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Montez study on life expectancy, state policies featured in Huffington Post
See related: Longevity, Political Parties, State & Local, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Connecting how we live with what keeps us living
The Aging, Health and Neuroscience cluster initiative has “encouraged a culture of collaboration,” says Professor Janet Wilmoth, chair of sociology and an expert on aging. “Syracuse University is creating structural change, in which opportunities are provided for developing innovative ideas."
See related: Aging, Longevity, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Montez-led study linking state policies to life expectancy in the Los Angeles Times
See related: Longevity, Political Parties, State & Local, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Landes speaks to NPR about COVID-19 fatalities among people with IDD
See related: COVID-19, IDD, Longevity, United States
Monnat discusses racial disparities, COVID-19 deaths in Miami Herald
"Without widespread testing and without knowing the infection rate, we can’t responsibly predict when things could open back up," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
See related: COVID-19, Longevity, Race & Ethnicity, United States
Monnat discusses COVID-19 with D Magazine, Stateline, the Verge
"At the front end, not testing these groups [poor and racial-ethnic minority populations] at the same level is increasing the risk of fatality rates," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
See related: COVID-19, Longevity, Race & Ethnicity, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Montez quoted in Kaiser Health News article on inequality gap at age 65
See related: Longevity, United States
Monnat quoted in BuzzFeed article on increase in US life expectancy
"While life expectancy has continued to improve in large highly educated urban hubs, life expectancy declines have been much more pronounced in former industrial cities, much of Appalachia, and in many small towns and cities across America’s heartland," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
See related: Longevity, Rural Issues, United States
Heflin weighs in on cuts to food stamp program in CBS News article
"Given that we are having a real sort of rescaling of mortality in this country as a whole, to think about cutting anything that supports health and an associated reduction of mortality is a real mistake," says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Food Security, Longevity, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Heflin discusses new SNAP study with Huffington Post, PBS, Common Dreams
See related: Food Security, Longevity, Nutrition, U.S. Health Policy, United States