Director, Human Flourishing Program John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Quantitative Social Science
Tyler J. VanderWeele, Ph.D., is the John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the... Read more about Tyler J VanderWeele
Professor VanderWeele and colleagues published a new article on religious attendance and depression. They show that women who frequently attended religious services, compared to those who never, had a lower risk of subsequent depression. However, it was also the case that women who were depressed were subsequently more likely to cease attending service. By using data over time the paper provided evidence for effects in both directions.
The article can be found here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27393076
The Human Flourishing Program organizes its research according to six different themes. If you would like to learn more or become involved with our research activities, please email our Associate Director, Flynn Cratty, at flynncratty [at] fas.haravard.edu.
The Well-Being and the Workplace project aims to study how work and workplace policies contribute to flourishing, and how individual flourishing in turn affects work productivity, engagement, and turnover.
In the project on Religious Communities and Human Flourishing, we aim to carry out original empirical research on how religious communities affect various aspects of flourishing including health,...
In the sections below, we have compiled evidence-based activities and "interventions" that have been shown to promote well-being. We have specifically selected those that are most closely related to our research on various aspects of human flourishing including...
