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.

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

The PSTC colloquia moved online for most of 2020.

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.

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.

“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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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. 

While Papay and his colleagues found that college enrollment has increased among all student demographic groups, the education system is not yet “the great equalizer” that educator Horace Mann envisioned.

The project will integrate interviews, media analysis and observation on the ground to understand how Chinese people in Shanghai with different experiences share and interpret information about COVID-19 during this liminal period.

Five PSTC trainees will receive their PhDs from Brown this weekend.

Three faculty associates have received support for research projects exploring COVID-19 and its consequences at the population level.

The WT Grant Foundation funds research focused on improving outcomes for America’s children and youth, with a particular focus on how to reduce inequality as well as how policymakers and practitioners use research evidence.

Faculty associate Stephen McGarvey and colleagues use both archaeological and genomic evidence to study early Samoan populations.

New work by PSTC faculty associates Logan and Foster highlights systematic bias in estimating income segregation in the U.S.

Emily Rauscher discusses her recent work on COVID-19 and Twitter's role in sharing research.

Three PSTC faculty associates comment on how their areas of expertise might be relevant in understanding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three sociology trainees have received NSF support for dissertation research on diverse issues of inequality.

Kevin Escudero has received a CAREER award from NSF for his work on the educational trajectories of students with different legal statuses.

We spoke with four junior scholars who are already making their marks in their respective fields to learn more about their work and some of the benefits of being PSTC faculty associates.

Q&A with PSTC faculty associate Kevin Mwenda, Associate Director of Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) and Assistant Professor (Research) of Population Studies.

Girija Borker studies the consequences of sexual harassment in public spaces for women's education.

Rauscher finds that school bonds increase equality of opportunity for low-income students.

Ogunbajo and Agbai are current scholars in this prestigious program from RWJF.

Elizabeth Fussell has received recent attention for her research on inequality in post-disaster recovery, as well as on migration trends amid rising sea levels. 

In January 2020, the PSTC will co-sponsor the inaugural conference of the Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement, in U.N. City, Copenhagen.

“The group has been able to foster intellectual community around migration and build on strengths in migration studies through productive exchange of work.”

A pervasive view of males as uncontrollable animals not only sells them short, but may encourage problematic practices.

Galor's work has been influential in building economists' understanding of the relationship between inequality, growth and human evolution.

Students learn less when teachers are hired after the start of the school year.

Explores the decline of union power, alternative representation options, and the increasingly unequal distribution of power.

Savitz’s service has helped the National Academy of Medicine serve the nation and the international community.

New infrastructure for HIV research will help build a foundation for new interventions to fight the spread of HIV within some of the country’s most vulnerable populations.

“Recognizing the important role that fathers, mothers and other adults play in the health-seeking behavior of boys and girls, and especially in rural areas, is crucial to getting adolescents into formal health system for information and treatment.”

"Simply ending the one-child policy, without additional institutional measures that address the issue of work-life incompatibility for women, may not successfully boost fertility level."

Balancing Rigor, Replication, and Relevance.

NGOs, government agencies, and scholars have been trying to increase awareness and involvement of young men in SRH matters for at least three decades, with mixed results at best.