Healthcare
Telehealth Effectiveness: What Research Shows After the Pandemic Expansion
The COVID-19 pandemic forced a rapid expansion of telehealth services. Years later, researchers have begun to assess what actually works and for whom.
Writing
Notes & essays.
Thinking out loud about psychology, education, policy, healthcare, and whatever else has my attention.
Psychology
Sleep and Psychology: How Rest Shapes Mental Health and Cognition
Sleep is among the most consequential determinants of psychological functioning. Research on what sleep does for mental health and cognition has grown substantially.
In the News
NIH Funding Cuts: What the Research Community Needs to Know
Proposed reductions to National Institutes of Health funding have generated significant concern in the scientific and medical research community. Here is an evidence-based overview.
Non-profit
Social Enterprise: When Business Models Serve Mission
Social enterprises combine business activity with social mission. The evidence on what makes them work, and where they fail, is instructive for organizations considering this path.
Education
The Achievement Gap: Understanding Its Roots and What Narrows It
Gaps in educational achievement between demographic groups reflect unequal conditions, not unequal potential. Understanding those conditions is the prerequisite for closing the gaps.
Mental Health
ADHD in Adults: Recognition, Treatment, and the Evidence Base
ADHD in adults was historically underrecognized. Growing research has established its prevalence, its significant consequences, and evidence-based approaches to treatment.
Healthcare
Chronic Disease Self-Management: What Research Shows About Patient Education Programs
Chronic conditions require daily management that healthcare providers cannot directly supervise. Research on self-management education shows patients can develop skills that improve outcomes and quality of life.
Psychology
Cognitive Development Across the Lifespan: What Changes and What Endures
Cognitive abilities change throughout life in ways that are more nuanced than simple decline narratives suggest. Research reveals both vulnerabilities and genuine gains across adulthood.
Non-profit
Measuring Impact in the Nonprofit Sector: What Works and What Misleads
Impact measurement has become central to nonprofit accountability. But not all measurement frameworks produce useful information, and some create perverse incentives.