P30 Aging Centers and Other Demography Centers Minnesota Demography and Aging Seminar: “Climate change and Food Security – Evidence that connects changes in temperature, rainfall and vegetation dynamics to nutrition and human health outcomes,” Molly Brown (University of Maryland) January 31, 12:15-1:15 pm CT (details) CAPS Seminar: “Understanding Geographic Disparity in Mortality,” Jason Fletcher (UW) …
Congratulations to our affiliates—Naoki Aizawa, Katie Jajtner, Corina Mommaerts, Stephanie Robert, Tim Smeeding, and Yang Wang—who received funding from the Center for Financial Security for projects that address the financial well-being of economically vulnerable populations. The Effect of Public Policies on Work Disability Researchers: Katie Jajtner and Yang Wang The study estimates the impact of …
The annual Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences (IGSS) conference showcases behavioral and molecular genetic studies that enhance demographic and social scientific inquiry and integrate genetics and the social sciences. The conference is co-organized by Jason Fletcher, CDHA director, and Jason Boardman, director of the Health & Society Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, …
Four P30 centers—CDHA and the Center for Aging and Policy Studies; Center for Advancing Sociodemographic and Economic Study of Alzheimer’s Disease; and the Center on Aging and Population Sciences—will host two methodology workshops with Scott Cunningham in 2022. A one-day workshop on difference-in-differences will be held Friday, February 11, 2022 from 10 am-6 pm ET …
In their recent article in SSM – Population Health, CDHA external affiliate Pamela Herd (Georgetown) and Kamil Sicinski (UW–Madison) note that with an aging population and increasing prevalence of dementia, unpacking the relationship between educational attainment and later life cognitive functioning is increasingly important. Yet, the authors note, this relationship is not well understood. “Using …
September 8: Introductions September 15: Art of the Abstract Jenna Nobles (UW Sociology) September 22: PAA Abstract Workshop Panel Felix Elwert (UW Sociology), Michal Engelman (UW Sociology), Corina Mommaerts (UW Economics) September 29: Publishing as Process Felix Elwert (UW Sociology) October 6: Asking Research Questions: What is Your Estimand? Ian Lundberg (UCLA Sociology), *Please note …
Request for Proposals: Deadline March 4, 2022 The Center for Demography of Health and Aging invites interested investigators to submit proposals for pilot funding for 2022-23. Research Focus Pilot proposals may be submitted on a variety of research topics. Although we welcome proposals in all areas of aging, CDHA seeks to prioritize pilots that fit …
On February 11, 2022 from 10:00 am-6:00 pm ET, Syracuse University will host a co-sponsored methodology workshop on difference-in-differences with Scott Cunningham, professor of economics at Baylor University. The most common quasi-experimental method in the quantitative social sciences is the difference-in-differences research design. This methodology has undergone substantial updates over the last few years as …
Congratulations to Amy Kind, professor of medicine, for being named associate dean for social health sciences and programs. Kind is a faculty member in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology within the Department of Medicine. She is the founding director of the Center for Health Disparities Research within the School of Medicine and Public Health …
P30 Aging Centers and Other Demography Centers Minnesota Demography and Aging Seminar: “Cross-over Effects of Education on Health within Married Couples,” Andrew Halpern-Manners (Indiana University Bloomington) November 29, 12:15-1:15 pm CT (details) University of Texas at Austin: Aging and Health Informatics Conference December 6-7, 8:30 am-5:30 pm CT (details) Hopkins’ Economics of Alzheimer’s Disease and Services …