Director of PEDAL lab, Norma B. Coe recently contributed to Newsweek in an opinion piece about the significance of President Biden's infrastructure plan: "Biden's infrastructure plan would provide a much-needed investment into these essential workers by raising wages and benefits for home care workers".
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A collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania’s Population Aging Research Center (PARC) and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) has received a $1.5 million grant for a new pipeline program to support underrepresented undergraduate students interested in academic careers in aging and health research.
One scientific paper co-authored by LDI Senior Fellow Norma Coe presents further evidence puncturing two of the loudest claims made by opponents of U.S. sweetened beverage tax programs. The study assessed the tax programs of Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle and was the first to use real-world soda tax data to estimate the tax economic equity impacts.
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Director of PEDAL lab, Norma B. Coe recently contributed to the Hill in an opinion piece urging for bolder, more comprehensive long-term care reform.
The PEDAL Lab is excited to announce the successful renewal of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) P30 application for the Population Aging Research Center
PEDAL Lab Director, Norma B. Coe was interviewed on WHYY Radio Times for a segment on “Aging and the costs of long-term care.” As the proportion of the elderly population increases, major concerns exist about our ability to afford this and the shortage of caregivers. The issues Dr.
On Monday, December 12 Emily Blecker, MBA, PMP, Melissa Oney, PhD, and Liz Taggert, MPH presented at the Populati
The PEDAL lab had one team member and two affiliated researchers present at the American Public Health Association’s 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo here in Philadelphia. Additionally, Jordan Weiss won a prestigious national award for his PEDAL-lab related research.
PEDAL Lab team member Melissa Oney, PhD presented her poster “Out-of-Pocket Costs for Dementia: A Longitudinal Perspective” presenting research that she completed with PEDAL lab Director Norma B. Coe, PhD and PEDAL lab affiliate Lindsay White, PhD.