Advancing Health by Expanding Opportunity and Hope

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We use cutting-edge research to explore and improve economic opportunity and health outcomes for all Americans.

New at Opportunity for Health

Area-Level Economic Opportunity Modifies the Income-Health Gradient in the United States

Explore Our Opportunity Areas

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Labor Markets and the Economy

We examine how changes in labor markets and economic conditions influence health and well-being in America.

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Community Interventions

We assess whether novel community-based interventions that affect opportunity across multiple parts of our lives also affect our health.

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Social Policy

We examine how social policies affect opportunity across multiple parts of our lives including our health.

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Join us in advancing research that expand social and economic opportunity, strengthen hope, and improve health for all.