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Social & Behavior

4-Aug-2022

UBC Okanagan researcher points to gap in Indigenous health equalities

University of British Columbia Okanagan campus

A UBC Okanagan researcher is calling attention to the looming gap in health equality when it comes to Indigenous populations living off-reserve in Canada. Specifically, Indigenous women. New research by Assistant Professor Dr. Min Hu confirms that a particular population group has the worst health outcomes of any resident in Canada.

Journal: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

4-Aug-2022

Estimated 98 million Americans skipped treatments, cut back on food, gas or utilities to pay for healthcare

West Health Institute
Reports and Proceedings

Higher healthcare prices drove 38% of American adults – representing an estimated 98 million people – to either delay or skip treatment, cut back on driving, utilities, and food, or borrow money to pay medical bills in the last six months, according to a new survey conducted by West Health and Gallup. The survey was conducted in June 2022, the same month inflation reached 9.1%, a new 40-year high.

4-Aug-2022

Air pollution, including during wildfires, shows ill effects in children

University of California - Davis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research linking air pollution data from federal monitors in the Sacramento area of California, including during significant fires, is showing ill effects of pollution exposure among children, a new UC Davis study suggests.

Journal: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
Funder: National Science Foundation, Jacobs Foundation, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

4-Aug-2022

Complex coacervate droplets as a model material for studying the electrodynamic response and manipulation of biological materials

University of Houston
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research led by the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has shown a simple pathway for stabilizing polyelectrolyte coacervate droplets that do not coalesce or deform under an electric field.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

4-Aug-2022

New, enhanced AdObservatory.org provides transparency & insights on digital political spending

NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Business Announcement

Ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, projected to draw some $1.2 billion in digital political spending, NYU Cybersecurity for Democracy (C4D) at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering launched a new, enhanced version of Ad Observatory – AdObservatory.org – available in both English and Spanish, with increased search functionality.

4-Aug-2022

New grant to explore the use of conversational AI in libraries

University of Illinois School of Information Sciences
Grant and Award Announcement

A new project being led by Yun Huang, assistant professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will explore the potential for using conversational artificial intelligence (AI) in libraries to better serve the diverse needs of local communities. Huang has received a three-year Early Career Development grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support this research.

Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services

4-Aug-2022

UH researchers awarded $1.7M to examine academic outcomes for adolescent immigrant youth

University of Houston
Grant and Award Announcement

Researchers at the University of Houston have received a $1.7 million grant to investigate the unique challenges adolescent immigrant students face when entering U.S. schools for the first time, and to develop reading interventions to accelerate their literacy.

Funder: U.S. Department of Education