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 of population dynamics research by increasing the scientific impact of research, increasing competitiveness for peer-reviewed external funding, developing junior scholars, …
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 research, Dykema and her colleague, former CDE student Dana Garbarski (Loyola University-Chicago) will examine the dimensions and impacts of interviewer …
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 policy. CDE and the Applied Population Laboratory at UW–Madison will co-host an exciting conference – Demographic Responses to Changes in …
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 student Renee Kramer and faculty affiliate Deborah Ehrenthal won a best poster award for “Understanding Associations Between State-Level Policy Factors and …
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 2019. The competitive award supports the final year of dissertation writing for doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences …
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 position and comes with $60,000 in research funds that may be spent over five years. Three affiliates, Christine Schwartz, Jason …
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 Foundation awarded seventeen new projects funding in the fifth round of the UW2020 Initiative. The competitive grant program supports collaborative, …
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 the National Science Foundation for the new project, “Immigration, Legal Status, and Criminal Adjudication in State Courts.” Using the California …
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 of outstanding IUSSP members in advancing population science and rendering distinguished service. After completing a PhD in 1977 at the …
We are pleased to announce that the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) renewed CDE’s center grant (P2C HD047873) for 2019–24, continuing a nearly half-century tradition of infrastructure support from the federal government. CDE’s research and training efforts have provided foundational information about the health and well-being of individuals, …