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Monnat brief on opioid crisis in rural America published by Carsey School of Public Policy at UNC
Monnat paper on opioid-related mortality in rural America published in Int Journal of Drug Policy
See related: Addiction, Health Policy, Longevity, United States
Monnat discusses opioid overdose rates in rural New England on New Hampshire Public Radio
Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion says long-running challenges in many rural communities are the underlying drivers of the increase in opioid overdose rates, things like economic decline and social isolation.
Faculty, alumnus study on public health insurance, fertility published
Maxwell announces promotions, tenure for eight faculty
See related: Promotions & Appointments
Michelmore paper on EITC, household finances published in JPAM
Econ faculty publish paper on food insecurity, Great Recession in American Economic Association
Heflin study on impact of food program coverage gap published in AEPP
See related: Food Security
Shi paper on the puzzle of missing female engineers published in Economics of Education Review
See related: Education, Gender and Sex
Hamersma and Lopoo paper on pregnancy Medicaid expansions and fertility published in PR&PR
Hamersma research on parental Medicaid expansions published in Contemporary Economic Policy
Hamersma study on parental Medicaid expansions and children's health insurance published in CEP
See related: Insurance
Heflin article on coverage gap in food programs for children in kindergarden published in AEP&P
See related: Food Security
Monnat research on deaths of despair cited in Atlantic article
Lerner Chair Shannon Monnat's research found that the Rust Belt counties that put Trump over the top were those that lost the most people in recent years to deaths of despair—those due to alcohol, drugs, and suicide.
Monnat weighs in on efforts to combat drug overdoses in ConvergenceRI
"We must tackle root causes, which... drive suicide, alcohol-related deaths and more," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
Popp to receive the William Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching
David Popp, professor of public administration and international affairs and Carolyn Rapking Faculty Scholar in Public Administration and Policy, will receive the 2018 William Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students. The prize is awarded every year to a faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences who embodies the role of a seminar leader, research and dissertation director, and advisor and role model.
Monnat quoted in Washington Times article on deaths of despair
"Opioids may have been the spark, but a spark needs kindling in order to ignite," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
Flores-Lagunes paper on differential incidence and severity of food insecurity published in AER
See related: Food Security
Rosenthal study rent gradients, spatial structure, and agglomeration economies published in JUE
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