Peer-Reviewed Publications

October 2025

Loans dominated COVID-19 funding: it’s time to adjust, The Lancet, October 25

Jehane Sedky (Co-Author)

Childhood SES gradients in adult functional limitations: Does state-level macro-economic context matter?, Social Science & Medicine, October 11

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

Decolonising women’s health innovation, BMJ, October 10

Sawsan Abdulrahim (Co-Author)

Funding and Defunding of NIH Research Should Be Based onReal Science and NotPolitics or Amorphous Constructs, American Journal of Public Health, October 9

David R. Williams (Co-Author)

Refugee Health Under Protracted Structural Oppression: The Palestinian Story, Health Education & Behavior, October 7

Yara M. Asi (Co-Author)

Is Refugee Health Equity Possible in the Context of Structural Oppression and Protracted Displacement?, Health Education & Behavior, October 7

Sawsan Abdulrahim (Co-Author)

September 2025

Changes in inpatient and outpatient stroke admissions during COVID-19: a difference-in-differences analysis based on claims data from 242 acute care hospitals in Japan, BMJ Public Health, September 29

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

A review of the impact of structural racism on lived experiences of adolescents of African descent: Implications for development, brain structure, and health, Neuropsychopharmacology, September 26

David R. Williams (Co-Author)

Cohort Profile: The Lebanon Study on Aging and HeAlth (LSAHA), Research Square Preprint (v1), September 25

Sawsan Abdulrahim (Co-Author)

Impact of Daily Maximum Temperature on Emergency Department Arrivals and Acuity Levels, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, September 25

Catharina Giudice, Caleb Dresser (Co-Authors)

The Formation and Transformation of Medical Apartheid in Palestine: A Historical Examination, International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, September 25

Osama Tanous, Yara M. Asi, Bram Wispelwey, David Mills, Weeam Hammoudeh, Rania Muhareb (Co-Authors)

Impact of Telemedicine on Health Expenditures During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: Quasi-Experimental Study, Journal of Medical Internet Research, September 23

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

Structural and Scientific Racism, Science, and Health — Evidence versus Ideology, The New England Journal of Medicine, September 20

Nancy Krieger and Mary T. Bassett (Co-Authors)

Physical Activity and Stroke Incidence Among Post-Menopausal Women: Insights from the Women’s Health Initiative, Neuroepidemiology, September 18

Monik C. Botero (Co-Author)

Solitary confinement and post-release drug and alcohol test failure among formerly incarcerated men on parole in Pennsylvania (2010–2023), International Journal of Drug Policy, September 18

Jaquelyn L. Jahn (Co-Author)

Global Trends and Disparities in Social Isolation, JAMA Network Open, September 15

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

“Solidarity towards distress migrants: how changing frontline communities
depend on states to build a new public.” Ruth Rubio Marín, Dorothy Estrada-Tanck, Benedita Menezes Queiroz, Fulvia Staiano (Eds.). Handbook on Migration and Human Rights, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025

Jacqueline Bhabha, Vasileia Digidiki (Chapter Co-Authors)

Community Connectedness as a Source of Adherence to HIV Prevention Behaviors and Resilience Among Transgender Women of Color in New York City, 2020–2022, American Journal of Public Health, September 10

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

Childhood neglect and adult mental disorders: A sibling-comparison study, Journal of Affective Disorders, September 4

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

Relative deprivation and subsequent health, happiness, and human flourishing: A longitudinal outcome-wide analysis, Social Science & Medicine, September 4

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

August 2025

Perspectives and Action on Climate-Related Health Impacts by Staff at Safety Net Clinics and Health Centers, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, August 2025

Caleb Dresser (Co-Author)

A latent measure of cultural racism and its association with US mortality and life expectancy, Nature Human Behavior, August 26

Nancy Krieger (Co-Author)

Exploring the association of household location and sociodemographic profile on dietary diversity in occupied Palestine: a serial cross-sectional study, BMC Public Health, August 8

Weeam Hammoudeh (Co-Author)

Integration of environmental data into electronic health records for clinical and public health decision making: A viewpoint on expanding development in the United States, Journal of Medical Internet Research, August 6

Caleb Dresser (Co-Author)

July 2025

Weather information improves a predictive model of emergency department arrivals, Internal and Emergency Medicine, July 31

