This fall, Philipp Koellinger and Sam Trejo join past cluster-hire Lauren Schmitz in filling the three tenure-track faculty positions created within the Initiative in Social Genomics (ISG). This interdisciplinary group of scholars, along with other core faculty—Corinne Engelman, Jason Fletcher, Hyunseung Kang, James Li, and Qiongshi Lu—combine their interests and expertise in Social Genomics to …
Lauren Schmitz received NIA funding for her project “Life Course Determinants of Epigenetic Age Acceleration and Subsequent Dementia.” Schmitz seeks to understand the impact of interactions between socioeconomic status (SES), genotype, and health behaviors on disparities in epigenetic age acceleration and cognitive decline or Alzheimer’s disease. Schmitz also received a Sandell Grant to fund her …
With more than 90 affiliates across UW–Madison’s campus, CDHA continues to grow in both numbers and depth of expertise. The CDHA Steering Committee voted unanimously to extend invitations to a talented group of UW faculty. We welcome these new affiliates for fall 2020: Oguzhan Alagoz (Professor, College of Engineering) Ying (Jessica) Cao (Assistant Professor, Population …
In 1999, the National Institute on Aging awarded UW–Madison a center grant to support demography of health and aging research—and the Center for Demography of Health and Aging was born. The CDHA 20th Anniversary Symposium gave current and past affiliates, students, and staff an opportunity to reflect on the center’s rich history and to recognize …
With the renewal of the center grant, CDHA has much to look forward to in the next five years. With increased NIA funding of over fifty percent and significant support from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education and UW’s College of Letters & Science—among others—the center is poised for growth. …