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From the built environment in which we live to the air we breathe, our surroundings—and their strengths or shortcomings—are a prerequisite for health.

01.05.2017 Wooden sign saying Pocket Prairie in front of green space

Green Spaces and Better Health

The plants outside your home might doing much more than just beautifying your neighborhood. They could also be helping you live longer. That’s the conclusion supported by a new study from Harvard’s T.H. Chan school of Public Health.

Fellow Jonathan Gang

01.04.2017 Ron Sims at the podium during a lecture at Boston University School of Public Health

Ron Sims: How Where You Live Affects Your Health

Sims sat down with PHP’s Jonathan Gang to discuss his career, the future of the ACA and the role that public health will play in fighting for people’s access to healthcare over the next four years.

Fellow Jonathan Gang

12.14.2016 A young child running down a street in Flint, MI, past an electric transformer station

You Are Where You Live

Geographical concepts are important for understanding not only what happened in Flint, but specifically where it happened and why it happened there.

Guest Author Rick Sadler

12.06.2016 Graph showing bicycle travel in km per inhabitant vs. number of cyclists killed

Strength in Numbers

Compelling support for bike-friendly policies: if there are more cyclists on the road, drivers will be more likely to be aware of – and avoid – them.

Fellow Jonathan Gang