May 17-19, 2022 from 10:00 am-6:00 pm ET, Syracuse University will host a co-sponsored methodology workshop on difference-in-differences with Scott Cunningham, professor of economics at Baylor University. This workshop will cover basic methodological concepts in causality like the potential outcomes model and directed acyclic graphs as these are the most common modalities used by contemporary …
CDE/CDHA affiliates and graduate students are looking forward to the 2022 PAA annual meeting in Atlanta! Both centers are well represented with 58 affiliates appearing 104 times on the program as authors, discussants, and chairs. A full list of CDE/CDHA contributions may be found here.
CDHA affiliate Eric Grodsky and co-authors Jennifer Manly, Chandra Muller, and John Robert Warren published a cohort profile of High School and Beyond (HSB) participants in the International Journal of Epidemiology. HSB began in 1980 to study how educational opportunities and experiences shape early adult outcomes, and includes a nationally representative probability sample of 30, 030 …
The La Follette School of Public Affairs, the Center for Demography of Health & Aging, and the Hilldale Lecture Series are pleased to host Anne Case, Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Emeritus, at Princeton University, as the 2022 Hilldale Lecture in the Social Sciences. On April 14 from 7-8 pm, join …
Join Health Affairs for a Lunch & Learn on March 30 when Deputy Editor Rob Lott hosts David Kindig and John Mullahy, both CDHA affiliates, and Sanne Magnan, senior fellow at the HealthPartners Institute and former Minnesota Commissioner of Health, for a discussion of the Forefront article and the future of the field of population …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison invites applications for a position in the area of Social Genomics, beginning August 2022. Social Genomics is a field of research that integrates theories, data, and methods across the social, behavioral, health, and genetic sciences. This position is the final of three hires in this area and is part of an …
Please join us for a new event! During the spring 2022 semester, CDHA will host a bi-weekly seminar series featuring guest lectures by scholars and researchers from across the country whose work focuses on aging and health. Seminars will be held virtually on Mondays from 11:30 am-1:00 pm. Please email Mary Lynn Dombrowski for Zoom information. …
Request for Proposals: Deadline March 4, 2022 The Center for Demography of Health and Aging invites interested investigators to submit proposals for pilot funding for 2022-23. Research Focus Pilot proposals may be submitted on a variety of research topics. Although we welcome proposals in all areas of aging, CDHA seeks to prioritize pilots that fit …
On February 11, 2022 from 10:00 am-6:00 pm ET, Syracuse University will host a co-sponsored methodology workshop on difference-in-differences with Scott Cunningham, professor of economics at Baylor University. The most common quasi-experimental method in the quantitative social sciences is the difference-in-differences research design. This methodology has undergone substantial updates over the last few years as …
Congratulations to Amy Kind, professor of medicine, for being named associate dean for social health sciences and programs. Kind is a faculty member in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology within the Department of Medicine. She is the founding director of the Center for Health Disparities Research within the School of Medicine and Public Health …