Author Archives: Social Epidemiology Unit

Innovative Responses to Pandemic Related Disruptions in School Meal Programs

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Social Epidemiology Unit

School meals are a vital source of federal food assistance; the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs serve approximately 30 million lunches and 15 million breakfasts daily at low or no cost to students. At the start of the … Continue reading →

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Postdoctoral Fellowship Program – Advanced Training in Environmental Health and Data Science: Molecules to Populations

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Social Epidemiology Unit

Postdoctoral Fellowship Advanced Training in Environmental Health and Data Science Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University The Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health … Continue reading →

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“I’m Not a Freshi”: Culture Shock, Puberty and Growing Up as British-Bangladeshi Girls

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Social Epidemiology Unit

Most people wish to banish the awkwardness and confusion of puberty from their memories, but for Lauren Houghton, puberty has been the focus of her research for more than a decade. Fascinated by the opportunity it presented for biosocial inquiry, … Continue reading →

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Trends in U.S. Women’s Binge Drinking in Middle Adulthood by Socioeconomic Status, 2006-2018

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Social Epidemiology Unit

Cluster members Sarah McKetta and Katherine Keyes recently published research regarding national trends in binge drinking among women in the mid-life. Multiple national surveys have found that women in the mid-life (~30-49) have dramatically increased binge drinking in recent years. … Continue reading →

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Engaging with movement demands on their own terms: Professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore makes the case for abolition

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Social Epidemiology Unit

There’s been much discussion about what organizers and protesters “really mean” by their demands to defund the police and abolish police and prisons, as those ideas enter the mainstream discourse. One troubling pattern is emerging in these discussions among commentators … Continue reading →

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How neighborhoods and infrastructure can impact HIV transmission among Black sexual minority men

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Social Epidemiology Unit

Individual risky behaviors (ex. condomless sex, multiple partners, drug use) have long been a focus of HIV research and intervention strategies for sexual minority men (SMM). However, focusing on the individual level obscures the effects of broader societal influences and … Continue reading →

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“Black men loving Black men is the revolutionary act”1: Racial sexual exclusivity as both an effect and a protection against discrimination for Black sexual minority men

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Social Epidemiology Unit

Often in public health, sexual relationships between Black gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority men (SMM) are framed as sources of risk and disease, especially in terms of HIV transmission. However, Black queer activists have long known that cultivating loving … Continue reading →

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@DearPandemic: a COVID-19-related scientific communication effort for the public

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Social Epidemiology Unit

Epidemiologists and other scientists have become an important source of information for the public amid so much misinformation around COVID-19. “Dear Pandemic” is a public service effort by Dr. Sandra Albrecht, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, in conjunction with an all-female … Continue reading →

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Severe COVID-19 Projections: Data Visualization Tool

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Social Epidemiology Unit

An online data visualization tool has just been released that allows users to explore the COVID-19 projections being released weekly by Jeff Shaman’s lab at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.  These data have been powering Columbia’s interactive … Continue reading →

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Mapping Food Insecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Social Epidemiology Unit

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 11% of households and nearly 16% of families with children were food insecure. With schools closed and families out of work, food insecurity rates are expected to skyrocket in the coming months. During the crisis, … Continue reading →

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