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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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