The Human Project

It's an age-old debate in education: Do we have to cure poverty to fix schools, or fix schools to cure poverty? By bringing in- and out-of-school data together, The Human Project may yield new insights about the complex factors that influence student success.

Analysis: No quick fix for growing student poverty | The Altamont Enterprise Students who come from poverty have a more difficult time learning, and local schools are tackling the problem at home and in the classroom.

By helping to identify risk factors, The Human Project aims to solve the puzzle to preventing Alzheimer's disease.

"Alzheimer’s can take root decades before symptoms appear. The spark that sets it off remains in question, but the havoc it wreaks on the brain is indisputable: The key piece of the puzzle, is getting a firm grip on the factors that may keep Alzheimer’s at bay. When the end of the story of Alzheimer’s is written, it will be because of prevention.”

Light in the Shadows Albert Hofman is exploring an apparent decline in new cases of Alzheimer’s disease.

“[We should think of health equity] a social justice construct … [so we’re] thinking about criminal justice reform as it relates to opioids, or housing it relates to health, or access to clinical trials.” — Kate Walsh, President and CEO of Boston Medical Center.

'We, as a society, should be outraged': a conversation about public health Leading figures in health and medicine sound an alarm about growing disparities between rich and poor, lack of scientific literacy in the public, and more.

Knowing the demographic and socioeconomic breakdown of the data can inform us about its biases toward particular groups. It can shape how we researchers design research studies.

Social media helps officials spot public health threats – but only for the rich? Yelp and Twitter can help us spot food poisoning outbreaks quickly. But a new study shows the data favor some communities over others.