Vikas Gawai was selected as a Diversity Scholar Fellow and attended the 2023 Diversity Academy at the American University School of Public Affairs. The goal of the Summer Diversity Academy is to provide an opportunity for scholars underrepresented among public affairs faculty to receive quality feedback on research projects and mentoring advice on strategic planning …
The official schedule for The Advances in Social Genomics Conference (TAGC) 2023 is now live and available on the CDHA website! With support from the National Institute of Aging, the Center for Demography of Health and Aging and Initiative in Social Genomics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hosting The Advances in Social Genomics Conference Series (TAGC) June 8th-9th, 2023. The goal of …
Congratulations to Lauren Schmitz (MPI) and the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH) team for being awarded the National Insitute on Aging (NIA) R01 grant “Adversity, Aging and ADRD Risk among the Global Poor: A Biosocial Lifecourse Approach“! MLSFH is directed by Hans-Peter Kohler (PI), University of Pennsylvania. “This will be the lowest-income …
The Center for Demography of Health and Aging is pleased to announce the following pilot project grant awardees for the 2023-2024 academic year: Environmental Determinants of Premature Aging in Transportation and Construction Workforce PI: Wan-chin Kuo This project aims to (1) elucidate the environmental-biological pathways of premature aging in the transportation and construction workforce, (2) …
CDHA/CDE affiliates and graduate students are looking forward to the 2023 PAA annual meeting in New Orleans! Both centers are well represented with 66 faculty affiliates, 18 postdoctoral affiliates, and 50 graduate student affiliates appearing 134 times on the program as authors, discussants, and chairs. A full list of CDE/CDHA contributions may be found here.