Op-ed

I study parents who kill their kids. There's one thing people don't understand about these cases. HuffPost: Susan Hatters-Friedman, the Phillip Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry and an adjunct professor at the School of Law, weighed in on recent cases of parents who have murdered their child...

Researcher: Ohio, don't fall for bait, switch. Vouchers 'thinly veiled tax break' for richThe Columbus Dispatch: Benjamin Helton, assistant professor of music education, said that the state’s voucher program is not helping low-income students as advertised, but rather “acting as a thinly veiled tax ...

Where is climate justice in a blizzard?cleveland.com: Grant Goodrich, executive director of the Great Lakes Energy Institute, said “climate justice” means reducing emissions is a moral imperative and emphasized that the need to adapt is urgent. “If we do neither, we will fail our communities’ most v...

Voting is a social determinant of health that can help advance Clevelanders’ well-beingcleveland.com: Zain Khawaja, a second-year student at the School of Medicine, noted that voting was recently recognized as a social determinant of health by the American Medical Association, the country’s largest ...

The poet facing down the end of the worldThe Atlantic: Walt Hunter, chair of the Department of English at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed the work of American poet, Jorie Graham, who’s often cited as one of the most celebrated poets of the American post-war generation. “For more than fou...

The GOP’s next move to block abortion rights is tinkering with direct democracy Ms. Magazine: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, said that the success of abortion rights ballot initiative campaigns has convinced gerrymandered, anti-abortion legislatures that ballot measure proces...

Michael Roizen, guest lecturer at the School of Medicine, explained how people can self-engineer genetic alterations to prevent disease and boost longevity by making healthy lifestyle choices. In an opinion article titled “Want to live longer? Influence your genes,” he wrote: “You have the ability...

Mae-Lan Winchester, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, wrote an op-ed for CNN’s “America’s Future Starts Now” series. A doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating high-risk patients, Winchester explored how the Supreme Court’s repeal of Roe v. Wade will affect her patients who ar...

Peter Bajic, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, wrote an opinion piece published by The Washington Post that explored night time bathroom breaks. Bajic said waking up once to urinate usually isn’t a cause for concern, but anything beyond that may be worth looking into. His piece, title...

Awais Aftab, clinical professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, explored multiple approaches to treating depression in an opinion piece published by The New York Times. His piece was titled “How Is Depression Treated? Let Me Show You.” Read his thoughts....