Education:

Ph.D., Public Affairs focusing in Population Studies, Princeton University, (2003)

M.A., Public Affairs, Princeton University, (2001)

A.B., Environmental Science and Public Policy, Harvard University,  (1998)  

Contact:

Lauren.Hale@Sunysb.edu

Recent Publications:

(Journals)

Seeman, Teresa, Jose J. Escarce, Melonie Heron, Nicole Lurie, Brian Finch, Ricardo Basurto-Davila, Lauren Hale and Chloe E. Bird. 2009. “Assessing Biological Pathways by Which Neighborhoods Contribute to Health Disparities.” Accepted at the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Hale, Lauren, Lawrence M. Berger, Monique LeBourgeois, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. “Social and Demographic Predictors of Preschoolers’ Bedtime Routines.” In press at the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.

Hale, Benjamin S. and Lauren Hale. “Is Justice Good for Your Sleep? (And Therefore, Good for Your Health?)” In press at Social Theory and Health.

Hill, Terrence, Amy Burdette, and Lauren Hale. 2009. “Neighborhood Disorder, Sleep Quality, and Psychological Distress.” Epub May 3. In press at Health and Place.

Hale, Lauren, D. Phuong Do, Ricardo Basurto-Davila, Melonie Heron, Brian K. Finch, Tamara Dubowitz, Nicole Lurie, and Chloe E. Bird. 2009. “Does Mental Health History Explain Gender Disparities in Insomnia Symptoms Among Young Adults?” Epub May 19. In press at Sleep Medicine.

Hale, Lauren, Julie DaVanzo, Mizanur Rahman, and Abdur Razzaque. 2009. “Which Factors Explain the Reductions in Infant and Child Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh?” Journal of Population Research. 26(1):3-20.

Hale, Benjamin S. and Lauren Hale. “What’s fair, what’s right? Respecting Autonomy in Population Policy.” Accepted with revisions at Public Health Ethics.

Dubowitz, Tamara, Melonie Heron, Chloe E. Bird, Nicole Lurie, Brian Karl Finch, Ricardo Basurto, Lauren Hale, and Jose J. Escarce. 2008. “Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Whites, Blacks, and Mexican-Americans in the United States.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 87(6): 1883-91.

DaVanzo, Julie, Lauren Hale, Abdur Razzaque, and Mizanur Rahman. 2008. “The Effects of Pregnancy Spacing on Infant and Child Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh.” Population Studies. 62(2): 131-154.

Sara Kalkhoran* and Lauren Hale. 2008. “AIDS Education in an Islamic Nation: Content Analysis of Farsi-Language AIDS-Education Materials in Iran.” Promotion and Education. 15(3): 21-25.

Hale, Lauren, and D. Phuong Do. 2007. "Racial Differences in Self-Reports of Sleep Duration in a Population-Based Study."  Sleep.  30(9):1096-1103.

Haney, Sean, Daniel Lee, Denise Sur, and Lauren Hale.  2007.  "Patient Perception of Physician Position (4P Study):  Does Physician Position Influence Patient Perception of Time?"  Proceedings of UCLA Health Care - Volume 11.

DaVanzo, Julie, Lauren Hale, Abdur Razzaque, and Mizanur Rahman. 2007.  "The Effects of Pregnancy Spacing on Infant and Child Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh."  Accepted for publication in Population Studies.

DaVanzo, Julie, Lauren Hale, Abdur Razzaque, and Mizanur Rahman.  2007.  "Effects of Interpregnancy Interval and the Outcome of the Preceding Pregnancy on Pregnancy Outcomes in Matlab, Bangladesh.  British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  September; 114:1079087. (Online July 6).

