Disability

After federally funded studies linked untreated hearing loss to health issues such as dementia, professor Frank Lin spearheaded policy changes making hearing aids easier and cheaper to acquire.

With funding from the National Institutes of Health earmarked by the Autism CARES Act, researchers aim to pinpoint the environmental factors that increase a child's likelihood for developing autism.

A groundbreaking study by researchers at the Bloomberg School sheds light on the often-overlooked role of youth and young adults as caregivers in the U.S.

Untangling relationships among sleep, physical activity, and brain health may suggest ways to reduce dementia risk. 

Uncovering environmental contributors to autism may also suggest ways to help autistic people live healthier lives.