Jan 28: How to Be a Good Advisee/Managing Up, Marcy Carlson Feb 4: Writing Job Market Materials, Martin Eiermann Feb 11: Choosing Journal Outlets for Your Research, Eric Grodsky Feb 18: Policy Impacts in Developing Contexts, Fernanda Rojas-Ampuero Feb 25: NIH Grant Application Materials, Katherine Curtis and the SSRS Team March 4: Ethical Considerations of …
Congratulations to CDHA Director Michal Engelman who was chosen to lead the RISE-THRIVE Collaboration Headquarters (HQ), bringing together experts working at the forefront of research on the healthspan and immunology. The initiative supports cutting edge research on how the body defends against disease and how to extend the number of years people live healthy lives.
Warmest Congrats to CDHA-affiliate and Associate Professor Kristin Litzelman On the successful launch of the new digital exhibition, In Care Of: Postcard-Sized Portrayals of Caregiving in Wisconsin. As a leading expert in Human Development & Family Studies, Kristin has dedicated her career to understanding the intricate relationships between caregivers and their loved ones. Her research and advocacy provide a …
Sep 3: Intro to CDE, CDHA, and SSRS Sep 10: PAA Abstracts, Nick Mark Sep 17: Bayesian Modeling and Critique of Null Hypothesis Testing, David Kaplan Sep 24: Job Talk: Home Financing Responses to Wildfire Risk Information and Insurance Availability, Sarah Bass Oct 1: Ethically Researching Families, Tova Walsh Oct 8: Job Talk: Post-disaster migration in the United …
Dr. Natascha Merten, lead investigator of the Beaver Dam Offspring Study–Neurocognitive Aging Study (BOSS-NCAS), was recently featured on the Hometown Today show with host Wally Lucashinsky on 95.3 WBEV (Daily Dodge). In the interview, Merten educates listeners about the incredible history of BOSS-NCAS, a project that is nearly two decades old, to understand how our …
The Center for Demography of Health and Aging (CDHA) is delighted to announce that its NIH center infrastructure grant has been renewed for a 6-year term. CDHA is in its 26th year of supporting high-impact innovative social science and public health research on population aging and health across the life course. It also supports career …
CDHA affiliate Jooyoung Kong, Associate Professor in the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been selected to receive the Distinguished Recent Alumni Award from the Boston College School of Social Work. The award recognizes her research leadership and lasting contributions to understanding how early life trauma shapes health, well-being, …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison invites applications for a position in the area of Social Genomics beginning July 2023. Social Genomics is a field of research that integrates theories, data, and methods across the social, behavioral, health, and genetic sciences. This position is one of three hires in this area and is part of an interdisciplinary …
The Center for Demography of Health and Aging (CDHA) at the University of Wisconsin- Madison invites applications for multiple postdoctoral research associate positions with research interests in one or more of the following areas: applying advanced demographic and econometric methods to understand the importance of place of birth on later life health and mortality estimating …