The Center for Demography of Health and Aging at the University of Wisconsin- Madison invites applications for a NIH-funded postdoctoral traineeship. The program develops the research and professional skills of recent PhDs with interests in the social, economic, geographic, and biological determinants of longevity and health. There is an emphasis on the study of genetic …
CDHA NIA T32 Postdoctoral Scholar Gina Lee has been honored with the Institute on Aging’s Young Investigator Award for her research exploring how social relationships in midlife shape well-being later in life. Her award-winning poster, “Persistent Sibling Disconnectedness in Midlife and Cognitive Functioning in Later Life: Is Loneliness an Explanatory Factor?”, was presented at the …
We are currently inviting applications for an NIH/NIA-funded postdoctoral traineeship beginning in summer or fall 2026! This position offers advanced training in the demography of aging and the life course, providing an exceptional environment for independent research, collaboration with CDHA faculty mentors, and engagement with leading longitudinal studies such as the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), …
Jan 22 Katherine Magnuson, Ethically Collecting Your Own Data Jan 29 CDE/CDHA Leadership, Goings on at NIH (15 minutes) Jeff Smith, Non-Sampling Variation Feb 5 Fabien Accominotti, Experiments for Demographers Feb 12 Steven Alvarado (Notre Dame), Working Ethically with Federally Restricted Longitudinal Data Feb 19 No Dem Training Feb 26 Ariel Azar (Purdue), Effective Time …