Congratulations to Michal Engelman, associate professor of sociology and CDHA’s associate training director, who was recently named director of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS). With a background in demography, gerontology, and biostatistics, Engelman draws on …
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Fall 2020 ISG Updates
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 …
Affiliates Secure New External Research Funding
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 …
CDHA Welcomes 10 New Affiliates for Fall 2020
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. …
CDHA Celebrates 20 Years with Symposium
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 …
CDHA Center Grant Renewed
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 …
Call for Papers: Eleventh Annual Midwest Health Economics Conference
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will host the Eleventh Annual Midwest Health Economics Conference May 7-8, 2020. Local sponsors are the Center for Demography of Health and Aging, La Follette School of Public Affairs, School of …
Initiative in Social Genomics Update
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), …
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 …