The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Dear John,
Today we feature Health Affairs’ final set of Back-To-School Essentials for future health policy leaders studying the field.
Back-To-School Essential Learnings
Today is the final day of Health Affairs’ “Back-To-School Essentials” series, in which we share content about health policy topics essential for future policy makers and health care leaders. Don’t miss these must-reads for all health policy students.
Climate & Health: In our December 2020 theme issue, Climate & Health, Renee Salas and coauthors outlined how policy makers can integrate a climate lens as they develop interventions to protect vulnerabilities in the health system from the effects of climate
change.
Consumer Shopping: In a July 2017 blog post, Rachel Dolan broke down what Health Affairs research tells us about consumer shopping for health care services.
Biosimilars: On a recent A Health Podyssey podcast, Ariel Stern explained what biosimilars are and how the pharmaceutical market is evolving in response to their market entry.
Heath, Income & Poverty: A series of Health Policy Briefs in October 2018 explored the intersection of health, income, and poverty. In the first, Dhruv Khullar and Dave Chokshi found that policies promoting economic equity can lead to positive downstream health effects. Plus, there is still time to take advantage of the Health AffairsStudent Subscription Rate! Students can unlock all of our peer-reviewed articles and much more at a reduced rate. Prices start at $81 for an online-only subscription.
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Frederick Nolte and Karen Kaul argue that the US has trailed many developed countries in ramping up
diagnosis and characterization of SARS-CoV-2.
Alyssa Bilinski and Joshua Salomon discuss how, amid a fourth wave of COVID-19 cases, we again face questions of how to best anticipate and address further resurgences and prepare for future pandemics.
Check out our COVID-19 Resource Center for Health Affairs content about all things related to the pandemic.
The Health Equity Fellowship for Traineesis part of Health Affairs’ national initiative to advance racial equity in health policy and health services scholarly publishing. Its objective is to value and increase the quality and quantity of equity-related research published in Health Affairs that isauthored by members of racial and ethnic groups that have historically been underrepresented in scholarly publishing.
In the program, fellows will receive multilayered mentorship from experienced Health Affairs authors and editorial staff for one year (from January 2022 to December 2022). Mentors will work with fellows to make fellows’ manuscript submissions more likely to be accepted by the journal or another journal within the fellowship year. Manuscript submissions must be related to racial equity.
The application period closes on September 13, 2021.
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