University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Spring 2024

Jan 31 Chris Taber (UW-Madison Econ): Weighting Survey Data Feb 7 Nick Mark (UW-Madison Sociology): How Graduate Students Should Think about Grants and Fellowships Feb 14 Carol Ryff (UW-Madison Psychology): Getting Out of Disciplinary Silos to Address Urgent Societal Problems Feb 21 Tamkinat Rauf (UW-Madison Sociology): Open Science Feb 28 Isaac Sasson (Tel Aviv University …

Christine Schwartz awarded Kellett Mid-Career Award by UW-Madison

Congratulations to CDHA Associate Director Christine Schwartz, who has been awarded a Kellett Mid-Career Award by UW-Madison. The Kellett Award recognizes and provides support with a $75,000 research award to mid-career faculty seven to twenty years past their first promotion to a tenured position. Schwartz is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and an …

Postdoc Profile: Jiaxin Shi

Name: Jiaxin Shi, Postdoctoral Researcher Hometown: Zhejiang, China Educational Background: BA Journalism, Beijing Foreign Studies University; MPhil Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; European Doctoral School of Demography; PhD Sociology, University of Oxford in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 1. How did you first connect to your …

Kerryann DiLoreto, Senior Project Director with UWSC, awarded Distinguished Status

Congratulations to Kerryann DiLoreto, Senior Project Director with the UW Survey Center, who has been awarded Distinguished Status. Distinguished status is awarded to academic staff members with extensive experience, and advanced knowledge and skills by UW-Madison. Kerryann has been with the UW Survey Center for 25 years, many of them spent working on the Wisconsin …

PAA 2024: CDE & CDHA RECAP

CDE & CDHA affiliates and graduate students were a powerful presence at the 2024 PAA annual meeting in Columbus! Both centers were well represented with 30 faculty affiliates and 28 graduate student affiliates appearing 106 times on the program as authors, discussants, and chairs.   Emma Rommell, graduate student in the Department of Sociology at …

Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi featured in NIA Research Training Spotlight

CDE & CDHA Engagement at PAA 2024

CDE & CDHA affiliates and graduate students are looking forward to the 2024 PAA annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio! Both centers are well represented with 30 faculty affiliates and 28 graduate student affiliates appearing 106 times on the program as authors, discussants, and chairs. A full list of CDE & CDHA contributions may be found …

Graduate Student Profile: Somalis Chy

Name: Somalis Chy, PhD candidate in Consumer Behavior & Family Economics Hometown: Phnom Penh, Cambodia Educational Background: B.A. in Economics from Cambodia in 2016 & M.A. from a consortium of European universities in Economics of Globalization and European Integration in 2018 How did you first connect to your field of research? There are both personal and academic reasons …

Sterling Johnson’s Clarity in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Research Through Imaging (CLARiTI) study awarded $150 million NIH grant

Congratulations to Sterling Johnson, study leader of the Clarity in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Research Through Imaging (CLARiTI) study, which has been awarded a $150 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide imaging and blood-based biomarkers for researchers to advance the field of ADRD. The CLARiTI study will involve 37 Alzheimer’s …

Maichou Lor awarded 2023 Outstanding Women of Color in Education award by UW System

Congratulations to Maichou Lor, who was awarded a 2023 Outstanding Women of Color in Education award! Lor was one of 13 recipients honored by the University of Wisconsin System this year, with the award recognizing their achievements in advancing equity and inclusion for people of color within the Universities of Wisconsin and communities across Wisconsin. …