Tag: Health

Pardee Center Hosts Four-Part Speaker Series on Politics of Global Health

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future recently concluded the first semester of its new Global Health Politics Workshop (GHPW) speaker series. The four-part fall 2022 series included talks on reducing health inequalities, reproductive justice organizing, post-pandemic debt cancellation for the Global South, and post-abortion care in Senegal. The monthly […]

Pardee Center to Co-Sponsor International Studies Association Global South Travel Grant

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is proud to co-sponsor the International Studies Association’s (ISA) annual Global South Travel Grant. The grant, provided by the Global Health Studies Section of ISA, is also co-sponsored by Brill Publishers and the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. The award will […]

Harris, Shaffer Co-Author Paper Comparing Engagement in Global Health Research Across Social Science Disciplines

Joseph Harris, an Associate Professor of Sociology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and Jon Shaffer, a former Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow, recently co-authored a paper comparing the contributions of four major social science disciplines — anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology […]

Harris Elected Vice Chair of International Studies Association’s Global Health Section

Joseph Harris, an Associate Professor of Sociology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently elected Vice Chair of the International Studies Association’s (ISA) Global Health Studies Section. The ISA’s Global Health Studies Section “aims to make the ISA the global hub for […]

Kaufman Co-Authors New Paper on Costs and Benefits of Pandemic Prevention in Science Advances

Les Kaufman, a Professor in the Department of Biology and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, co-authored a major new paper exploring the costs and benefits of primary pandemic prevention actions. The authors of the paper, which was published in the journal Science Advances, included environmental and […]

Harris Co-Authors New Paper on the Role of Private Sector on Universal Healthcare in Brazil and Thailand

Joseph Harris, an associate professor of Sociology and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, co-authored a new paper exploring the role of the private sector on countries’ universal healthcare programs, focusing specifically on the experiences in Brazil and Thailand. The paper was published in the journal Global […]

New Paper: “Engaging Communities Through the Arts: A Proposed Framework and Model in Public Health Initiatives”

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that there is an urgent need for more effective approaches to connect people from varying cultures and communities to public health solutions in ways that are accessible, helpful, and meaningful. In this Issues in Brief, Marial Williams argues that community engagement through the arts can be a means of improving […]