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Class Close-up: Looking to Pandemics Past to Plan the Future
Jan. 18, 2023

Princeton Alumni Weekly featured Keith Wailoo's Fall 2022 “Making Post-Pandemic Worlds: Epidemic History and the Future" course. 

Measuring "The Good Life" - Alternative Metrics for National Wellbeing
Jan. 9, 2023

This episode of The Princeton Pulse explores the need to look beyond GDP when evaluating a nation's wellbeing.

Visitor Spotlight: Ori Heffetz
Jan. 3, 2023
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Written by Aimee Bronfeld, Center for Health and Wellbeing

In this Spotlight, Ori Heffetz, an economist and visiting research scholar at CHW, discusses the multi-faceted dimensions of human welfare.

Keith Wailoo's "Pushing Cool" Makes The New Yorker's 'Best Books of 2022'
Dec. 27, 2022

CHW affiliate Keith Wailoo's latest book, “Pushing Cool,” made The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2022.

Faculty panel talks ‘State of Indigenous Americans’
Dec. 20, 2022

CHW affiliate Noreen Goldman joined a panel discussion covering the disproportionate effects of Covid-19 on Native Americans and other topics related to this population.

Mpala Research Centre hosts U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman ’77
Dec. 13, 2022

Princeton academic leaders and administrators recently visited the University’s Mpala Research Centre in Kenya, and were joined by U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman ’77.

Study Links Administrative Burdens to Pre-Pandemic Drop in Child Health Insurance Coverage
Dec. 7, 2022

Research by CHW Co-Director Janet Currie and her colleagues reveals that administrative burdens reduced child health insurance coverage prior to the pandemic.

Can Sugary Beverage Taxes Improve Public Health?
Nov. 29, 2022

This episode of The Princeton Pulse explores the effectiveness of levies on sugar-sweetened beverages, comparing experiences from South Africa and Philadelphia. 

Princeton Researchers Explore Connection Between Climate Change and Infectious Disease
Nov. 16, 2022

CHW affiliates Jessica Metcalf and Bryan Grenfell are part of a Princeton research team investigating the link between climate change and the spread of infectious disease.

International Collaborative Brings Health Researchers to Princeton
Nov. 9, 2022
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Written by Aimee Bronfeld, Center for Health and Wellbeing

Graduate students from Southeast Asia and Australia are visiting Princeton this fall to research pediatric brain cancer treatment and antimicrobial resistance.