Policy & Ethics

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25-Aug-2025

GSA welcomes Capitol Hill policy veteran Khasawinah as visiting scholar

The Gerontological Society of America
Business Announcement

Sarah Khasawinah, PhD, MHS, has joined GSA as part of its Visiting Scholar and Executive Program. In this role, Khasawinah will contribute to GSA’s work in the policy arena. She brings extensive experience in health and aging policy, including a decade-long role in crafting bipartisan aging policies as a key staff member on the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging.

25-Aug-2025

New research reimagines primary care visits for people living with obesity

Drexel University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions worked with people who have obesity to redesign what an “ideal” primary care visit could look like and validate their ideal visit concept among a sample of adults with obesity.

Journal

Patient Education and Counseling

25-Aug-2025

Are patients with advanced cancer receiving treatment aligned with their goals?

Wiley
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research published by Wiley online in CANCER indicates that many patients with advanced cancer report receiving treatment focusing on longevity over comfort, even when their goal is the opposite.

Journal

Cancer

25-Aug-2025

Evidence, not ideology, must guide preventive health care

Canadian Medical Association Journal
Reports and Proceedings

A recent review of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care underscores the need for expert bodies to produce evidence-based guidance and that Canada should ensure a renewed task force is adequately funded and supported, argues a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.251038.

Journal

Canadian Medical Association Journal

22-Aug-2025

Remote work spurs grassroots environmental action in New York City

NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Remote and hybrid work arrangements enabled New Yorkers to participate in community environmental action by giving them both the time and the motivation to do so, a new study from NYU Tandon School of Engineering finds.

Journal

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

22-Aug-2025

How a gift card could help speed up Alzheimer’s clinical research

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Offering a small gift card boosted enrollment in a patient registry, though other approaches may be more cost-effective for engaging low-income patients. 

Journal

JAMA Health Forum

Funder

American Heart Association

22-Aug-2025

Restoring trust in government and institutions may influence pandemic decision making

Research Organization of Information and Systems
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how the same health information affects the behavior of individuals differently. A recent study revealed cultural differences in how people respond to hypothetical COVID-19 infection information at the local level. The analysis also found differences in how individual subgroups react differently to pandemic information.

Journal

Data Science Journal

Funder

Research Organization of Information and Systems, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science