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Professor Maxine Weinstein Awarded $8.2 Million for Research at Georgetown on Aging
The National Institute on Aging has renewed funding for the study on Midlife in the United States (MIDUS). Professor Maxine Weinstein, whose research contributions to the study focus on the behavioral and biological dimensions of aging, is the principal investigator for the Georgetown arm of the biomarker subproject who will lead the $8.2 million award over the next six years.
The MIDUS project is a longitudinal study launched in the mid-1990s as a landmark national study on aging supported by the MacArthur Foundation; it is now funded by the National Institute on Aging. Its goal is to study changes related to multiple dimensions of health and well-being over the span of an adult’s life. Findings from this study have appeared in 450+ scientific journals and more than 26,000 researchers worldwide use its publicly available data.
“A primary goal of the biomarker work has been to provide insight into how one’s life history and social environment ‘get under the skin’ to affect health,” Weinstein said. “The overall research findings of this study are important because it has collected a wide range of data from its participants starting at age 25. Another major aim of the study has been documenting the factors that contribute to successful aging and to vulnerabilities and resilience throughout adulthood.”
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HAPI’s Focus on Advocacy Highlighted in Health Affairs
The HAPI Program and its advocacy course requirement was recently mentioned in the Health Affairs article "Public Health Advocacy Must Be Taught". The article notes, "Of the 68 accredited schools of
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Spring 2022 Seminar Schedule with Zoom Registration Links
Please find below the Spring 2022 Seminar Schedule and speakers for the Health and Public Interest Seminar Series. Please visit our Youtube channel for some recorded seminars. Our virtual Spring
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Fall 2021 Seminar Schedule with Zoom Registration Links
Please visit our Youtube channel for some recorded seminars. Our virtual Fall 2021 HAPI Hour Seminars take place on the Wednesdays listed below from 12:00pm-1:30pm ET. The HAPI Hour Seminar Serie
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PharmedOut’s Virtual Conference on June 16 – 18, 2021
PharmedOut's 2021 conference, Cutting the Cord: Curtailing Commercial Influence on Healthcare, will discuss how commercial influence on meetings, publications, and education affects what health care
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HAPI Students Testify at FDA Meeting
On March 24, 2021, two of our HAPI students, Sophia Phillips and Kelvin Blade, testified at the FDA’s joint meeting of the Arthritis Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Adviso
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Spring 2021 Seminar Schedule with Zoom Registration Links
Please visit our Youtube channel for some recorded seminars. Jan 27 - Mona Hanna-Attisha MD, Whistleblower for Flint Water Crisis, “What The Eyes Don’t See" Feb. 3 - Bernadette Dunham DVM, PhD,
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Fall 2020 Seminar Schedule with Zoom Registration Links
The M.S. Health and the Public Interest program invites both students and the general public to the weekly seminar sessions. Sept. 2, Gary Schwitzer, Publisher of HealthNewsReview.org @ 12pm-1:30
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M.S. Health and the Public Interest Online Seminars
Due to Georgetown University's migration to virtual online learning, we will host the following seminars through Zoom. Please feel free to join us, no RSVP needed: 3/18, 4-5:30pm, Louis Jacques
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New Master’s Program Explores Societal Influences on Health
Medicine today is said to be “evidence-based” — practiced on the basis of cumulative clinical studies. But for the physicians and researchers involved in launching the newest master’s degree program at Georgetown University, medical evidence isn’t enough.
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