News

In 2020, Wellbeing, Space and Society was launched by Susan Elliott and Jamie Pearce to provide a platform for groundbreaking research on wellbeing. The journal recently reached a major milestone, earning its first Impact Factor of 2.4 and securing strong rankings in both the Public Health and Geography categories. Discover more about this exciting achievement and its impact on advancing wellbeing research.

Congratulations to Dr. Susan Elliott on her appointment as Editor-in-Chief of Social Science & Medicine. 

In an interview, she discusses the interdisciplinary nature of the journal and its commitment to inclusion and diversity. 

The first issue of Wellbeing, Space and Society is now published! Big congratulations to the founder and Co-Editor in Chief Susan Elliott and Dr. Jamie Pearce from the University of Edinburgh.

Susan Elliott and alumni Joesph Kangmennaang (UNC Charlotte) work, ‘We are drinking diseases’: Water insecurity and emotional distress in urban slums, has been featured in Issue 9/ Fall 20220 of Water Reseearch.

You can read the article here.

Buttazzoni, A., Tariq, U., Thompson-Haile, A., Burkhalter, R., Cooke, M., Minaker, L.M. (Accepted). Adolescent gender identity, sexual preference, and cannabis use: potential mediations by internalizing disorder risk. Health Education & Behavior.

A. Buttazzoni, S. Doherty, L.M. Minaker. (2020). How do Urban Environments Affect Youth Mental Health? A Novel Conceptual Framework to Bridge Public Health, Planning, and Neurourbanism. Public Health Reports.

Alison Curtis, Master of Arts in Planning

Vanessa Ong, Master of Arts in Planning

Gaurang Khandelwal, Master of Arts in Planning

Here are upcoming presentations by GoHelp lab students:

Susan Elliott presents (virtually) the results of research on urban water pollution in Dhaka at Stockholm World Water Week on August 27th, 2020.

Congratulations to GoHelP's Adrian Buttazzoni, Marta Veenhof, and Leia Minaker on their co-authored publication titled, "Smart city and high-tech urban interventions targeting human health: An equity-focused systematic review"