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NIH Career Development “K” Awards

Lauren Fiechtner, MD, MPH and Lauren Wisk, PhD present to the Harvard-wide Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship program about NIH Career Development Awards and helpful tips on how to apply for them.

Insurance billing notices threaten young adults’ confidentiality

Young adults can remain on their parents’ health insurance policies until they turn 26, but when they use it for counseling, pregnancy tests, addiction treatment or anything else, insurers frequently notify their parents. These routine billing notifications to parents of teens and young adults pose...

Alcohol use beliefs and behaviors of parents of medically vulnerable youth

Poster presentation by Elissa Weitzman at the 15th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine in Santiago, Chile. Co-authored by Lauren Wisk, Sharon Levy, Kara Magane, and Julie Lunstead. Abstract ID: 781Session title: Poster Session ALocation of session: Foyer Volcanes, Hotel Intercontinental...

On your parents' insurance? How to keep your health private

More than 2 million people ages 19 through 25 gained health insurance in the years following the passage of former President Barack Obama's health care law, which allows young adults to stay on their parents' plans until age 26. Post-Obamacare, these young adults had access to health care, but it...