Caleb Dresser (Co-Author)

Reform and Remedy for Imprecision and Inequity — Ending the Race-Based Evaluation of Occupational Pulmonary Impairment, The New England Journal of Medicine, July 30

Rohan Khazanchi (Co-Author)

Strengthening healthcare system resilience: a comprehensive framework for tropical cyclone preparedness and response, The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, July 28

Caleb Dresser (Co-Author)

On the passage of US legislation cutting Medicaid: a missive from the “safety net”, The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, July 25

Margaret M. Sullivan (Author)

Implementation of a heat alert system for clinical staff in an ambulatory setting: A pilot project, The Journal of Climate Change and Health, July 22

Caleb Dresser (Co-Author)

Positive and Negative Family Relationships Correlate With Mental Health Conditions -a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Public Health Review, July 21

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

Minimum Standards for Medical Care of Youth Incarcerated Across the United States, Pediatrics, July 21

Tess Kelly (Co-Author)

Climate change, migration, and health: Development of a case-based workshop for immigrant and refugee health professionals, The Journal of Climate Change and Health, July 2025

Tess Wiskel, Gaurab Basu (Co-Authors)

Self-harm and suicide in custodial settings in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and risk factors, Social Science & Medicine, July 10

Sawsan Abdulrahim (Co-Author)

Obstetric Care Access Declined In Rural And Urban Hospitals Across US States, 2010–22, Health Affairs, July 7

Alecia J. McGregor (Co-Author)

Inclusion of children and youth in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Reports (AR1-AR6), Nature Communications, July 4

Elizabeth Donger (Co-Author)

Occupational Disparities in Cancer Survival Among the Working Population in Japan: 10‐Year Survival Analysis Using the Kanagawa Cancer Registry, Cancer Medicine, July 3

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

NHS must tackle racism and sexism for the benefit of patients, staff, and society, BMJ, July 1

Rita Issa (Co-Author)

June 2025

Advancing health equity in wastewater-based epidemiology: A global critical review and conceptual framework, SSM – Population Health, June 2025

Soroush Moallef, Ruchita Balasubramanian, Nancy Krieger, Mary T. Bassett, Tori L. Cowger (Co-Authors)

A Healing ARC for Institutional Trustworthiness: Evaluating a Clinical Decision Support System to Redress Racial Inequities, New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst, June 18

Bram Wispelwey, Artair Rogers (Co-Authors)

How Messages Should Be Delivered in Autonomous Driving: The Effect of Message Framing and Construal Level, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, June 18

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

Posture, proximity, and positionality: The power of community engaged service-learning in public health leadership education, Frontiers in Public Health, June 12

Jocelyn Chu (Co-Author)

John Collins Warren — Journal Founder, Institution Builder, and Racial Theorist, The New England Journal of Medicine, June 11

Evelynn M. Hammonds (Co-Author)

Securitising health in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: the COVID-19 pandemic response and future implications, Third World Quarterly, June 2

Yara M. Asi (Co-Author)

May 2025

What is context anyway? Reflections on the experience of the Reproductive Health Working Group in the Arab Countries and Turkey, Reproductive Health, May 31

Weeam Hammoudeh (Co-Author)

Global Incidence Trend of Early-Onset Obesity-Related and Non-Obesity-Related Cancers, Current Oncology, May 31

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

Health Care, Cities, and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities, Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy, May 27

Caleb Dresser (Co-Author)

Context matters: Validity and reliability of a sociopolitical concerns measure for use in population health research on discrimination and health, Annals of Epidemiology, May 26

Dougie Zubizarreta, Nancy Krieger (Co-Authors)

Correlates of longitudinal patterns of racial discrimination in midlife and older Black adults: Evidence from the health and retirement study, Social Science & Medicine, May 24

David R. Williams (Co-Author)

Antimicrobial resistance in a protracted war setting: a review of the literature from Palestine, mSystems, May 21

Osama Tanous, David Mills, Bram Wispelwey, Yara Asi, Weeam Hammoudeh (Co-Authors)

Measuring human rights violations from an ecological perspective using a locally generated instrument: a cross-sectional study of Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Frontiers in Public Health, May 21

Weeam Hammoudeh (Co-Author)

Race, discrimination, and mental health adversity in Canada, Canadian Journal of Public Health, May 21

