Sociologist & demographer at Brown University. I study the political & structural drivers of population health.
Courtney Boen
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What a pill to swallow after presenting in the “Public Policy & Population Health” session yesterday at #paa2026.
One of the biggest challenges of doing work in this area has always been that institutions rarely provide researchers with evidence of their harms.
Now they won’t fund it, either.
This study of four cohorts of French schoolchildren shows that the gender gap in math (girls falling behind) begins essentially immediately as soon as kids start school. They use the natural variation in kids' ages at school start to show that it's school entry, not age, that triggers the change.
A proposed OMB rule would shift federal science funding decisions away from independent expert review and toward political appointees, while restricting how research is communicated. The public can submit comments on the proposal through July 13 (Docket OMB-2026-0034) at Regulations.gov.
He said repeatedly that NIH-funded grants should seek to influence clinical decisions by providers or patients, and nothing else.
An incredible stance from a health economist who spent time in the population health world, and an absolute repudiation of the hopes that he is reachable on that basis.
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Images of ICE targeting US cities have been commonplace in since January 2025. What's the economic effect of this new immigration enforcement regime on businesses, both workplaces and retailers, in targeted areas?
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