Heller in the News
March 28, 2023
According to Variety, it’s not at all clear to Anita Hill that “everyday people” in the industry are facing the same type of accountability as the bigger names, for example. Her goal is to change that and a culture that has historically condoned or even joked about such behavior in the workplace, be it on the casting couch or elsewhere.
Heller News Release
March 23, 2023
Professor and Associate Dean for Research Cindy Parks Thomas, PhD’00, and Professor Sharon Reif, PhD’02, discussed their findings and policy recommendations with Heller Communications.
Heller in the News
March 23, 2023
According to Medical Xpress, The Child Opportunity Index was used to measure neighborhood opportunity, which captures compounding inequities in access to opportunities for health. The researchers observed inverse associations between the Child Opportunity Index quintile and child and caregiver deaths.
Heller in the News
March 23, 2023
The American Academy of Pediatrics cites a study featuring co-authors Dolores Acevedo-Garcia and Clemens Noelke on the connection between mortality and neighborhood resources and conditions.
Heller in the News
March 22, 2023
WKYC shares that Anita Hill visited Case Western Reserve University to promote Gender Equity.
Heller in the News
March 13, 2023
While a number of factors could contribute to people with disabilities having less access to opioid use disorder medications – including physical limitations that could complicate in-person visits to facilities – a general lack of comfort among some clinicians in providing care for either patients with opioid use disorder or those with a disability, could be behind the disparity, says lead study author Cindy Park Thomas in U.S. News.
Heller in the News
March 12, 2023
In The Guardian, David Weil comments on the challenges Julie Su may face during the Senate confirmation process.
Heller in the News
March 06, 2023
“Gender-based violence has been embedded in many cultures, governments, and economic systems throughout history, and still to this day. In bringing together scholars who are examining how and why gender-based violence persists, who it harms and whose power it maintains, we hope to envision how nations and communities can identify and detach themselves from the foundations of gendered violence,” said Hill for BrandeisNOW.
Heller in the News
March 06, 2023
BrandeisNOW highlights the work and research of six Heller students: Ilana Fitzpatrick, MPP’24, Ophelia Delali A. Akoto PhD ‘26, Vilma Uribe, PhD’26, Jamie Morgan, PhD’23, Kaitie Chakoian, Heller PhD’24, and Hannah Wilcove, MPP’23.
Heller in the News
March 05, 2023
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with David Weil about why hundreds of migrant children in the U.S. are working long hours and in dangerous jobs.
Heller News Release
March 01, 2023
The Opioid Policy Research Collaborative (OPRC), within the Institute of Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, and its partners were awarded a grant from the University of Baltimore’s Center for Drug Policy and Prevention (CDPP) to investigate appropriate police and community responses to xylazine in the drug supply.
Heller in the News
March 01, 2023
“Across the board, women with disabilities are at a disadvantage because of different types of barriers: communication barriers, physical access barriers, or the attitudes of the staff,” said Monika Mitra, director of the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University, to Youth Today.
