Home page Department of Public Affairs Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Héctor Pifarré i Arolas is an Assistant Professor of Public Affairs. An applied population economist, his research lies at the intersection of demography and population economics. He studies the determinants and measurement of the fundamental demographic processes of fertility and mortality. A central theme …
Home page Department of Population Health Sciences Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography I am a physician epidemiologist, and Associate Professor at the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison. I maintain a regular, strong, and productive collaboration with investigators around the world. For over a decade my research has been focused in the epidemiology …
Home page Department of Population Health Sciences Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Dr. Burns’ work is motivated by an interest in understanding the consequences of federal and state Medicaid policy on the health and welfare of low-income adults defined in terms of access to health care, health and employment outcomes, and interactions with other social …
Home page Department of Population Health Sciences Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Maureen Durkin received her undergraduate degree and PhD in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her MPH and DrPH degrees in Epidemiology from Columbia University. Her research interests include the epidemiology, prevention, antecedents, and consequences of neurodevelopmental disabilities and childhood injuries, both …
Home page Department of Sociology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Jennifer Dykema is Faculty Director of the University of Wisconsin Survey Center (UWSC) and Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research focuses on survey methodology, social science measurement, and the collection of high-quality demographic and population data. Dykema’s research examines how the …
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 …
Home page Department of Public Affairs Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Jason Fletcher is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Public Affairs with appointments in Applied Economics and Population Health Sciences. A specialist in health economics, economics of education, social genomics, and child and adolescent health policy, Professor Fletcher focuses his research on examining social …
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 Collaborative for Reproductive Equity Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Jenny Higgins is the Bissell Professor of Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, where she also directs the Division of Reproductive and Population Health. Higgins leads the UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (www.core.wisc.edu), an interdisciplinary research initiative that …