University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Summer 2023

The Advances in Social Genomics Conference 2023 Schedule Announced!

The official schedule for The Advances in Social Genomics Conference (TAGC) 2023 is now live and available on the CDHA website! With support from the National Institute of Aging, the Center for Demography of Health and Aging and Initiative in Social Genomics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hosting The Advances in Social Genomics Conference Series (TAGC) June 8th-9th, 2023. The goal of …

Lauren Schmitz Awarded NIA R01 grant as a part of Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health team

Congratulations to Lauren Schmitz (MPI) and the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH) team for being awarded the National Insitute on Aging (NIA) R01 grant “Adversity, Aging and ADRD Risk among the Global Poor: A Biosocial Lifecourse Approach“! MLSFH is directed by Hans-Peter Kohler (PI), University of Pennsylvania. “This will be the lowest-income …

CDHA 2023-2024 Pilot Grant Awardees Announced!

The Center for Demography of Health and Aging is pleased to announce the following pilot project grant awardees for the 2023-2024 academic year: Environmental Determinants of Premature Aging in Transportation and Construction Workforce PI: Wan-chin Kuo This project aims to (1) elucidate the environmental-biological pathways of premature aging in the transportation and construction workforce, (2) …