Tag: health economics

A game board showing a path with squares reading new job and health shocks. Game figures are people dressed for their various professions. New research shows that the burden of bad health — injuries and chronic illness — accounts for about one-third of U.S. income inequality.

Health really is wealth  

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New research from Roozbeh Hosseini shows that the burden of bad health — injuries and chronic illness — accounts for about one-third of U.S. income inequality.

From left to right, Ron Walcott, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School; Catherine Bradshaw; Matthew Bonds; Adrienne Madison; Bob Izlar; Caleb Adams; Sangram Sisodia; Benjamin Ayers, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. (Photo by Nikki Mottley)

Building a healthier world

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Matthew Bonds (PhD ’03), an associate professor of global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School, holds PhDs in economics and ecology from UGA. The UGA Graduate School honored him on Oct. 23 with its 2025 Alumni of Distinction Award.