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Ph.D., Professor, Biostatistics Dr. Suchindran's Curriculum Vitae
CPC Office: 509 Univ Sq East
CPC Phone Number: (919) 966-1723
Campus Office: 3103- McGavran-Greenberg
Campus Phone Number: (919) 966-7258
Email: suchindran@unc.edu |
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Chirayath Suchindran is a mathematical demographer and one of CPC's statistical advisors. His past U.S. research includes comparing methods of natural family planning; interrelationships of fertility, marital disruption, and remarriage; marital events and the life course in middle and older ages; consequences of childlessness; and effects on birthweight of work during pregnancy. He has examined infant mortality determinants in the Near East and effects of community factors on Mexican fertility. He is developing models to analyze child spacing, contraceptive acceptance, and breast-feeding effects on postpartum amenorrhea and conception rates in developing countries. He is investigating the age at which U.S. women complete childbearing, North Carolina infant mortality, and biosocial factors in teenage behavior. He serves as a member of the CPC Training Committee. He directs a statistical demography training program in biostatistics and teaches primary population courses. Suchindran recently completed a two-year term as president of the Triangle Area Population Society. His current methodological and research interests include developing methods for analyzing spatial temporal demographic data as well as partial birth history data. His current research projects include behavioral dynamics of HIV/AIDS in developing countries and the association between exposure to violence and partner violence related outcomes among adolescents. |
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Current CPC Grants and Contracts:
• Obesity Development and CVD Risk Factor Clustering in Filipino Women & Offspring
• Monitoring and Evaluation to Assess and Use Results (MEASURE Phase II)
• Frontier Migration and the Rural Environment in Ecuador
• Effects of Cash Transfer and Community Mobilization in Young South African Women
• Socioeconomic Disparities in Young Adult Health
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Information updated on 02/05/2009 |
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