Affiliate Eric Grodsky is part of a research team awarded $14.2 million in new funding from the National Institute on Aging to study the early life conditions that can affect later-life risks for Alzheimer’s disease …
Spring 2021
Preliminary Findings, Public Use Data from SHOW COVID Studies Released
Under the leadership of Director Kristen Malecki, associate professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences, the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW), has launched two new initiatives to address the COVID-19 pandemic. In …
ISG Updates: Spring 2021 Events Recap, Looking Ahead
On February 12, CDHA and the UW Initiative in Social Genomics (ISG) hosted the methods workshop “Integrating Biological and Social Science into Health and Aging Research.” Part of the series Advances in New Data & …
USC/UCLA Pilot Funding Supports Study on Epigenetic Profiles, Biological Aging
Lauren Schmitz received a pilot project award from the USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health (P30AG017265) for the study “Early Life Adversity Associations with Later Life Epigenetic Profiles: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).” …
New NIA-Funded Study to Examine Neighborhood Air Pollution, Physical Activity, and Incident Dementia
Affiliate Wei Xu received a new grant from NIA for the project “Interactive Effects of Physical Activity and Neighborhood Air Pollution on Risk of Incident Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias.” Together with co-investigators Jason Fletcher, …
Understanding and Reducing Inequalities Initiative
Fifteen projects have been chosen for UW’s Understanding and Reducing Inequalities Initiative, funded by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. Designed to support research …
Supplement Grant to Study Indirect Genetic Effects on Alzheimer’s Disease
Biodemography is one of five major research themes at CDHA. With supplemental funding to the Center’s P30 center grant, affiliate Qiongshi Lu will continue to expand CDHA’s work in this field through the project “Quantifying …
Michal Engelman Named Director of Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
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 …