Tomorrow, Tuesday April 21 at Noon!

Software as a Medical Practitioner This Viewpoint explores the application of a licensure paradigm to clinical artificial intelligence systems.

Research by Associate Eric Bressman in @jamainternalmed.com doi.org/10.1001/jama... is discussed in this @pennldi.bsky.social blog post

▶️ Can AI Be Licensed the Way Doctors and Nurses Are?
ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

REGISTER for the 2026 PARC Aging Retreat "USA at 250 Years: Aging Healthily" on May 1, 2026 in 2 weeks
aging.upenn.edu/events/retreat
Keynote(s) & their topics: Bianca Frogner: promises & challenges in rural health & aging; Kent Smetters: financial & economy-wide implications of our aging population

After Donations, Trump Administration Revoked Rule Requiring More Nursing Home Staff

An Op-Ed in @nytimes.com here https://nyti.ms/45vegIS

Cites policy work and research by Norma B. Coe and Rachel M. Werner. See details on this @pennldi.bsky.social post https://bit.ly/4syDu2q

"Why Nursing Homes Should Provide More Nurses and Aides to Residents"

New evidence shows how discrimination shortens lives in Black communities Researchers linked higher inflammation levels to decades of stress, including discrimination and economic hardship.

Derek M. Griffith is quoted in the @washingtonpost.com

➡️ New Evidence Shows How Discrimination Shortens Lives in Black Communities

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/01/26/health...

@drdmgriffith.bsky.social

Incarceration as Social Determinant of Health Incarceration is large-scale social determinant of health with broad and enduring dynamics that harm individuals, families, and communities

"Incarceration as Social Determinant of Health: Penn Researcher Jason Schnittker Says Mental Illness, Chronic Disease Risks Surge After Release"

He recently spoke at the 11th Annual Health Equity Week

ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-update...

READ ➡️ Four Conditions Make Cash Transfers Save Lives

In @theatlantic.com By @draaron.bsky.social & @hthirumurthy.bsky.social

About @thelancet.com The effects of government-led cash transfer programmes on behavioural & health determinants of mortality https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01437-0

The Longevity Economy: Financing Healthy Ageing

How do individuals, markets & governments finance longer lives? LSE Health's @lseahil.bsky.social invites researchers to its 2026 Longevity Economy Workshop 🌍 Pensions, LTC, housing, behavioural econ & more.

Deadline 1 May 2026. #LSEHealth

🔗 bit.ly/47oUnUs

TOMORROW is the next Penn Population Studies Colloquium with Sneha Kumar on

Monday, April 13, 2026, from 12-1 pm in the PSC Commons, McNeil 403

“Spousal Migration, Social Ties, and Loneliness Among Married Adults 'Left Behind' in Indonesia”

https://bit.ly/3OoyU7W

NEW Population Center Working Paper

Higher Neighborhood Deprivation is Associated with Accelerated Disease Progression in Behavioral-Variant Frontotemporal Degeneration

https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/62050

with PARC Research Associates, @sdstites.bsky.social & Corey T. McMillan

TODAY Tuesday, April 7, 2026 | 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
Colonial Penn Center Auditorium, 3641 Locust Walk

Behind Bars, Beyond Health: Equity and Incarceration in America

w/ Jason Schnittker, Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration, moderator Rachel M. Werner
share.hsforms.com/1L8rVBlfZSBS...

The real reason behind New York's nurses strike When nurses go on strike, it is easy to assume the conflict is about pay or contracts. In reality, strikes are almost always a last resort. They happen when nurses believe patient safety has been pushed to a breaking point.

Recent Op-Ed written by @LindaAiken_Penn in the New York Daily News

➡️ The Real Reason Behind New York's Nurses Strike

www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/16/the-real-reas...

PARC AGING CHAT TODAY AT NOON!

Monday, April 6th, from 12-1 pm

“The Growing Issue of Homelessness/Housing Insecurity and Aging”

with Rebecca T. Brown & Dennis P. Culhane

HYBRID EVENT PSC Commons, McNeil 403 & Zoom (see image for login information)

Please join us for our next PARC AGING CHAT TOMORROW, Monday April 6th, from 12-1 pm

“The Growing Issue of Homelessness/Housing Insecurity and Aging”

with Rebecca T. Brown & Dennis P. Culhane

HYBRID EVENT PSC Commons, McNeil 403 & Zoom (see image for login information)

Funding “Rural Health Care Transformation” Without Shoring Up Failing Hospitals The unusual policy symmetry involved in the Big Beautiful Bill’s Medicaid cuts and new rural health innovation initiative may not bode well for rural health care quality and outcomes.

Funding “Rural Health Care Transformation” Without Shoring Up Failing Hospitals
ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-update...

