People Type: health and the life course

Kind, Amy

Home page Department of Geriatrics Additional information NCBI My Bibliography Biography I am an Associate Professor at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, founding Director of the UW Department of Medicine Health Services and Care Research Program and Director of the Madison VA Dementia and Cognitive Care Clinic. As a practicing geriatrician and …

Mullahy, John

Home page Department of Population Health Sciences Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography I am a health economist and Professor of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with affiliate appointments in: the La Follette School of Public Affairs; the Department of Risk and Insurance in the Wisconsin School of Business; the Center for Demography …

Nobles, Jenna

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 …

Palloni, Alberto

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 …

Peppard, Paul

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 …

Robert, Stephanie

Home page School of Social Work Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Professor Robert’s research focuses on how social and economic aspects of people’s lives affect their health and well-being over the life course. Many of her publications focus on how neighborhood context affects health and contributes to socioeconomic and racial health disparities. Her focus is …

Wang, Yang

Home page Department of Public Affairs Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography As a health economist, my research focuses on understanding how individuals make health-related decisions, the implications of their decision-making process for policy-makers, and health effects of various public policies. As an affiliate of the Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE), I have worked on …

Ward, Kelly Marie

Home page Department of Sociology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Kelly Marie Ward is an Assistant Professor in the Gender & Women’s Studies and Sociology departments at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She studies the organizational features of abortion and reproductive healthcare with an emphasis on low status workers. She has published in the …

Wolfe, Barbara L.

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 …