In February 2018, the University of Wisconsin-Madison began recruiting three tenure-track faculty for a Cluster Hire in Social Genomics. CDHA Director Jason Fletcher (sociology/public affairs/public health sciences) and CDHA affiliates Corinne Engelman (population health sciences), …
Announcements
New CDHA Pilot Projects for Fall 2019
CDHA is pioneering four new pilot projects this fall: Testing Gene-environment Interactions without Measuring the Environmental Factor PI: Qiongshi Lu, Assistant Professor, Biostatistics & Medical Informatics Dr. Lu seeks to use this pilot project to …
New Affiliates Join CDHA
CDHA is thrilled to welcome six new affiliates for fall 2019! James Li is an assistant professor in Psychology. He uses genetics and quantitative analysis of environmental factors as methods to investigate the underlying factors …
Fall 2019 Grants & Supplements
The National Institute on Aging began funding seven new projects by CDHA over the last twelve months, including several new this fall! As a whole, the projects bring in millions of dollars in research funding …
Postdoc Position at Syracuse
The Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion at Syracuse University (http://lernercenter.syr.edu/) invites applications for a postdoctoral associate in applied population health. Candidates with interests in rural health, rural demography, and/or rural aging are especially encouraged …
Sandell Grant and Dissertation Fellowship Programs Accept Applications
The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College announces the 2020 Sandell Grant and Dissertation Fellowship Programs, funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration. The submission deadline for both programs is January 31, 2020. Sandell …
27th Annual RAND Summer Institute
The 27th Annual RAND Summer Institute will be help July 6-9, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. The Institute will consist of two sessions: The Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists on July 6–7, and the Demography, Economics, Psychology, …
RAND Postdoctoral Training Program in the Study of Aging
RAND Corporation is accepting applications for its Postdoctoral Training Program in the Study of Aging. This program is open to new scholars and junior scholars in the field of demographic and aging research. RAND Fellows …
RAND Summer Institute, 2020
The 27th annual RAND Summer Institute (RSI) will take place in Santa Monica, CA, July 6-9, 2020. The RSI consists of two conferences, each addressing critical issues facing our aging population: a Mini-Medical School for …
Gray Divorce Rate in the U.S.
The overall divorce rate in the U.S. has declined since 1990. Yet among those aged 50 and older it has roughly doubled according to a report from the National Center for Family & Marriage Research …