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 associated with behavioral disorders in childhood. He further expands expertise in CDHA’s biodemography theme. Stephen Meyn is the Director of …
The National Institute on Aging began funding seven new projects by CDHA over the last twelve months, including several new this fall! As a whole, the projects bring in millions of dollars in research funding to CDHA and UW-Madison. The projects include a pair of studies that utilize a newly-available longitudinal dataset which tracks the …
On Friday, March 29, CDHA hosted Deborah Carr, professor of sociology at Boston University, for a discussion of her recent book Golden Years? Social Inequality in Later Life. In her work Carr, who received her PhD in sociology from UW–Madison and was affiliated with the demography training program, connects research from a variety of fields, …
Federico Rey (bacteriology) recently received funding from the USDA to study the interpersonal variation in gut microbial metabolism of nutrients and cardiometabolic disease. Rey’s new grant stemmed from the 2016–17 pilot, “The Role of Early Life Experiences in Shaping the Gut Microbiome: A Study Incorporating the Microbiome into the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study.” About Funder USDA …
CDHA and CDE affiliates have been busy preparing for the annual meeting of the Population Association of America in Austin. Fifty-seven affiliates, including faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and scientists, appear on the conference program ninety-eight times as authors, presenters, chairs, or discussants. For more details, see our list of events.
Name Leah Foltman Hometown Lake Geneva, Wisconsin Educational background BA, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, sociology Can you describe your research interests? Current research projects? My current research interests revolve around racial disparities in physical and mental health outcomes, as realized through place. My current project uses the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) to …
Name Julia Goodwin Hometown Cabin John, MD Undergraduate education/other graduate degrees BA, University of Wisconsin–Madison, sociology/CAR; certificate in education policy studies Expected graduation date 2022 Research interests? Current research projects? My research interests are around how social environments throughout the life course influence health disparities by race and/or SES. Currently, my research on health disparities …
On November 9th, CDHA hosted its first faculty showcase on aging research. The event gave faculty and graduate students the opportunity to connect with one another and potentially launch new interdisciplinary research projects focused on aging. Ten faculty affiliates representing seven different departments each gave ten-minute lightening presentations on their past and current research in …
The NIH funded new research that will track the progression of dementia in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. The project, led by Sanjay Asthana, (CDHA affiliate; medicine) and Pamela Herd (external CDHA affiliate; Georgetown) will clarify the influence of the early life period on dementia risk, as well as adult behaviors that can offset the risk …
Between 1987 and 2003, the NSFH collected data on family living arrangements in childhood, departures and returns to the parental home, and histories of marriage, cohabitation, education, fertility, and employment. All three waves of data are now fully curated and available at ICPSR.