CDE is pleased to report that we have received official approval from NICHD for five years of continued funding for our Center grant (2019-24). The Population Dynamics Research Infrastructure Program at NICHD advances the field …
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Interviewer-Respondent Interaction and Measurement of Health Outcomes
CDE affiliate Jen Dykema is embarking on a two-year research project funded by the National Science Foundation entitled “Effects of interviewers, respondents, and questions on survey measurement of health outcomes and health disparities.” In this …
Conference: Demographic Responses to Changes in the Natural Environment
Within the current context of global climate change, the study of how environmental changes are shaping individual behaviors related to human migration, mortality, and fertility is among the most pressing issues confronting population research and …
PAA 2019 Recap
Another great PAA annual meeting is in the books! At the conference, 57 affiliates, including 24 students and 6 postdocs, appeared on the conference program 98 times as part of a panel or poster. Graduate …
Graduate Students Accomplishments
CDE extends hearty congratulations to three of its graduate students, Isabel Pike, Esteban Quiñones, and Julia Thomas, on their recent awards and honors. Pike was named a Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellow in Women’s Studies for …
CDE Affiliates Receive University Honors
CDE affiliates Chao Fu and Jenna Nobles were among the 11 faculty members to receive H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellowships. The award recognizes faculty up to six years past their first promotion to a tenured …
New Grants for CDE Affiliates
Congratulations to the seven CDE affiliates who received new research grants, from both university and federal funders, this spring. The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education and the Wisconsin Alumni Research …
Student Profile: PhD Candidate Isabel Pike
Name: Isabel Pike, PhD candidate in sociology Hometown: Kampala, Uganda (that is where I spent my whole childhood until college but I was born in England and am a UK citizen) Educational background: Princeton University, …
New Grants and Awards for CDE Affiliates
CDE affiliates had a productive fall semester—congratulations to Michael Light, Katherine Curtis, Marcy Carlson, Malia Jones, Marguerite Burns, and Jenna Nobles for their new grants and awards. Michael Light (sociology; Chican@/Latin@ studies) received funding from …
Alberto Palloni Named 2019 IUSSP Laureate
Congratulations to Alberto Palloni, recipient of the 29th Laureate Award from the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP). Established in 1991 and awarded annually, the IUSSP Laureate Award recognizes the life-time achievements …