Themes

Aging and the Life Course

Our theme on aging over the life course is attentive to the dynamic linkages between early life exposures and how their effects unfold as people age.

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Biodemography

Biodemography integrates biological and social demographic processes to better understand their interplay in health and aging outcomes, with a special focus on including combining genetic and social measures and theories as well as understanding the determinants and impacts of the human microbiome on health.

More information on our work on biodemography and the UW Initiative in Social Genomics can be found here.

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Determinants of Disparities of Aging Trajectories

Determinants of Disparities of Aging Trajectories seeks to understand disparities in levels, variation, and trajectories of health outcomes between groups based on race/ethnicity, sex, urban/rural, socioeconomic and other dimensions.

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Health Economics and Health Services Research

Health Economics and Health Services Research takes advantage of the broad and deep expertise across multiple departments at the University to produce innovative work that increases our understanding of how health insurance, health care systems and technologies, health behaviors and related processes and choices jointly shape outcomes of aging.

CDHA also hosts a research group on this topic. Information on members and events can be found here.

Impacts of Place on Aging Processes

Impacts of Place on Aging Processes seeks to increase our understanding on how histories of geographic, policy, and environmental exposures together shape health and aging trajectories.

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CDHA also hosts a research group on this topic. Information on members and events can be found here.

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