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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field: The Deaths America Treats as Normal

On January 29, 2021, Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and a Faculty Member of the Minnesota Population Center, will present as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series.

Chris Wildeman: Does Incarceration Shape Trust in the State, Community Engagement, and Civic Participation?

On February 12, 2021, Chris Wildeman, Professor of Sociology at Duke University, will present "Does Incarceration Shape Trust in the State, Community Engagement, and Civic Participation?" as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members.

Matt Hauer: Causal Inference in Population Trends: Searching for Demographic Anomalies in Big Data

On February 19, 2021, Matt Hauer, an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Florida State University who studies the impacts of climate change on society, will present "Causal Inference in Population Trends: Searching for Demographic Anomalies in Big Data" as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members.

John Batsis: The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts? The Importance of Fat and Muscle in the Aging Process.

On February 26, 2021, John Batsis, an Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gillings School of Global Public Health, will present "The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts? The Importance of Fat and Muscle in the Aging Process" as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members.

Michal Engelman: Deaths, Disparities, and Cumulative (Dis)Advantage: How Social Inequities shape an Impairment Paradox in Later Life

On March 5 2021, Michal Engelman, an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present "Deaths, Disparities, and Cumulative (Dis)Advantage: How Social Inequities shape an Impairment Paradox in Later Life" as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members.

Craig Hadley: Food insecurity and mental wellbeing: What role does culture play in explaining the association?

On March 26, 2021, Craig Hadley, Winship Distinguished Research Professor at Emory University, will present "Food insecurity and mental wellbeing: What role does culture play in explaining the association?" as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members.

Margaret Sheridan: Deprivation and threat, testing conceptual model of adversity exposure and developmental outcomes

On April 9, 2021, Margaret Sheridan, an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present "Deprivation and threat, testing conceptual model of adversity exposure and developmental outcomes" as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. 

Ross Boyce: Geography as Destiny: Malaria in the Highlands of Western Uganda

On April 16, 2021, Ross Boyce, a Fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, will present "Geography as Destiny: Malaria in the Highlands of Western Uganda" as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members.