Health Lab Staff Features
- Health Lab Faculty Affiliate V. Joseph Hotz co-authored the “Pathways to Reduce Child Poverty: Impacts of Federal Tax Credits” report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. This report had many important findings, including that expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 reduced child poverty in the United States by nearly half, lifting more than 2 million children above the poverty line. Read more here: "Federal Tax Credits in 2021 Lifted More than 2 Million Children Out of Poverty, Says New Report"
- Health Lab Faculty Co-Director Harold Pollack and partners Nicole Gastala, Brianna Hudal, Mai T. Pho, and Katharine Wilcox published the article “Removing arbitrary limitations on buprenorphine for opioid use disorder” in Addiction
- Health Lab's Director of Programs Jason Lerner quoted discussing the CARE Program for CBS News Chicago
- Health Lab Faculty Co-Director Harold Pollack and coauthors Kenton Johnston and Brian Chicoine published the "Persons with Down Syndrome Face a 90% Lifetime Dementia Risk–A Reality of Aging That Must Be Addressed" in Milbank Quarterly Opinion
- "I Studied The High Male Suicide Rate. Then I Lost My Friend To It." written by Harold Pollack for the Chicago Tribune's OpEd section on August 13, 2025 (Chicago Tribune access required)
