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What's the ROI on R&D in aging? New simulation tool, silverlingings.bio, explores geroscience's impact on US GDP growth and individual health

American Federation for Aging Research
Reports and Proceedings

The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) is pleased to announce the release of silverlinings.bio, an interactive report and simulation tool developed by AFAR Scholar-in-Residence Raiany Romanni-Klein, PhD. At silverlinings.bio, users can input their own timelines and assumptions for specific scientific breakthroughs in aging biology, then see the ROI in terms of US lives saved & GDP growth.

Funder: American Federation for Aging Research, Amaranth Foundation, Methuselah Foundation

Timing is everything. Why the US gets some drugs faster than other countries

Brown University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For years, drug companies and industry allies have argued that the U.S. gets faster and wider access because its government moves quicker than foreign regulators, but the new analysis suggests the U.S. advantage in drug access is driven less by faster government review and more by when companies apply for review and the type of drugs they submit.

Journal: Health Affairs
Funder: Commonwealth Fund

Using influencers to encourage people to drink tap water

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study involving Instagram users unveils the mental processes that are key to overcoming resistance to drinking recycled tap water

Journal: British Food Journal

Big data and LASSO improve health insurance risk prediction

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study in Risk Sciences examines whether alternative “big data” and the LASSO variable-selection method can strengthen health risk assessment in critical illness insurance. Using insurer application and claims records alongside smartphone-derived signals and public medical-claim information, the researchers report clear gains in out-of-sample predictive performance beyond traditional underwriting inputs. The paper also explores which categories of data may be most informative for underwriting.

Journal: Risk Sciences
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Social Science Foundation of China, Research Seed Fund of the School of Economics, Peking University

How mindfulness can support GenAI use in transforming project management

Edith Cowan University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research that surveyed more than 440 project managers worldwide has highlighted the critical connection between mindfulness and the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in the workplace.

Journal: International Journal of Project Management

IPO pay gap hiding in plain sight: Study reveals hidden cost of ‘cheap stock’

University of Notre Dame
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from University of Notre Dame accountancy professor Brad Badertscher examines the prevalence, determinants and consequences of cheap stock, finding the average firm’s IPO price is more than five times the exercise price (price per share when stock options are exercised) of options issued in the fiscal year before the IPO.

Journal: Management Science

Socioeconomic status and postpartum depression risk by state trigger laws after dobbs

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cohort study, state-level abortion bans following Dobbs were associated with a disproportionate increase in the risk of postpartum depression among women and adolescents in low- socioeconomic status communities. These findings underscore the need for targeted mental health support and policy interventions to mitigate the unequal burden of such legislation on vulnerable populations.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Shared purpose outperforms specialization, new study shows

Strategic Management Society
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in the Strategic Management Journal challenges long-standing assumptions about managerial specialization by examining when organizations perform better by having leaders collectively pursue multiple objectives rather than dividing responsibilities among them. Addressing the growing complexity of modern organizations—where financial, social, environmental, and technological goals increasingly coexist—the research introduces what the authors call the “common purpose advantage.”

Journal: Strategic Management Journal

Restricting mothers' migration: New evidence on children’s health and education

Sophia University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study shows that restricting international migration for mothers with young children can improve children's health and educational outcomes without impacting household income. Using a real-world policy change in Sri Lanka, researchers found fewer hospital visits and better school progress among affected children. The findings provide rare evidence from an implemented migration policy and highlight how early maternal presence can shape long-term human capital investment.

Journal: World Development
Funder: Sophia University, Hitotsubashi University

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