Category: Fall 2018

Congratulations to Katherine Curtis (community and environmental sociology; Applied Population Lab), Michal Engelman (sociology), Jason Fletcher (public affairs; sociology), Alberto Palloni (sociology), and Malia Jones (Applied Population Lab; CDE) on receiving an R01 grant from the National Institute on Aging. Fletcher and Palloni will lead the project “The Importance of Place of Birth in Determining Health and Mortality at Older Ages,” which will …

Since May, 18 new affiliates, representing 12 different departments, joined the Center’s ranks. CDHA also welcomed a new NIA postdoctoral fellow, Katie Jajtner, who came to Madison after completing her doctoral work at Fordham University. Naoki Aizawa is an assistant professor of economics specializing in applied microeconomics. His current research focuses on insurance markets and interactions …

The Initiative in Social Genomics is one of six successful proposals for Cluster Hires at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The aim is for UW to become home to the largest and most innovative group of researchers pursuing topics in Social Genomics in the world. As part of the new Cluster Hiring Initiative in Social Genomics, an interdisciplinary group …

The CDHA executive committee has selected Jason Fletcher to become the Center’s next director, effective this month.  The Center has been funded through the National Institute on Aging for nearly 20 years.  Fletcher is Romnes Professor of Public Affairs and Sociology with additional appointments in Agricultural and Applied Economics and Population Health Sciences.  He is …