Four PSTC faculty associates have received Research Seed Awards for projects on the effects of COVID-19 on marginalized communities and on transit in developing countries.

“My collaborators and I hope that this project will strengthen country-level Land Degradation Neutrality and drought resilience data, decision-making, and policies towards achieving a key component of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

PSTC anthropologist Kate Mason discusses the Pandemic Journaling Project, an outlet for Americans to reflect on the pandemic while contributing to anthropological records.

PSTC epidemiologist Diana Grigsby-Toussaint comments on why communities of color may be less likely to receive the COVID-19 vaccination.

Expanded access to long-acting reversible contraception helped increase the use of effective postpartum contraception in an age group that is more likely to have closely spaced, higher-risk repeat pregnancies.

PSTC economist John Friedman comments on why traditional stimulus payments aren't as effective during the pandemic.

Fussell hopes that by developing a longitudinal data set from 2000 to 2020, she will better understand how the 2006 and 2017 disasters influenced migration from Puerto Rico to the U.S.

In the context of consumer confidence, PSTC economist Neil Thakral explains how the speed at which the CARES Act stimulus payments are distributed impacts their potential to stimulate the economy.

The PSTC colloquia moved online for most of 2020.

In 2020, we celebrated two staff milestones: Tom Alarie's 25 years working at PSTC, and Sue Silveira's retirement.

PSTC Postdoctoral Research Associate Meghan Zacher studies how natural disasters affect physical health in a new paper.

With a focus on the demographic composition of the editorial teams of flagship quantitative geography journals, Franklin and her team investigated the persistent lack of gender diversity.

In order to collect submissions without being “extractive or intrusive,” users maintain ownership over their submissions and sign consent forms to share their anonymous entries.

PSTC sociologist John Logan describes the history of both informal and legally binding racial segregation between neighborhoods.

Steenland believes that providing long-acting reversible contraception in the immediate postpartum period will give women more control over childbearing.

PSTC economist Emily Oster's dashboard has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, and in her own Opinion article for the Washington Post.

PSTC sociologist Patrick Heller argues that India should invest in social safety nets to protect citizens from future crises.

PSTC biostatistician Joseph Hogan is one author of the editorial that Reuters is summarizing

PSTC economist Emily Oster discusses whether schools are sites of significant COVID-19 transmission.

“Looking at the relationship between paternal education and infant health is another way to understand how parents pass on their educational advantages to their children," Rangel said.

The PSTC Sociologist hopes to understand the extent to which school budget cuts will will increase inequality among students.

PSTC Epidemiologist Meghan Ranney comments on the continued hardship that healthcare workers face.

His work will examine the relationship between governments and health outcomes.

Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial data is “potentially groundbreaking,” according to PSTC epidemiologist Mark Lurie, although he emphasized that we have not yet observed any long-term effects.

PSTC historian Linford Fisher sheds light on the colonial context of Providence Plantations, a title that Rhode Islanders voted to remove from the state's full name.

Both Biden and Trump's platform embody different "tropes" of masculinity to pull in voters, according to PSTC anthropologist Matthew Gutmann.

PSTC economist Glenn Loury argues that current narratives of race and white supremacy "remove agency" from Black Americans by blaming societal factors and ignoring patterns of behavior within the Black community.

The researchers used detailed transaction data from a large US grocery retailer in conjunction with nutritional information.

PSTC Epidemiologist Megan Ranney comments on the disaster that looms from COVID-19 spreading during Thanksgiving.

PSTC Economist Glenn Loury believes the term "white supremacy" spins a false narrative about a failing America.

The pace of economic recovery during the pandemic is stalling, according to PSTC Economist John Friedman.

On the podcast Planet Money, PSTC economist Emily Oster discusses her journey to create a COVID-19 School Response Dashboard to provide parents and schools with infection data.

Young people living with HIV endorse economic incentives, especially cash, as a method of improving adherence to treatment, according to the findings.

PSTC Professor of Education Matthew Kraft advocates for a plan to recruit and train thousands of tutors across America.

Since the SARS epidemic, China has transformed their public health system and become a leader in the COVID-19 response, according to PSTC Anthropologist Kate Mason.

This grant will fund her continued research to study the effect of a Medicaid reimbursement policy that allows hospitals to provide long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) to women immediately after childbirth.

The dashboard, made by PSTC economist Emily Oster, shows a “confirmed infection rate” of about 0.1 percent for students, meaning that one in 1000 students received a positive COVID-19 test result in a two-week period.

The online platform is designed for flexibility, accessibility, and anonymity so that everyone is able to share their day-to-day experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By taking geographic, climactic, and ecologic characteristics of land into account, the new measurement offers a more holistic look at land area and population density.

In a podcast interview, faculty associate Emily Oster shares data from her online platform that tracks coronavirus cases in schools around the country.

Faculty associate Megan Ranney says that data surrounding COVID-19 testing on children may only be "catching" symptomatic cases.

Faculty Associate Megan Ranney stresses the importance of masks to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and argues that these officials are sending the American public the wrong message by failing to follow health precautions.

Faculty associate Megan Ranney comments on the proliferation of ineffective masks in hospitals due to a national N95 mask shortage.

Faculty associates, predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees, project team members, and staff join the Center community.

Faculty affiliate John Friedman comments on inequalities in the recovery to an economic crisis like that of the COVID-19 pandemic.

From sending kids back to school to flying on an airplane, faculty affiliate Emily Oster explore how everyone make better choices amid the pandemic.

A new report by several PSTC faculty and staff affiliates examines the spatial distribution of COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island.

By following a cohort of HIV-infected women alongside a cohort of HIV-uninfected women throughout pregnancy and monitoring development of gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders, Bengtson and her co-investigators hope to determine how HIV-status affects the risk of developing these diseases in pregnancy. 

Faculty affiliate Andrew Schrank argues that if Joe Biden is elected president, he should give workers tangible benefits early on in his term to safeguard his policies from future repeals.

As one of the first to publish research on the newly unsealed archives of Pope Pius XII, faculty associate David Kertzer explores whether the former Pope displayed indifference to Jewish suffering during the holocaust.