David R. Williams (Co-Author)

The Association Between Perceived Stress and Insomnia Among Asian Americans, Sleep, May 19

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

The potential impact of the Trump administration policies on health research in the USA, The Lancet, May 16

David R. Williams (Co-Author)

Neighborhood Threat of Eviction over Time and Risk of Preterm Birth in Black American Women, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, May 13

Brittney Francis (Co-Author)

What would Len say?, SSM – Population Health, May 8

Nancy Krieger (Co-Author)

Bringing climate health conversations to frontline clinics: A qualitative post-intervention assessment of utilization of the Climate Resilience for Frontline Clinics Toolkit, The Journal of Climate Change and Health, May 1

Caleb Dresser (Co-Author)

April 2025

Food insecurity, starvation and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, April 2025

Nadine Bahour, Rania Muhareb, Bram Wispelwey, Yara Asi, Weeam Hammoudeh, Mary T. Bassett, David Mills and Osama Tanous (Co-Authors)

Are We All Post Traumatic Yet? A Critical Narrative Review of Trauma Among Arab Refugees, International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, 2025

Osama Tanous (Co-Author)

Refining a digital phenotyping app for measurement of suicidal behavior among minoritized youth and caregivers in a community health system, mHealth, April 30

David R. Williams (Co-Author)

Annual medical expenditure associated with short sleep in China: estimates from a nationally representative sample, SSM – Population Health, April 29

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

Measuring community power: A scale to measure collective self-determination, Embodied Earth Care and Connection, and Ubuntu among urban farmers and gardeners, Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, April 25

Tori L. Cowger (Co-Author)

Prosociality and public support for tobacco control policies among South Korean adults: A cross-sectional study, SSM – Population Health, April 24

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

A prospective study of grandchild caregiving and late-life cognitive function in Taiwan (1996 to 2015), American Journal of Epidemiology, April 22

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

Analyzing multiple types of discrimination using implicit and explicit measures, comparing target vs. Dominant groups, in a study of smoking/vaping among community health center members in Boston, Massachusetts (2020–2022), International Journal for Equity in Health, April 22

Nancy Krieger (Co-Author)

Immigration-Informed Pregnancy Care: A Call to Action, BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, April 21

Margaret Sullivan (Co-Author)

Responding to the covid-19 in west bank Palestine refugee camps: lessons and role of community engagement, BMC Public Health, April 20

Weeam Hammoudeh (Co-Author)

Climate change, migration, and health: Development of a case-based workshop for immigrant and refugee health professionals, The Journal of Climate Change and Health, April 19

Tess Wiskel, Gaurab Basu (Co-Authors)

Sealy-Jefferson et al. respond to invited commentary by Joseph et al. with “Toward naming who and what is accountable for racial inequities in adverse Black maternal mental health”, American Journal of Epidemiology, April 8

Brittney Francis (Co-Author)

Fine Particulate Matter From 2020 California Wildfires and Mental Health–Related Emergency Department Visits, JAMA Network Open, April 4

Caleb Dresser (Co-Author)

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Unmet Health Care Needs due to Cost and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationally Representative Analysis of U.S. Adolescents, Journal of Adolescent Health, April 3

Rohan Khazanchi (Co-Author)

Psychological distress and its potential risk factors among black and white adult immigrants in the United States – National Health Interview Survey 2005–2018, Preventine Medicne Reports, April 3

David R. Williams (Co-Author)

March 2025

Strengthening Surveillance of Fatal Police Violence for Accountability and Racial Justice, JAMA Network Open, March 28

Jaquelyn L. Jahn (Co-Author)

Considerations When Accounting for Race and Ethnicity in Studies of Poverty and Neurodevelopment, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, March 20

David R. Williams (Co-Author)

A Hot Topic: A Climate-Focused Track for Infectious Disease Fellowship, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, March 6

Satchit Balsari, Caleb Dresser (Co-Authors)

Examining Family Violence and Reproductive Autonomy Among Arab American Women, Journal of Women’s Health, March 5

Jennifer Cruz (Co-Author)

Approaching pediatric mental health screening and care in immigration detention, The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, March 3

Dennis Kunichoff, Margaret M. Sullivan, Vasileia Digidiki (Co-Authors)

