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U.S. Catholic hospitals saw more than 500,000 births in 2020, according to UNC-Duke research
April 10, 2023CPC at PAA 2023
March 28, 2023The Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America will be April 12-15, 2023 in New Orleans, LA. Listed below are the sessions presented by CPC Faculty Fellows, postdoctoral scholars, predoctoral and undergraduate trainees, and staff members. The final program is available (pdf). Thursday, April 13, 2023 8:00 – 9:15 AM Race, Color, and…
New Data Release from Add Health
March 27, 2023
Remembering Chirayath (Suchi) Suchindran
March 27, 2023Chirayath (Suchi) Madhavan Suchindran, Fellow Emeritus at the Carolina Population Center and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biostatistics, passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2023. [caption id="attachment_127890" align="alignright" width="300"] Chirayath M. Suchindran, PhD[/caption] Suchi was a mathematical demographer and served as the leading biostatistician in the statistical services core of the Carolina Population Research…
Fenaba Addo added to CFPB Academic Research Council
March 2, 2023
Adverse birth outcomes worse for foreign-born Latina mothers during Trump administration
March 1, 2023A number of studies have shown that the election of President Trump in 2016 generated harmful consequences for the health and well-being of Latinx people in the United States. Several students have linked Trump’s anti-immigrant and anti-Latinx policies with increased levels of stress and anxiety among Latinx people in the US, as well as a…
Disaster response should be equitable
February 20, 2023
New Add Health Data Release
February 20, 2023
A new study examines the impacts of small wildfires that can add up over time
February 15, 2023Summary of findings: Past studies have suggested that wealthier people are at higher risk from fires But, when you look at fire frequency, the opposite is true The impacts of small fires can add up over time – this is potentially exacerbated by the fact that we tend to focus only on the big, newsworthy…
As extreme weather events become more often and intensify, the number of people and places exposed to flooding events is likely to grow.
February 7, 2023As extreme weather events become more often and intensify, the number of people and places exposed to flooding events is likely to grow. But until now, surprisingly little was known about how floodplain development patterns vary across communities. [caption id="attachment_126641" align="alignright" width="150"] Miyuki Hino[/caption] A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina…
