Research Scientists

Richard Cowden

Research Scientist

Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Biography

Acceptance as a Response to Suffering: Insights from World Religious and Philosophical Traditions.

Haque OS, Wortham J, Case BW, Cowden RG, Goodman D, Lomas T, Rashid T, Wolpe DJ, Vander Weele TJ. J Relig Health 2026 Feb 26

PMID: 41746582
Love of neighbor assessment: validity, reliability, and a template for measurement.

VanderWeele TJ, Padgett RN, Case BW, Cowden RG, Hanson J, Hinton C, Kurniati NMT, Lomas T, Long KNG, Niemiec RM, Bechara AO, Rutledge JC, Teubner J, Town S, Wilkinson R, Lee MT. Front Psychol 2026

PMID: 41694747
Longitudinal associations of dispositional forgivingness with multidimensional well-being: a two-wave outcome-wide analysis in the Global Flourishing Study.

Cowden RG, Worthington EL, Padgett RN, Felton C, Weziak-Bialowolska D, Wilkinson R, Jackson-Meyer K, Chen ZJ, Bradshaw M, Johnson BR, VanderWeele TJ. Npj Ment Health Res 2026 Jan 21

PMID: 41565975
Housing distress and subsequent health and well-being among older adults: An outcome-wide longitudinal approach.

Wilkinson R, Nakamura JS, Cowden RG, Long KNG, Koh HK, Byrne TH, Molinsky JH, Kim ES, VanderWeele TJ, Tsai J. SSM Popul Health 2026

PMID: 41624967
Where Hope Thrives: Demographic Variation in Hope across 22 Countries.

Counted V, Long KNG, Cowden RG, Witvliet CVO, Gibson C, Cortright A, Purcell E, Walsh J, Hathaway W, Garzon F, Johnson BR, VanderWeele TJ. J Happiness Stud 2026

PMID: 41394262

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