Media
Media Mentions
Citations to My Work
Pollution
“For Florida Real Estate That Survived Hurricane Ian, A Price Bump Awaits,” Forbes, October 7, 2022
“In hot weather, outdoor laborers work less—when economy is growing,” Phys.org, Aug. 25, 2021.
“Pollution exposure can raise flu risk,” Mint, Nov. 12, 2020.
“The economic case for fighting pollution to boost productivity,” Financial Times, Sept. 17, 2019.
“How Pollution Can Hurt the Health of the Economy,” The New York Times, Nov. 27, 2018.
Innovation
“Why a winner-takes-all approach is the best way to spur innovation,” The Globe and Mail, March 25, 2020.
“What is the best way to encourage innovation? Competitive pay may be the answer,” Science Daily, Feb. 12, 2020.
“How to get more innovation bang for the research buck,” The Economist, Feb. 27, 2020.
“Study: Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time?,” Living Lab Radio on WCAI, Dec. 5, 2019.
“Do the Deaths of Top Scientists Make Way for New Growth?,” The Wire, Nov. 9, 2019.
“The Death of a Famous Scientist Breathes New Life Into Their Field,” Inverse, Aug. 31, 2019.
“Quand une star scientifique meurt, d’autres idées fleurissent,” Le Monde, March 26, 2019.
Press Interviews
“Does Heat Impact Kids Test Scores? Researchers Say Yes,” CBS8, September 13, 2022.
"New ideas struggle in a sea of science," Axios Science, Oct. 14, 2021.
"More US Labs Could Be Providing Coronavirus Tests," Nature, April 21, 2020.
"Some Social Distance Resistance," KPBS, April 20, 2020.
"Early Signs that New NYC Coronavirus Infections May be Slowing," The City, April 5, 2020.
"What’s at the end of the coronavirus tunnel? Local scholars share some ideas," San Diego Union Tribune, March 29, 2020.
"Taking R&D Risks Amid COVID-19," Laboratory Equipment Podcast, March 20, 2020.
"When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says," The New York Times, Sept. 9, 2019.
"Contaminación y los días que no doy una," El Financiero, May 17, 2019.
"Low level air pollution costs the economy billions of dollars in lost productivity," CBC Radio, Quirks and Quarks, Jan. 6, 2018.
"The Road to Nowhere," iNews, Oct. 31, 2017.
"Why Electric Cars are Only as Clean as Their Power Supply," The Guardian, Dec. 8, 2016.
"UCSD Economist Gauges Number of Workers Hit by Heat," KPBS Radio News, Oct. 10, 2016.
"UCSD Economist Warns of Workers Hit by Heat," CBS News San Diego, Oct. 10, 2016.
"Following growth of stem cell clinics FDA poised to crack down," The Pulse, WHYY-FM, Aug. 26, 2016.
GPS News
Taking the reins at CGT
April 20, 2020 | New director for the Center on Global Transformation Joshua Graff Zivin talks multidisciplinary research and plans for the center’s future
Aversion to Risk by R&D Managers May Hurt U.S. Economic Prospects
March 16, 2020 | Executives tolerant of failure in pursuit of reward are best suited to seed innovation needed for growth
What is the Best Way to Encourage Innovation? Competitive Pay May be the Answer
Feb. 12, 2019 | Field work from UC San Diego and Thermo Fisher finds providing a sizable award to top performers is most effective in producing creative scientific and technological solutions