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There are many absurdities in society that we overlook or come to accept. For me, there are few though more absurd than our relationship with alcohol. Addictive, harmful, carcinogenic and associated with…
Every year, 300,000 children are born with sickle-cell disease, primarily in Africa and India. It is a genetic disorder that causes some blood cells to become abnormally shaped. The result is that those…
Social, economic inequality is on the rise - and represents a threat to our nation’s fabric. The notion of a fair go and the concept of social mobility are both central to the Australian psyche and culture…
Remote diagnostics is an emerging field that allows healthcare workers to perform tests on patient samples in the field and to get results interpreted by medical experts remotely. This is a groundbreaking…
JT Carrington, editor of the popular science magazine Science-Gossip, achieved a remarkable feat in December of 1894. He found a subject on which the Duke of Argyll, a combative anti-Darwinian, and Thomas…
Every collective investment brings opportunity - but also opportunity cost. Last post, I humbly introduced the first of two economic concepts I believe are key to a better, healthier society. I am not…
In 1972, a study showed scientific support for the so-called “Romeo and Juliet effect”: that the more parents interfere in a couple’s relationship, the more intense their romantic bond becomes and the…
Knowledge is power, and knowledge brings transformative change. This week and next, I’m going to explore two rather nerdy economic concepts. Not because I am an economist, but because I believe understanding…
Earlier this year, I wrote a short piece on cancer care while shooting a global health film in the Peruvian capital, Lima. Highlighting the progress, myths and challenges in oncology and public health…
The world is at a crossroads - facing an unclear future. In 2014, we have broken economic, health, food and ecological systems – all interconnected – and find ourselves on a short time frame for correction…
In Lima, Peru this week, filming our latest NCDFREE short film on inequalities and progress in cancer care - a collaboration with the UICC (global cancer body) and GlobalRT (a group that aims to increase…
Today is World Health Day - an event in the annual calender to remind us all of the importance, and inequalities, in health as well as healthcare access around the world. Every year since 1950, on April…
What we know about statins comes almost entirely from commercial interests. So what we take for knowledge about their harms and benefits is actually information designed to optimise the drug makers’ responsibility…
Nearly 13m more adults in the US will be eligible for statins after new guidelines widened the criteria for use of the drugs to treat high cholesterol and prevent heart attacks and strokes. Using data…
“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. … We need not wait to see what others…
Joyriding – stealing a car just for the fun of it – is a signature act of troublemaking teenagers seeking excitement and a chance to show off their bravado. But while car theft is among the most common…
There are few aspirations that almost all of the globe’s human population shares. Good health is one, and I believe healthcare to be a fundamental human right. Illness impedes individuals from supporting…
This week, I find myself back in the Nordic North - the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Having lived here for a number of years, and now moved to the USA, it’s interesting to come back and have another chance…
Since the accession of Central European countries to the European Union (EU), threats to their Roma communities have escalated dangerously. This is evident in anti-Roma rallies, random violent attacks…
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Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Executive Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School
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Food and Climate Policy Fellow, Harvard University
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Physician-scientist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Research Director of the People Lab, Harvard Kennedy School
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Research Scientist, Harvard University
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Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Public Health, Harvard University
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Associate, Sustainability Science, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
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Professor of Law, Harvard University
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Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
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W.E.B. Du Bois Fellow, Harvard University | DPhil Student, University of Oxford, Harvard University
