Social Policies for Health Equity Research Center
We examine the impacts of social and economic policies on racial and socioeconomic disparities in health, supporting evidence-based policymaking to achieve health equity.
Email
sphere@hsph.harvard.edu
Location
Kresge Building, 7th Floor
677 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Featured Publications

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Recent Publications
The end of court-ordered desegregation and US children's health: quasi-experimental evidence.
Wang G, White JS, Hamad R. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2024
Neighborhood Disadvantage and Birth Outcomes Among Refugees.
Foverskov E, White JS, Frøslev T, Pedersen L, Sørensen HT, Hamad R. Pediatrics. 2024
Effects Of The 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit on Adults' Mental Health: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
Batra A, Jackson K, Hamad R. Health Affairs. 2023
The long-term health effects of welfare reform.
Dore E, Hamad R, Komro KA, Livingston 3rd MD. PubMed. 2025
Research Briefs
Refugee Resettlement and Mental Health.
September 2022.