Is it possible to change bad behavior - permanently?
“With the recently launched Behavior Change for Good Initiative, University of Pennsylvania psychology professor Angela Duckworth and Wharton professor of operations,...
Is the Alzheimer’s Association really pushing Biogen to lower its new drug’s price — or is it lip service?
From STAT: The Alzheimer’s Association stunned Washington last month when it urged Biogen to lower the price of its new Alzheimer’s drug — an extremely rare rebuke on drug...
Is the American identity undergoing a transformation?
Warren Olney talks with Ezekiel Emanuel, former health care advisor to President Obama and now a member of Joe Biden's Public Health Advisory Committee about his new book...
Is the WHO Definition of Health Aging Well? Frameworks for “Health” After Three Score and Ten
On April 7, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) turned 71—surpassing the proverbial life span of “three score and ten.” Its definition of health as a “state of complete...
Isabel Gabel, PhD, Class of 2021
Isabel Gabel is a historian of science, medicine, and political thought. Her work explores how the modern life sciences created spaces of uncertainty and irresolvability...
Isabel M. Perera
Isabel M. Perera is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government. She studies how politics shape the social policies, labor markets, and overall economies of...
It’s Time to Change the Definition of ‘Health’
By Cara Kiernan Fallon and Jason Karlawish Meet Betty, a typical aging American. At 82, she spends almost as much time with her doctors as she does with her grandchildren....