Research Archives

03.22.2021 a flag behind a fence

Punitive Immigrant Policies’ Impact on Health

The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare gross inequities in health care access and use bolstered by myriad strictures placed upon immigrant communities under the Trump administration.

Guest Authors Lisa V. Adams, Nicholas A. Vernice

03.17.2021 a person holding a tube with a needle

Health Equity

Racial Segregation, Testing Site Access, and Covid-19 Incidence Rate in Massachusetts

Socioeconomic inequities and systemic racism frequently impact health and health care access, resulting in a higher burden of disease and mortality in Black, Hispanic, and other vulnerable communities.

Guest Author Tao Hu

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

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