Research Associate Rachel M. Werner featured
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oow7PQueu1E

Please join us for our next PARC AGING CHAT on Monday, April 6th, from 12-1 pm

“The Growing Issue of Homelessness/Housing Insecurity and Aging”

with Rebecca T. Brown & Dennis P. Culhane

HYBRID EVENT PSC Commons, McNeil 403 & Zoom (see image for login information)

New paper in the Population Center Working Papers (PSC/PARC) series!

❇️ Parenthood Penalties in Same-Sex Couples: How Parental Status Shapes Paid Work Specialization in American Couples

by Emily Curran

READ IT HERE:
https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/62251

The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast: Episode 7.13: Democracy as a Public Health Intervention Interviewer: JOSHUA ROSE. In this episode of the Andrea Mitchell Center podcast, Joshua Rose speaks with Penn Political Science Professor JULIA LYNCH about her book Getting Better: The Policy and Poli...

Listen to this podcast featuring PARC Research Associate Julia Lynch

🎙️ Democracy as a Public Health Intervention

mitchellcenter.libsyn.com/episode-713-democracy-as...

Brainwaves: How does a brain stay healthy? You might think a healthy brain starts and ends in your head – but there are miles and miles of neuron fibers that connect your brain with nearly every corner of your body. Why a healthy brain needs a...

How does a brain stay healthy?
"There are a lot of linkages between our brains and what we eat that are influenced by your gut microbiome that affect cognition and mood," Dr. Kevin Volpp says.
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...

Congratulations to Catherine Auriemma (Pulmonary), @draaron.bsky.social (@pennidfellows.bsky.social) & Leo Wang (Dermatology) on being named 2026 @the-asci.org Young Physician-Scientist Awardees! tinyurl.com/ymhdfcry

This blog post mentions 4 PARC Research Associates: Eric T. Roberts, Abby Alpert, Mark V. Pauly, and Atul Gupta! Read their highlighted research below!

Dr. Harsha Thirumurthy named CHIBE’s Inaugural Endowed Chair - Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE) Dr. Harsha Thirumurthy has been named CHIBE’s Inaugural Endowed Chair called the Founders Professorship of Population Health.

Congrats to Dr. Harsha Thirumurthy (@hthirumurthy.bsky.social) on being named CHIBE's inaugural endowed chair! chibe.upenn.edu/news/dr-hars...

Read this Op-Ed by Linda Aiken

🎆The Real Reason Behind New York’s Nurses Strike

www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/16/t...

Which is discussed in the @pennldi.bsky.social When Nurses Strike, It’s a Warning About Patient Safety post ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

"Pathway to Excellence Designation, Nurse Work Environment, and Hospital Quality and Safety: A Multi-State Hospital Study"

By H Yu, JM Brooks Carthon, Linda H. Aiken*, KK McEwan, Matthew D. McHugh* *PARC Associates

New in Research in Nursing and Health

https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.70052

TODAY PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM

3/23 | 12 - 1PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)

Mao-Mei Liu of @UCBerkeley presents

Nurturing Diversity in Science as Resistance

READ MORE:
https://bit.ly/4rUc1b8

Pennsylvania, with 4% of U.S. 50-state population, gets just 2% of new ‘Rural Health Transformation’ funds HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Pennsylvania will get $193 million in “Rural Health Transformation” funds during the current fiscal year, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid …

"Pennsylvania, with 4% of U.S. 50-state population, gets just 2% of new ‘Rural Health Transformation’ funds" -ABC NEWS cites work by @rachelwerner.bsky.social

www.abc27.com/news/top-stories/pennsyl...

Substance Use Disorder Policy and Care in a Time of Medicaid Change CHERISH and LDI have gathered policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to explore options to help advance evidence-based SUD treatment under the new rules ahead.

Medicaid finances more substance use disorder care than any other payer. New federal rules and state budget pressures could dramatically affect access.

Register for our virtual conference on March 25, co-hosted with @cherishresearch.bsky.social⤵️
https://bit.ly/4s3Xv0D

The Longevity Economy: Financing Healthy Ageing

LSE Health's @lseahil.bsky.social & UPenn's PARC invite submissions to the 2026 Workshop on 'The Longevity Economy: Financing Healthy Ageing' 🌍 Topics: pensions, LTC, housing & behavioural econ.

Deadline: 1 May 2026. #LSEHealth

🔗 bit.ly/47oUnUs

2026 Workshop on 'The Longevity Economy: Financing Healthy Ageing'

Call for papers!

2026 Online Workshop 'The Longevity Economy: Financing Healthy Ageing' w/ Keynote Speaker Jim Poterba
▶️ Monday 29 June 2026, 11am-6pm BST

Co-organised by AHIL @lseahil.bsky.social at LSE & PARC @pennaging.bsky.social

Submission Deadline: 1 May 2026
www.lse.ac.uk/lse-health/r...

LAST CALL for Submissions for the PARC Aging Retreat! Penn AGING researchers are encouraged to submit a brief abstract to the 2026 PARC Aging Retreat "USA at 250 Years: Aging Healthily" on May 1, 2026!
Details: aging.upenn.edu/events/retreat