Nolan M. Kavanagh

@nolankavanagh.bsky.social

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I study health, policy, and politics • Emergency medicine resident at Beth Israel / Harvard Medical School • MD, PhD, MPH • 🏳️‍🌈 • he/him/his nolankavanagh.com

Some more Elle Woods for good measure.
Europeans' ratings of various public institutions, including the health system, using pooled data from the European Social Survey, 2004–2024. The health system is viewed more positively than most institutions.
Maps of support for Medicare for All by state in 2019 and 2020. Many (if not most) states experienced an increase in support between the years.
My partner and me celebrating on Match Day.
Two bar graphs showing that as reported general health or disability worsens, support for right-wing populist parties increases substantially. From the article, "Does Health Vulnerability Predict Voting for Right-Wing Populist Parties in Europe?" by Kavanagh, Menon, and Heinze (2021).
Diagram showing that health, social structures, and politics exist in a self-reinforcing cycle. People's health shapes their politics, their political engagement leads to government policies, and those policies, in turn, shape people's socioeconomic conditions and health.
Screenshot of Vot-ER's website, with a banner emphasizing the potential to strengthen democracy in clinics and hospitals.
Four bar graphs showing that European who report worse health have less trust in politicians, less trust in parliament, less satisfaction with democracy, and less satisfaction with the health system.
Screenshot of the European Patients Forum website, with a banner highlighting "The Patient Organizations' Manifesto."
Four maps of Europe showing widespread mistrust in political actors and dissatisfaction with democratic and health institutions.
Cover page of WHO/European Observatory Policy Brief 67, "Health as a driver of political participation and preferences: Implications for policy-makers and political actors," by Nolan M. Kavanagh and Anil Menon.