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07.09.2024 "Observing Science" title and mission on dark grey background

Health Equity

Speaking Out

On how and when scientists speak out and engage, pushing beyond peer review and into the public conversation.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

07.03.2024 Domestic violence and abuse concept

A Deadly Oversight: Unintended Consequences of Restricting Abortions

For women in violent relationships, an abortion can be the difference between finding freedom from or being tethered to an abuser.

Guest Author Alyssa Amendola

07.02.2024 "Observing Science" title and mission on dark grey background

Health Equity

The Pump Handle

On the challenge of shifting ideas in science.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

06.27.2024 Hand drawn expressive abstract backgrounds in black and white. Concept for sexual health being under attack.

The Sexual Health of U.S. Youth Is Under Attack

Youth voices are needed now more than ever to improve the sexual health of teens across the United States.

Guest Authors Madison Cheng, Ezra Levinson, Ja'Karri Pierre, Divya Reddy, Klara Sattler

06.25.2024 "Observing Science" title and mission on dark grey background

Generating Science That Informs Decision-Making

On science bridging the gap between work that advances thinking and work that has immediate application within society.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

06.04.2024

Health Equity

Science and Safety

On the FDA and the need to ensure that products of science remain safe from unscientific interference.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

05.28.2024

Health Equity

Patent Rights and Wrongs

On the two hundred year-old conflict between science and business.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

05.23.2024

Rhode Island’s Dashboard Tools for Overdose Response

A three-step approach for building community-focused dashboards to increase accessibility of local health data and lead a data-driven response.

Guest Authors Brandon Marshall, Jesse Yedinak Gray

05.21.2024

Health Equity

Commercializing Science

Commercialization offers incentives for the research required to make advances in science. But it also separates those with fortunes from those less fortunate.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

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