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Colin Woodard·
FeaturedUpdates
·May 28, 2025·2 min read

Scientific Papers lay out the American Nations paradigm for health and medical researchers

In a series of recent peer-reviewed journal articles, Nationhood Lab and its research collaborators presented the American Nations model and its utility for understanding U.S. health patterns
Colin Woodard·
Updates
·October 23, 2024·3 min read

New academic studies from Nationhood Lab and partners reveal regional differences in arthritis, dental health, dietary patterns, and a health link in voter turnout

October 23 2024 NEWPORT, R.I. – A series of newly published studies have revealed significant differences between U.S. regions in...
Colin Woodard·
Updates
·July 9, 2024·4 min read

New scientific studies from Nationhood Lab and partners reveal regional differences in lifestyle health indicators, COVID-19 infections and deaths, life expectancy

Colin Woodard·
Updates
·April 4, 2024·3 min read

Voter turnout and health outcomes are interrelated and vary by region, according to latest research from Nationhood Lab collaboration

April 3, 2023 NEWPORT, RI  – Voter participation and health outcomes in the United States are interrelated, according to a...
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·March 26, 2024·3 min read

How Gun violence is helping drive diabetes and other chronic diseases in the southern American Nations regions

In a new study in the American Journal of Medicine, Nationhood Lab’s director and his collaborators find evidence linking firearm fatalities and physical inactivity in the American Nations regions, most especially in the Dixie bloc, El Norte, and First Nation
Colin Woodard·
Data Journalism
·January 24, 2024·4 min read

How churches could help address the lowland South’s obesity and physical inactivity crises

Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·December 29, 2023·5 min read

Social vulnerability, health outcomes and the American Nations

In a new study in the American Journal of Medicine, Nationhood Lab’s Colin Woodard and his collaborators find evidence for...
Colin Woodard·
Data Journalism
·December 11, 2023·2 min read

The Regional Geography of Disability in the United States

Researchers from Nationhood Lab, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and the HealthPartners Institute found significant differences in the prevalence of disabilities...
Colin Woodard·
Updates
·October 3, 2023·1 min read

Nationhood Lab director addresses National Academies working group on how U.S. regional cultures influence health outcomes and disparities

Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·September 18, 2023·1 min read

For POLITICO: on the geography of U.S. life expectancy

This summer Nationhood Lab has been focused on regional health disparities and earlier this month the project published a large data journalism package showing wide gaps in life expectancy between U.S. regions. On Sept. 1, Politico published a magazine length story on the findings by project director Colin Woodard, which became the most read story on the site the following afternoon.
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·August 29, 2023·17 min read

The Regional Geography of U.S. Life Expectancy

How long you can expect to live depends on what U.S. region you live in and the reasons for it go back centuries.
Colin Woodard·
Updates
·July 28, 2023·2 min read

Nationhood Lab partners with public health researchers to publish academic papers on the geography of obesity, diabetes, exercise and other critical phenomena

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    • A New National Narrative
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Nationhood Lab
  • THE CHALLENGE
    • An Authoritarian Threat
    • A Balkanized Federation
    • A Lost National Narrative
  • OUR WORK
    • Data Journalism
    • A New National Narrative
    • Research and Publications
    • Initiatives
  • NEWS AND UPDATES
    • In the News
    • Updates
  • ABOUT US
    • The Project
    • Project Director
    • Advisory Council
  • CONTACT
  • PELL CENTER
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