Hale, Lauren and D. Phuong Do. 2007.  "RE:  Objectively Measured Sleep Characteristics among Early-Middle-Aged Adults:  The CARDIA Study."  American Journal of Epidemiology.  Jan 15;165(2):231-2.  (Online November 2006)

Hale, Lauren, Julie DaVanzo, Abdur Razzaque, and Mizanur Rahman. 2006.  "Why are Infant and Child Mortality Rates Lower in the MCH-FP Area of Matlab, Bangladesh? Are the Differences due to Differences in Reproductive Patterns?"  Studies in Family Planning, Volume 37(4): 281-292.

Lee Mike Y, Lauren Hale, Daniel Lee, and Steve Deitelbaum. 2006. "Enhancing Interactions Between Family Medicine Residents In Training and Behavioral Scientists." Family Medicine Digital Resources Library.

Grant, Jonathan, Stijn Hoorens, Suja Sivadasan, Mirjam van het Loo, Julie DaVanzo, Lauren Hale, and William Butz. 2006.  "Trends in European Fertility:  Should Europe try to increase its fertility rate ... or just manage the consequences."  International Journal of Andrology.  29:17-24.

Espenshade, Thomas J., Lauren Hale, and Chang Chung.  2005.  "High School Academic Environment, Class Rank, and Elite College Admission." Sociology of Education.  Volume 78(October):  269-293.

Hale, Lauren.  2005. "Who Has Time to Sleep?"  Journal of Public Health.  Volume 27(2): 205-211.

Razzaque, Abdur, Julie DaVanzo, Mizanur Rahman, Lauren Hale, K. Gausia, M.A. Khan, A.H.M.G. Mustafa. 2005. "Pregnancy Spacing and Maternal Morbidity in Bangladesh."  International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 89 Supplement 1:S41-49. 

* Mentored Students

(Book Chapters)

Hale, Lauren. “Epidemiology of Narcolepsy.” Invited Chapter in Narcolepsy: A Clinical Guide. Edited by Michael J. Thorpy, Meeta Goswami, and S.R. Pandi-Perumal. Springer Science, Business Media, LLC, Humana Press. Forthcoming, 2009.

Hale, Lauren. 2009. “Chapter 2: Phylogeny and Demography of Sleep: Demography of Sleep.” 2nd Edition of the Sleep Research Society Basics of Sleep Guide. Invited chapter by the Sleep Research Society Board of Directors.

Hale, Benjamin and Lauren Hale. 2009. “Choosing to Sleep.” In The Philosophy of Public Health. A. Dawson (Ed.). A publication of the Society of Applied Philosophy. Surrey, England: Ashgate.

Hale, Lauren.  2007. "Chapter 2:  Epidemiology of Sleep." In Primary Care Sleep Medicine edited by S.R. Pandi-Perumal and James Pagel and endorsed by the American College of Chest Physicians.  Humana Press.

Espenshade, Thomas E., Lauren Hale, and Chang Chung. 2007.  "Chapter 22.  The frog pond revisited: High school academic context, class rank, and elite college admission." In Selected Readings of American Education Research, edited by Yong Zhao.  Shanghai:  East China Normal University Press. 

Hale, Lauren, Paul E. Peppard, and Terry Young. 2007.  "Chapter 1:  Does the demography of sleep contribute to health disparities?" pp 1-17.  In Sleep Disorders:  Their Impact on Public Health, edited by S.R. Pandi-Perumal and Damien Leger.  Taylor and Francis, Informa Health Care, UK.

Hale, Lauren.  2000.  "A Dynamic Simulation Model of Population Impacts on the Environment:  A Fisheries Model."  In Population, Development & Environment on the Yucatán Peninsula: From Ancient Maya to 2030.  Wolfgang Lutz, Lionel Prieto, and Warren Sanderson, Eds.  Laxenburg, Austria: IIASA, 257 pp.

Hale, Lauren.  2000. "A Freedom Uncommon: The Development and Consequences of Namibian Claim to its Exclusive Economic Zone." In Population-Development-Environment in Namibia. Background Readings.  Ben Fuller and Isolde Prommer, Eds.  Laxenburg, Austria: IIASA, 315 pp.