Research Archives

03.15.2021 a close up of a blue and white button

Googling the Police

After George Floyd’s death, search results about police reform increased by 3668% in every state, reflecting greater active interest in reform initiatives.

Fellow Pat Williams

03.12.2021 a football field with a net

Athletes in Covid

Athletes who experience sudden loss of sport, due to injury or other circumstances, tend to dissociate from their athletic identity. This dissolution can increase their risk for depression.

Fellow Rubina Veerakone

03.09.2021 a group of people in a pie chart

Health Equity

Why Are We Still Using Race as a Variable in Health Research?

When we fail to address health disparities and root those disparities in archaic notions of human difference, we do so at the peril of the populations we claim we want to help. And, in turn, science itself can be part of the problem.

Guest Author Michael Yudell

03.03.2021 a person holding a gun

For Youth Gun Violence, Context Matters

Media coverage of incidents of gun violence often focuses on characteristics of individual perpetrators. Contextual factors, including gun access and violent crime at the population level, receive far less attention.

Guest Author Lauren Gonzales

03.02.2021 a room with chairs and a flag

Trauma by Trial

The US court system is currently set up in a way that inherently retraumatizes survivors, subjecting them to painful experiences that echo and aggravate the original trauma they survived.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

02.26.2021 a heart and a stethoscope on a blue plate

Health Equity

Reclaiming the Soul of Health Care

Solving seemingly intractable and long-lasting health issues requires a health care system that is wise, compassionate, humble, and just—all virtues that our system does not reflect.

Guest Author Azizi Seixas

02.25.2021 a person opening a white envelope

Signed Up with No Say

In a good-faith effort to help more residents enroll and to coordinate their care between Medicare and Medicaid, Cal MediConnect automatically enrolled dual-eligible residents from 7 counties—without their consent.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

02.24.2021 a person's hands folded on a table

Keeping Elderly Loneliness at Bay

Intuitive, affordable, and usable technology can help mitigate the social and emotional loneliness seniors face during Covid-19.

Guest Authors Kristina M. Conroy, Sonny S. Patel

02.22.2021 an intersection with buildings and cars

Covid-19 Changes Climate Patterns

A systematic study explores how the pandemic has impacted the short-term environmental patterns in China, California, and worldwide.

Guest Authors Chaowei Phil Yang, Qian Liu

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