Care Poverty and Unmet Needs edited by Teppo Kroger, Nicola Brimblecombe, Ricardo Rodrigues and Kirstein Rummery, brings together twenty-seven social policy researchers from across the Global North to…
A recap of an engaging breakfast event organized by Women’s Health Advocates (WHA) in Chicago and sponsored by PACE Healthcare Capital. I am still buzzing from the incredible…
In Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics, editors Joan Costa-Font and Matteo M. Galizzi bring together global, multidisciplinary insights into human behaviour and policy responses during the …
Our healthcare system often overlooks or undermines women’s unique experiences. We spend many more years in ill health than men, and it’s time to change that. In bringing…
In this interview with LSE Review of Books Managing Editor Anna D’Alton, Danny Dorling discusses his new book, The Next Crisis: What We Think About the Future which…
As part of my pre-work for the No Patient Left Behind program, I’ve obtained a new certification entitled Biotech Unveiled: Understanding the U.S. Biomedical Innovation Marketplace and its…
This Chicago event on women’s health was centered around two panels, one on transforming patient care with AI, and another on policy & advocacy for women’s health.
This AAAS webinar explored the impacts of research gaps in studying sex, and the implications for care delivery and population health.
In Policing Patients, Elizabeth Chiarello examines the role of prescription drug monitoring programmes (PDMPs) in the opioid crisis in the US, arguing that they transform healthcare into patient…
BCG joins many others in articulating that female consumer / patient needs aren’t being met. This is a market ripe for innovation, disruption, and even aggregation. And hopefully,…
The National Academies have just released a series of reports about how the The National Institutes of Health (NIH) needs to evolve to better support women’s health: They…
As I learn more about the opportunities and challenges in the field of women’s health, I find myself reflecting on things I would not have noticed in the…
We can strive to fix our healthcare system, but the influence of the food science industry in the U.S. is disastrous. If it remains unaddressed, will Americans ever…
I had the opportunity to participate in a Women’s Health PAC in Boston. We heard from some luminaries in the field, and I left feeling inspired by what…
Author: Sheba Mohammid In Trinidad and Tobago, we may not have Ponce De Leon’s fountain of youth, but we do have a pool. It’s technically an offshore sandbar,…
Author: Charlotte Hawkins As part of the ASSA project, we are currently working to publish a volume called: ‘An Anthropological Approach to mHealth: Health & Care in the…
One tweet asks for help finding a hospital bed in Delhi, India’s capital. Another asks where to find oxygen. These tweets joined a sea of similar pleas for…
Participating in and delivering training sessions has helped me to address client problems and create future opportunities for my business. Now is an exciting time for anthropologists to…
Participating in and delivering training sessions has helped me to address client problems and create future opportunities for my business. Now is an exciting time for anthropologists to…
Participating in and delivering training sessions has helped me to address client problems and create future opportunities for my business. Now is an exciting time for anthropologists to…
It was afternoon in early April and I was only two-thirds of the way through my 12-hour shift. Between checking on how one patient was breathing and whether…
As if it were not challenging enough during the “normal emergencies” [1] of the United States-led War on Drugs, research and advocacy for sane drug policies becomes even…
Promotional materials from the global campaign to achieve Universal Health Coverage by the year 2030. Copyright UHC2030 – reproduced here under ‘fair use’ for academic purposes. “Health for…
Promotional materials from the global campaign to achieve Universal Health Coverage by the year 2030. Copyright UHC2030 – reproduced here under ‘fair use’ for academic purposes. “Health for…