Nationhood Lab
Nationhood Lab
  • THE CHALLENGE
    • An Authoritarian Threat
    • A Balkanized Federation
    • A Lost National Narrative
  • OUR WORK
    • Data Journalism
    • A New National Narrative
    • Research and Publications
    • Initiatives
  • NEWS AND UPDATES
    • In the News
    • Updates
  • ABOUT US
    • The Project
    • Project Director
    • Advisory Council
  • CONTACT
  • PELL CENTER
Random
  • Latest
  • Oldest
  • Random
  • A to Z

health

Colin Woodard·
Updates
·December 15, 2025·1 min read

Woodard shares Nationhood Lab’s work at Tufts University, the University of Illinois Chicago

December 15, 2025 CHICAGO –  Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard has just completed an eight state-and-D.C. tour promoting Nations Apart: How Clashing...
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·August 29, 2023·17 min read

The Regional Geography of U.S. Life Expectancy

How long you can expect to live depends on what U.S. region you live in and the reasons for it go back centuries.
Colin Woodard·
Updates
·October 23, 2024·3 min read

New academic studies from Nationhood Lab and partners reveal regional differences in arthritis, dental health, dietary patterns, and a health link in voter turnout

Colin Woodard·
Updates
·April 22, 2026·1 min read

New Research published in Nature‘s Scientific Reports finds American Nations regions help predict and Covid-19 cases and deaths

The findings from researchers at Nationhood Lab, the University of Illinois Chicago, and the HealthPartners Institute found the American Nations regional cultures to be one of the most powerful predictive elements in predicting county-level pandemic mortality and cases.
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·December 29, 2023·5 min read

Social vulnerability, health outcomes and the American Nations

In a new study in the American Journal of Medicine, Nationhood Lab’s Colin Woodard and his collaborators find evidence for...
Colin Woodard·
Updates
·July 28, 2023·2 min read

Nationhood Lab partners with public health researchers to publish academic papers on the geography of obesity, diabetes, exercise and other critical phenomena

Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·September 18, 2023·1 min read

For POLITICO: on the geography of U.S. life expectancy

In 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
·March 26, 2024·3 min read

How Gun violence is helping drive diabetes and other chronic diseases in the southern American Nations regions

In a new study in the American Journal of Medicine, Nationhood Lab’s director and his collaborators find evidence linking firearm fatalities and physical inactivity in the American Nations regions, most especially in the Dixie bloc, El Norte, and First Nation
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedUpdates
·May 28, 2025·3 min read

Scientific Papers lay out the American Nations paradigm for health and medical researchers

Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·September 23, 2025·7 min read

Vaccinations and deaths: the Regional Geography of the Covid-19 pandemic

Public and official compliance with public health advice, vaccination rates, and Covid deaths varied widely across the regional cultures identified in the American Nations model
Colin Woodard·
Updates
·October 3, 2023·1 min read

Nationhood Lab director addresses National Academies working group on how U.S. regional cultures influence health outcomes and disparities

October 2, 2023 WASHINGTON – The director of Salve Regina University’s Nationhood Lab presented on the project’s utility in understanding U.S....
Colin Woodard·
Data Journalism
·December 11, 2023·2 min read

The Regional Geography of Disability in the United States

Load More

Salve Regina University

An initiative of the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina University

100 Ochre Point Avenue
Newport, Rhode Island 02840 USA

 (401) 847-6650

(c) 2023 Salve Regina University

  • THE CHALLENGE
    • An Authoritarian Threat
    • A Balkanized Federation
    • A Lost National Narrative
  • OUR WORK
    • Data Journalism
    • A New National Narrative
    • Research and Publications
    • Initiatives
  • NEWS AND UPDATES
    • In the News
    • Updates
  • ABOUT US
    • The Project
    • Project Director
    • Advisory Council
  • CONTACT
  • PELL CENTER
Nationhood Lab
  • THE CHALLENGE
    • An Authoritarian Threat
    • A Balkanized Federation
    • A Lost National Narrative
  • OUR WORK
    • Data Journalism
    • A New National Narrative
    • Research and Publications
    • Initiatives
  • NEWS AND UPDATES
    • In the News
    • Updates
  • ABOUT US
    • The Project
    • Project Director
    • Advisory Council
  • CONTACT
  • PELL CENTER
Start typing to see results or hit ESC to close
American Nations Data Journalism media appearances National Narrative U.S. Politics
See all results

SUBSCRIBE

Join 100k+ other tech lovers and get the latest news in your inbox
[mc4wp_form id="389"]