stateline, the Verge
"At the front end, not testing these groups [poor and racial-ethnic minority populations] at the same level is increasing the risk of fatality rates," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
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Montez quoted in Kaiser Health News article on inequality gap at age 65
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Monnat quoted in BuzzFeed article on increase in US life expectancy
"While life expectancy has continued to improve in large highly educated urban hubs, life expectancy declines have been much more pronounced in former industrial cities, much of Appalachia, and in many small towns and cities across America’s heartland," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
See related: Longevity, Rural Issues, United States