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What Factors Determine a Successful Life?
Tyson Brown, director of the Cook Center Published April 20, 2026 Tags Interdisciplinary Studies Schools School of Medicine Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Scholars Professor of Sociology Director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity Director of Duke's National Educational Opportunity Network Associate Professor in Medicine Executive Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy View Scholars@Duke Profile What are the factors that determine one’s chances of...
Sociohistorical contexts of racial violence: sundown towns and the durability of racialized public space
ABSTRACT Scholarly work on racial violence has illustrated the diverse effects of historical practices like slavery, lynching, and redlining upon contemporary racial inequalities. We extend this work by considering the durable legacy of sundown towns – an understudied package of legal and conventional practices restricting the mobility of Black communities.
3. Strengthening the Health of Black People in the United States Through Systemic and Structural Change | Systems That Impact Population Health: Past and Present
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8. Cross-Cutting Solutions to Address Structural Racism to Advance Health Equity | Systems That Impact Population Health: Past and Present
Marshall H. Chin, MD, MPH, Tyson H. Brown, PhD Anna Ricklin, MHS , “8. Cross-Cutting Solutions to Address Structural Racism to Advance Health Equity”, Systems That Impact Population Health: Past and Present DOI: 10.2105/9780875533636ch08
Tyson Brown Named Director of Cook Center
Published June 30, 2025 Tags Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy Social Science Research Institute Sociology Schools Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Scholars Professor of Sociology Associate Professor in Medicine Executive Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy View Scholars@Duke Profile Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy Professor of African and African American Studies Professor of...
Journal of Marriage and Family | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library
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4 ways Nest thermostats can help you save energy
If you’re looking for ways to save energy, your home is a great place to start. With colder weather just around the corner, Nest has many devices and features that can help you incorporate energy-efficient practices into your daily routine — including Nest thermostats. In fact, Nest thermostat users have saved more than 117 billion kWh of energy: That's enough to power 1 million electric vehicles driving around the earth 15 times each.
Tracey Leads Five Bucs On All-Southern Conference Team
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- Jadrian Tracey, Bradley Douglas, and Tyson Brown led five Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers named to the Southern Conference Men's Basketball All-Conference Team on Friday. The Bucs top vote getter was sophomore Jadrian Tracey who was one of three 1st Team All-Conference selections for the Bucs.
A Ru(II)-arene-ferrocene complex with promising antibacterial activity
A Ru(ii)-arene-ferrocene complex with promising antibacterial activity† Stephen Mensah,a Joseph D. Rosenthal,a Mamta Dagar,c Tyson Brown,a Jonathan J. Mills,a Christopher G. Hamaker, a Gregory M. Ferrence a and Michael I. Webb *ab Abstract The evolution of high virulence bacterial strains has necessitated the development of novel therapeutic agents to treat resistant infections.
How mentoring startups helped me grow as a Googler
Growing up, I avoided mentorship at all costs. Since I was raised by a single mother and my father has been incarcerated most of my life, I always viewed mentoring programs as an attempt to replace something missing. In hindsight, though, mentorship would have helped me get where I am today in my career more quickly — and avoid some pitfalls along the way. So when I read about the Google for Startups Founders Academy, I jumped at the chance to participate as a mentor.
Prevalence, severity and distribution of depression and anxiety symptoms using observational data collected before and nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by substantial increases in adverse mental health, particularly among the young. However, it remains unclear to what extent increases in population scores on mental health assessments are due to changes in prevalence, rather than severity of symptoms. Further, it is not obvious that widely used assessments of aggregate symptoms retain their typical interpretation during an event that directly disrupts behavior.
5 Biggest Diet Mistakes You’re Making (And What To Do Instead)
iStockphoto Track your calories, eat in a deficit, train with weights and the pounds will melt away, right? Wrong. The whole weight loss thing turns out to be more difficult than you thought. The scale doesn’t seem to be moving and you’re frustrated. Here are the top 5 mistakes you’re making with your diet and what to do instead. Mistake #1: Not Food Prepping iStockphoto It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve heard you need to cook meals in advance. You still aren’t doing it.
The Busy Guy's Guide To Getting Started With Intermittent Fasting
You’ve heard of Intermittent Fasting (IF). You know it works. You want to try it for yourself. But you hesitate to get started because it all seems so complicated. Y That ends now. Here’s everything you do know about getting started and achieving success. IF involves restricting eating to certain eating windows. So the real issue is… The most popular method of this is the Lean Gains method of 16 hours of fasting and an 8-hour eating window. But that doesn’t mean it’s the “best” window.
Why Life Expectancy Varies Greatly In The U.S.
Why Life Expectancy Varies Greatly In The U.S. How long are you likely to live in America? And why? We’ll look at race, gender, money- and American lifespans now. If time on earth matters, life span matters. And American life expectancy is in motion. Overall, an American newborn’s life expectancy is 79.7 years. But there is a lot of variation. Rich now living much longer than poor. Blacks narrowing the life expectancy gap with whites. Middle class whites in trouble.
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