Colin Woodard·Updates·October 3, 2023·1 min readNationhood Lab director addresses National Academies working group on how U.S. regional cultures influence health outcomes and disparitiesOctober 2, 2023 WASHINGTON – The director of Salve Regina University’s Nationhood Lab presented on the project’s utility in understanding U.S....
Colin Woodard·FeaturedIn the News·September 18, 2023·1 min readFor POLITICO: on the geography of U.S. life expectancyIn Politico, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard writes about the project’s latest study on the gaping life expectancy gap between U.S. regions
Colin Woodard·Data JournalismFeatured·August 29, 2023·17 min readThe Regional Geography of U.S. Life Expectancy
Colin Woodard·Updates·July 28, 2023·2 min readNationhood Lab partners with public health researchers to publish academic papers on the geography of obesity, diabetes, exercise and other critical phenomenaJuly 27 2023 NEWPORT, R.I. – Newly published research reveals stark differences between U.S. regions in the prevalence of diabetes,...
Colin Woodard·Data JournalismFeatured·July 17, 2023·4 min readThe Regional Geography of Unhealthy Living CharacteristicsResearchers from Nationhood Lab, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and the University of Minnesota found stark differences in obesity, diabetes, and exercise across the American Nations in Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases.
