Karra Receives Hariri Institute Research Incubation Award
Prof. Mahesh Karra received the award for his project “Can I Get That In Writing? Lessons From a Contracting Field Experiment in Urban Malawi.”
Karra Publishes Article in International Journal of Epidemiology
Prof. Mahesh Karra published an article entitled “Early-Life Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Infant Mortality.”
Karra Presents at PAA Annual Meeting
Prof. Mahesh Karra chaired a session on the determinants of child health and mortality and presented several papers and posters.
Karra Speaks in Malawi on Family Planning Field Experiment
Prof. Mahesh Karra gave a talk entitled “The Causal Effect of Improved Access to Family Planning: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Urban Malawi.”
Karra Gives Sargent College Health Sciences Invited Lecture
Prof. Mahesh Karra delivered a lecture entitled “The Causal Effect of Improved Access to Family Planning: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Urban Malawi.”
Karra Gives Talks on the Effect of Improved Access to Family Planning
Prof. Mahesh Karra delivered a talk entitled “The Causal Effect of Improved Access to Family Planning: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Urban Malawi.”
Karra in the International Journal of Epidemiology
Prof. Mahesh Karra discusses the role of women’s autonomy and acceptability of intimate-partner violence in maternal healthcare utilization in low and middle-income countries.
Karra Speaks at Conference on Family Planning
Prof. Mahesh Karra presented the 2018 International Conference on Family Planning held in Kigali, Rwanda.
Karra Gives Junior Fellow Faculty Presentation at Hariri Institute
Prof. Mahesh Karra delivered a talk entitled “Family Planning Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Experimental Evidence from Malawi, India, and Sri Lanka.”
Karra Receives Grant from Hewlett Foundation
Prof. Mahesh Karra received the grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for his new Program on Women’s Empowerment Research.
Karra Named 2018 Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow
Prof. Mahesh Karra has been announced as a Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing 2018 Junior Faculty Fellow.
Karra Presents Study at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Prof. Mahesh Karra delivered a talk entitled “The Effect of a Postpartum IUD (PPIUD) Intervention on Counselling and Choice.”
Karra Presents at 2018 Global Food+ Symposium
Prof. Mahesh Karra delivered a talk entitled “Long Run Effects of Early Childhood Growth Faltering: An Analysis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.”
Karra Publishes Study in PLOS One
Prof. Mahesh Karra published a study entitled “Causal Language and Strength of Inference in Academic and Media Articles Shared in Social Media.”
Karra Publishes Study in Work, Employment and Society
Prof. Mahesh Karra published a study entitled “Reframing the Measurement of Women’s Work in the Sub-Saharan African Context.”
Karra Presents at Population Association of America Meeting
Prof. Mahesh Karra presented at the Population Association of America’s Annual Meeting in Denver.
BtH: Transnationalism and Health in Asia
The discussion, which explored how public health programs and medical services have become increasingly global, was co-hosted by the Center for the Study of Asia.
Karra Gives Talk at Conference on Nutrition and Growth
Prof. Mahesh Karra gave a talk entitled “Long Run Effects of Early Childhood Growth Faltering: An Analysis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.”
Karra Gives Seminar Talk at Harvard School of Public Health
Prof. Mahesh Karra delivered a talk entitled “Enthnolinguistic Concordance and the Provision of Post-partum IUD Counseling Services in Sri Lanka.”
Pardee Faculty Present at Research on Tap Session
The session explored how scholars across the Boston University campus are working on issues including financial stability, human well-being, and environmental sustainability.