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Deep poverty rates could rise again under new work requirements that Congress is considering for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, said Robert A. Moffitt, an economics professor at Johns Hopkins University. Faculty Associate Robert Moffit is quoted. Click to read
An art exhibit in Pigtown created portraits of sex workers and in an attempt to humanize them. The portraits are accompanied by material from the lives of the eight women who agreed to serve as models for the portraits. The exhibit is in conjunction with a program called SPARC, run by JHU’s Bloomberg School of […]
The skyrocketing cost of healthcare is a result of a system working as intended—to “extract resources from” the people using it, experts say. Because patients have limited ability to navigate the system, they have limited power to negotiate or push for change in the cost of care. Faculty Gerard Anderson is featured.
Today’s schools are increasingly filled with anxious, depressed students and teachers on the verge of burnout and breakdown, experts say, leading many districts and educational associations to list mental health as their number one concern. Christina Bethell is quoted.
Today’s schools are increasingly filled with anxious, depressed students and teachers on the verge of burnout and breakdown, experts say, leading many districts and educational associations to list mental health as their number one concern. Christina Bethell is quoted.
Research shows that gender stereotypes not only are harmful to girls’ success; they can also affect their health. For example, the idea that girls are weak and sexual objects puts them at great risk for harm. New research on gender stereotypes, and the protection that feminism may offer, can help us better minimize harm from all forms […]
Hopkins Population Center Faculty Associates Kamila Alexander and Nicholas Papageorge were each individually awarded Catalyst Awards in June 2018. Catalyst Awards entail a $75,000 grant, mentoring opportunities, and institutional recognition.
Faculty Associates Xiaobin Wang, Nilanjan Chatterjee, and Tak Igusa, along other Johns Hopkins faculty receive a 2018 JHU Discovery Award for their proposal entitled “Harnessing Big Data and Machine Learning to Develop Tools for Autism Risk Prediction and Intervention.” This research is interdisciplinary, utilizing expertise from Public Health, Medicine, and Engineering. Faculty Associate Jeffrey Grigg […]
Since drug checking recently became legal in Maryland, there will be an increase in the number of drug testing strips that will be used to test illicit substances for traces of fentanyl. A research center in Baltimore is giving out the fentanyl testing strips to study how people use them and how it affects drug use. […]
It is estimated that more than 90 percent of those who die by suicide have a diagnosable mental disorder. This means that, in theory, suicide should be preventable if the right treatment can be delivered to people who have these psychiatric illnesses. Unfortunately, it’s hard to know which treatments are most effective at preventing suicides […]
