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Chloe E. Bird

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in North Carolina, The United States

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Health, Mind & Body, Science, Parenting & Families

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Chloe E. Bird, PhD, is a senior sociologist with the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization in Santa Monica, California. She is also Professor of Sociology at Pardee RAND Graduate School. Her research examines gender and racial/ethnic differences in the physical and mental health of individuals and in the health care they receive. She is particularly interested in how neighborhood characteristics—from their socioeconomic composition and degree of economic segregation to their air quality and walkability—might contribute to these gender and racial/ethnic health differences.
Dr. Bird is Associate Editor of Women’s Health Issues, and has been Chair of the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Associat ...more

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Celebrating Birth Control on Mother’s Day? Not as Counterintuitive as It Sounds

I just got my first op-ed published. It’s on the Ms. Blog and its on honoring women on mother’s day.

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Published on May 11, 2012 20:58

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	Gender and Health: The Effects of Constrained Choices and Social Policies 3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Handbook of Medical Sociology by Chloe E. Bird (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Peter Conrad 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently

by Gregory Berns

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I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes

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Quotes by Chloe E. Bird (?)

“negative emotions such as depression or anxiety can directly affect the cells of the immune system and either up- or down-regulate the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines”
― Chloe E. Bird, Gender and Health: The Effects of Constrained Choices and Social Policies

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“negative emotions can contribute to prolonged or chronic infections or to delayed wound healing, which in turn indirectly increases the production of these cytokines.”
― Chloe E. Bird, Gender and Health: The Effects of Constrained Choices and Social Policies

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Chloe’s Quotes

“The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

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“What you don't necessarily realize when you start selling your time by the hour is that what you're really selling is your life.”
― Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

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“Life is available only in the present moment.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions

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“Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos — the trees, the clouds, everything.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living

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Nov 07, 2008 10:06PM

Thanks to Karen Corday for her interview with my coauthor Pat and myself about our book in the Sloan Work and Family Networks "Network News" http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/The_Network_N....

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