Home page Department of Sociology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Felix Elwert, Ph.D., is a scholar of social inequality, social demography, and applied statistics. He develops methods of causal inference and conducts research on the contextual drivers of inequality, income, education, and health. Ever on the lookout for ways to coax causality from data, Elwert …
Home page Department of Sociology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Engelman’s research combines perspectives from the social sciences and public health to examine the social determinants of health and longevity. She is particularly interested in how social stratification (by socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, nativity, and geography) manifests in health and mortality inequities. Engelman is the Director of the …
My research examines how gender inequality in adult attainment is structured by specific early life course transitions linked to schooling, sexual initiation, and family formation. I have investigated these processes in a number of populations, but my recent work focuses on how they unfold in Sub-Saharan Africa. My research focuses on three sub-areas: (1) the …
Home page UC Berkeley Department of Demography Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography I am a professor of Demography at the University of California, Berkeley, and Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I study how people make decisions about migration and fertility and the implications of these decisions for population change. My current projects include …
Home page Department of Sociology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Additional title: Senior Researcher Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC-Spain) Alberto Palloni is conducting research in two areas. The first, is the formal modelling of adult health, disability and mortality effects of adverse early conditions (embryonic, in utero and shortly after birth). He develops macro …
Home page Department of Population Health Sciences Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Paul Peppard joined the faculty of the Department of Population Health Sciences in 2008. He holds MS degrees in Preventive Medicine and Statistics, and a PhD degree in Epidemiology from UW-Madison. Dr. Peppard conducts NIH-funded epidemiologic research into the causes and consequences of …
Home page Department of Bacteriology Additional information Google Scholar profile Biography CDE Research Area Affiliation: Biodemography Selected Publications: Lungova, Vlasta, Madhu Gowda, Jessica M. Fernandez, Stephanie Bartley, Anumitha Venkatraman, Federico E. Rey, and Susan L. Thibeault. “Contribution of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae and Streptococcus salivarius to vocal fold mucosal integrity and function.” Disease Models & Mechanisms 17, no. 7 …
Home page Department of Public Affairs Additional information Google Scholar profile Biography Barbara Wolfe (Bobbi) is the Richard A. Easterlin Professor of Economics, Population Health Sciences, and Public Affairs and Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Research on Poverty. Her research focuses broadly on poverty and health issues. Wolfe’s current projects examine whether housing voucher …