Research Archives

04.30.2020 a close up of handcuffs

Women’s Health in Shackles

Prisons are not set up to provide access to menstrual products, cervical and breast cancer screenings, or reproductive, prenatal, and menopause care.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

04.29.2020 a model of a human jaw

Oral Health is Public Health

The steady increase in HPV-related oral cancer reinforces the need for widespread HPV vaccination to help combat this trend.

Guest Author Disha Thakkar

04.28.2020 a group of people's heads

Research on Sexual Violence: Sex the First Time

One in 16 women in the US are raped the first time they have sex, and this violence is associated with long-term, negative health effects.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

04.23.2020 a set of hands with different gestures

Communication is Key

Deaf and hard-of-hearing patients are more likely to report experiences of poor communication with health care providers than hearing patients.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

04.22.2020 a condom and a condom on a yellow and pink background

Conversations on Contraception

LGBTQ communities and medical and public health practitioners must make conversations about contraception inclusive for queer women.

Fellow Gray Babbs

04.20.2020 a close up of a wooden bench

Students' Prescriptions for Nature

Now is the time for us to decrease the stress culture, increase the wellness culture, and help make the healthy choice the easy choice by using nature.

Guest Author Gen Meredith

04.16.2020 a scale with measuring tape

Stressing Risks for Obesity

Multiple types of stressors may be risk factors for obesity, and cumulative exposure to these stressors may contribute to obesity and obesity disparities.

Guest Author Adolfo Cuevas

04.15.2020 wind turbines in a field

Climate Changes Temps and Deaths

A rise in temperatures by two degrees centigrade could result in around 2,100 additional deaths from injuries in a single year in the United States.

Guest Author Robbie M. Parks

04.13.2020 a building in the city

Covid-19: Amplifying Boston's Eviction Crisis

Efforts to reduce the spread of Covid-19 will likely create an eviction crisis in Massachusetts extending far into the future.

Guest Authors Olivia Ferris, Yuchen Liu, Wendy Heiger-Bernays, Ethan Mascoop

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