Between 1987 and 2003, the NSFH collected data on family living arrangements in childhood, departures and returns to the parental home, and histories of marriage, cohabitation, education, fertility, and employment. All three waves of data are now …
Aug/Sept 2018
New Study to Examine Place of Birth, Health, and Mortality at Older Ages
Congratulations to Katherine Curtis (community and environmental sociology; Applied Population Lab), Michal Engelman (sociology), Jason Fletcher (public affairs; sociology), Alberto Palloni (sociology), and Malia Jones (Applied Population Lab; CDE) on receiving an R01 grant from the National Institute on Aging. Fletcher and Palloni …
New Affiliates Join CDHA
Since May, 18 new affiliates, representing 12 different departments, joined the Center’s ranks. CDHA also welcomed a new NIA postdoctoral fellow, Katie Jajtner, who came to Madison after completing her doctoral work at Fordham University. …
Cluster Hiring Initiative in Social Genomics
The Initiative in Social Genomics is one of six successful proposals for Cluster Hires at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The aim is for UW to become home to the largest and most innovative group of researchers pursuing …
CDHA Welcomes New Director
The CDHA executive committee has selected Jason Fletcher to become the Center’s next director, effective this month. The Center has been funded through the National Institute on Aging for nearly 20 years. Fletcher is Romnes …