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CPC at the 2019 Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) Conference
October 15, 2019The 2019 Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) Conference was held from Tuesday, October 1, 2019 - Friday, October 4, 2019 in Seattle, WA. All predoctoral trainees and postdoctoral scholars in the Biosocial Training Program attend IAPHS. This year, Iliya Gutin, a doctoral candidate in sociology and a predoctoral trainee at the Carolina Population…
Meet the Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellows elected in 2019
October 15, 2019From left to right: Song, Lauen, Su, Moulton, Sylvia, Rubalcaba. The Carolina Population Center's Faculty Fellows elected six UNC faculty members to join the CPC Fellows program in 2019. There are now 67 faculty fellows who sit across 16 academic departments. Douglas Lee Lauen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Policy. In…
Meet Postdoctoral Scholar Grace Noppert
October 11, 2019[caption id="attachment_15466" align="alignright" width="225"] Grace Noppert[/caption] Name: Grace Noppert Current title: Postdoctoral Scholar Years affiliated with CPC: 2018 - present Website: http://gracenoppert.web.unc.edu/ What projects are you currently working on? My work focuses on understanding social disparities in biological aging and biomarker-measured health, with a particular focus on the role of infections in these processes. I…
Strong family ties during teen years can help ward off depression in later life
October 7, 2019Teens who suffer from depression tend to fare better in years to come if they have supportive families. fizkes/Shutterstock.com Ping Chen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Kathleen Mullan Harris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Depression is a leading cause of disability and disease for people around the world. It often…
Fellow Spotlight: Douglas Lee Lauen
October 7, 2019[caption id="attachment_15236" align="alignright" width="225"] Douglas Lee Lauen[/caption] Douglas Lee Lauen joined the Carolina Population Center as a Faculty Fellow in 2019. Department: Public Policy (and Sociology, adjunct) Hometown: Denver, CO Tell us what projects you’re currently working on. I am finishing up work on a project evaluating early colleges in North Carolina. This project involves…
Fellow Spotlight: Sean Sylvia
September 19, 2019Sean Sylvia joined the Carolina Population Center as a Faculty Fellow in 2019. Sean Sylvia Department: Health Policy and Management Hometown: Prattville, AL Tell us what projects you’re currently working on. I’m currently working on a few different projects, mostly in China. One set of projects involves using unannounced standardized patients (SP) -- mystery shoppers…
Fellow Spotlight: Jessica Houston Su
September 19, 2019Jessica Houston Su joined the Carolina Population Center as a Faculty Fellow in 2019. Jessica Houston Su Department: Sociology, adjunct in Public Policy Hometown: Hinsdale, NH - a small town with a population of 4,000 people Tell us what projects you're currently working on. I’m working on a project that examines immigrant authorization status and…
Population Health in America: A Q&A with Robert Hummer
September 19, 2019Faculty Fellow Robert Hummer has co-authored a new book on population health. Robert Hummer Over the past 30 years, the life expectancy of people born in the United States has not kept pace compared to other large and wealthy countries. At the same time, socioeconomic disparities in health have increased, and disturbing differences in key…
New research links early-life mortality and family structure, education, income
July 10, 2019Jul 10, 2019 Published by University Communications Article published by Maternal and Child Health Journal A new study reveals substantially higher risks of death between ages 1-24 for children living in families with lower levels of parental education, lower levels of family income, and/or for those living in a single parent family - all independent…
CPC Fellow Hargrove receives Matilda White ESI Award
June 25, 2019Dr. Hargrove, an Assistant Professor of Sociology, looks at intersecting social inequalities and BMI trajectories from adolescence to early adulthood. CPC Faculty Fellow Taylor Hargrove has received a NIH Matilda White Early Stage Investigator Award and was honored at the NIH on June 6, 2019. Dr. Hargrove won the paper competition for her submission, “Intersecting…