Visualizing Neighborhood COVID-19 Levels, Trends, and Inequities in Wastewater: An Equity-Centered Approach and Comparison to CDC Methods, Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, March/April 2025

Tori L. Cowger, Ruchita Balasubramanian, Soroush Moallef, Nancy Krieger, Mary T. Bassett (Co-Authors)

Reconceptualizing rurality: Exploring community capital to identify distinct rural classes in the United States, SSM – Population Health, March 2025

Jennifer Cruz (Co-Author)

February 2025

Reproductive rights at the U.S. state level and medication access for pregnant women with opioid use, Social Science & Medicine, February 2025

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

“Child protection under attack in armed conflict.”Susan Bissell, A.K. Shiva Kumar (Eds.). Protecting the World’s Children: Public Health, Human Rights, Capabilities, Oxford University Press, 2025

Cécile Aptel (Chapter Co-Author in book co-edited by Susan Bissell)

“Children in crises: Disasters, the COVID-19 pandemic, and climate change.” Susan Bissell, A.K. Shiva Kumar (Eds.). Protecting the World’s Children: Public Health, Human Rights, Capabilities, Oxford University Press, 2025

Satchit Balsari and Jennifer Leaning (Chapter Co-Authors in book co-edited by Susan Bissell)

“The protection chasm: Contemporary child migration and the enduring denial of legal, safe, or regular mobility options.” Susan Bissell, A.K. Shiva Kumar (Eds.). Protecting the World’s Children: Public Health, Human Rights, Capabilities, Oxford University Press, 2025

Vasileia Digidiki and Jacqueline Bhabha (Chapter Co-Authors in book co-edited by Susan Bissell)

A right to health denied: access to oral healthcare during the war on the Gaza Strip, BMJ Global Health, February 24

David Mills (Co-Author)

Participatory action research in partnership with young people with disability: a case from the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Disability & Society, February 23

Weeam Hammoudeh (Co-Author)

Causal Mediation of the Association between Educational Attainment and Late-life Cognitive Function by Trajectories of Social Participation., Social Science & Medicine, February 19

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

Proximity of Wildfires to Inpatient Healthcare Facilities in California, 2001-2023, medRxiv, February 18

Caleb Dresser, Satchit Balsari (Co-Authors)

Receipt of Federal Income Support by Eligible Low-Birth-Weight Infants, JAMA Pediatrics, February 17

Ichiro Kawachi (Co-Author)

Threats to Democracy and the Right to Health, American Journal of Public Health, February 12

Mary T. Bassett (Author)

Buyer’s Remorse, Betrayal, and Blame: Who Will Be Held Responsible for the Adverse Health Impacts of the US Elections?, American Journal of Public Health, February 12

Nancy Krieger (Author)

Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Due to Homicide, Suicide, and Drug Overdose, JAMA Network Open, February 11

Jaquelyn L. Jahn (Co-Author)

Realising health justice in Palestine: beyond humanitarian voices, Conflict and Health, February 5

Sawsan Abdulrahim, Bram Wispelwey, David Mills (Co-Authors)

January 2025

Frontline Clinic Administrator Perspectives on Extreme Weather Events, Clinic Operations, and Climate Resilience, The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, January 20

Tess Wiskel, Caleb Dresser (Co-Authors)

Structural racism and diminished health returns on education among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Social Science & Medicine, January 17

Sawsan Abdulrahim, Dennis Kunichoff, Yara Asi, Nadine Bahour, Weeam Hammoudeh, David Mills, Osama Tanous, Bram Wispelwey, Mary T. Bassett (Co-Authors)

Uncertainty and mental health: A qualitative scoping review, SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, January 16

Weeam Hammoudeh (Co-Author)

Prevalence of and Inequities in Poor Mental Health Across 3 US Surveys, 2011 to 2022, JAMA Network Open, January 15

David R. Williams (Co-Author)

Climate Policy Positions of Federal Legislators Supported by the American Medical Association Political Action Committee, Journal of General Internal Medicine, January 14

Gaurab Basu (Co-Author)

Examining changes in fatal violence against women after bail reform in New Jersey, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, January 13

Jaquelyn L. Jahn (Co-Author)

When Blurry Vision Clouds the Bigger Picture, The New England Journal of Medicine, January 1

Rohan Khazanchi (Co-Author)

Additional FXB Center publications can be found in the FXB Center Publication Archives.