P30 Aging Centers and Other Demography Centers University of Texas Medical Branch: Resilience and Aging in the Americas: International Conference on Aging in the Americas (virtual) September 23-24, 1:00-5:00 pm (details)
P30 Aging Centers and Other Demography Centers Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies: Social Demography Seminar with Ohjae Gowen (Harvard) Thursday, September 16, 12:00-1:15 pm (details) Duke Center for Population Health and Aging: “Early Childhood Investments and Women’s Employment across the Life Course,” Vida Maralani (Cornell) Thursday, September 16, 3:30-5:00 pm (details) Center for …
Five new affiliates have joined CDHA: please welcome Sigan Hartley, Olayinka Shiyanbola, Alvin Thomas, Nicole Werner, and Victoria Zhang! Sigan Hartley is an associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies in the School of Human Ecology. Her research program is aimed at promoting optimal development and health in individuals with neurodevelopmental …
Mark your calendars: two exciting events are coming up this fall. On Wednesday, September 29, the UW Health Economics Research Group will host a workshop exploring research on the opioid epidemic with presentations by Adibah Abdulhadi (PhD student, economics), Christine Durrance (associate professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs), Ross Milton (assistant professor, La Follette …
Congratulations and a big thank you go to Lu Chou, who retired in July from her position as senior special librarian at the Data and Information Services Center (DISC) after 30 years of service to the UW. As many know, Chou provided data and library services to Center affiliates by helping faculty and students find …
Through the center grant from the National Institute on Aging, CDHA provides financial support to affiliates who are developing innovative projects likely to receive federal funding. Each year, CDHA invites interested investigators to submit proposals for pilot funding. For the academic year 2021–22, CDHA awarded five pilot grants: “Post-acute Care Access and Disparities among ACO …
Name: Won-tak Joo Department: PhD Student, Sociology Hometown: Seoul, South Korea Educational background: BA and MA in Sociology, Yonsei University Can you describe your research interests? Current research projects and/dissertation? My research interests are in the areas of aging, health, family, and social networks. Specifically, I study how social relationships evolve in the context of …
January 27: Introduction Jordan Conwell, UW–Madison Sociology February 3: Academic Job Market: Networking and Negotiation Christine Schwartz, UW–Madison Sociology February 10: Introduction to Spatial Analysis Megan Bea, UW-School of Human Ecology February 17: How I Found My Dissertation Topic CDE/CDHA students February 24: Individual Research Consults Jordan Conwell, UW–Madison Sociology March 3: Mini Talks by CDE/CDHA/HDRS Postdocs Jordan Conwell, UW–Madison Sociology …
In our recent renewal proposal to NIA, CDHA successfully requested a large increase in pilot grant support. Our overall budget increased by over 50%, allowing CDHA to increase and broaden support to our affiliates. In addition to our annual competition, which most recently has funded 5 exciting projects around our themes, CDHA will now accept “rapid requests” for smaller funding amounts …
CDHA and CDE affiliates have been busy preparing for the annual meeting of the Population Association of America. This year, 60 affiliates, including faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and scientists, appear on the conference program 132 times as authors, presenters, chairs, or discussants. For more details, see our list of events.