BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Carolina Population Center - ECPv6.3.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Carolina Population Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Carolina Population Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210423T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210423T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20210104T162711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210421T140720Z UID:37812-1619179200-1619182800@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:Nancy Krieger: COVID-19\, structural racism\, embodied histories\, and the two-edged sword of data: structural problems require structural solutions DESCRIPTION:On April 23\, 2021\, Nancy Krieger\, Professor of Social Epidemiology\, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences\, and Director of the HSPH Interdisciplinary Concentration on Women\, Gender\, and Health.\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\, will present “COVID-19\, structural racism\, embodied histories\, and the two-edged sword of data: structural problems require structural solutions” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-2021 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. \nSuggested readings from Dr. Krieger \nAbstract: \nCOVID-19 has pulled the thread\, starkly revealing both profound connections – and profound divisions – both within the US and within and between countries worldwide\, with risk of infection\, illness\, and death profoundly and inequitably socially structured. Analyzing and acting to alter the myriad ways in which structural racism systemically generates health inequities\, including for COVID-19\, requires engaging with the two-edged sword of data. This sword cuts deeply with respect to the profound challenges of conceptualizing\, operationalizing\, and analyzing the very data deployed – i.e.\, racialized categories – to document racialized health inequities. In my presentation\, I use the example of COVID-19 to dissect the sword’s two edges: (1) the non-use (Edge #1) and (2) problematic use (Edge #2) of data on racialized groups – but the point is data for health justice. Because structural problems require structural solutions\, for both data and action for health justice\, I conclude with recommendations for a new feasible enforceable institutional mandate for the reporting and analysis of publicly-funded work involving racialized groups and health data. A core requirement is that racialized health data must always be conceptually justified and analyzed in relation to relevant data about racialized societal inequities. A new opportunity arises as US government agencies re-engage with their work\, with a stated commitment to racial and economic justice\, to move forward with structural measures to sharpen and strengthen the work for health equity. \nBio: \nNancy Krieger is Professor of Social Epidemiology and American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor\, in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) and Director of the HSPH Interdisciplinary Concentration on Women\, Gender\, and Health. She received her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989. Dr. Krieger is an internationally recognized social epidemiologist\, with a background in biochemistry\, philosophy of science\, and the history of public health\, combined with over 35 years of activism linking issues involving social justice\, science\, and health. In 2004\, she became an ISI highly cited scientist (reaffirmed: 2015 ISI update)\, a group comprising “less than one-half of one percent of all publishing researchers\,” and in 2019 she was ranked as being “in the top 0.01% of scientists based on your impact” for both total career and in 2017 by a new international standardized citations metrics author database\, including as #1 among the 90 top scientists listed for 2017 with a primary field of public health and secondary field of epidemiology (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384). In 2013 she received the Wade Hampton Frost Award from the Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association\, and in 2015\, she was awarded the American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professorship\, which was renewed in 2020; also in 2020\, she was awarded the American College of Epidemiology’s “Outstanding Contributions to Epidemiology” award. \nInformed by an analysis of the history and politics of epidemiology and public health\, Dr. Krieger’s work addresses three topics: (1) conceptual frameworks to understand\, analyze\, and improve the people’s health\, including her ecosocial theory of disease distribution\, focused on embodiment and equity; (2) etiologic research on societal determinants of population health and health inequities\, including structural racism and other types of adverse discrimination; and (3) methodologic research to improve monitoring of health inequities. She is author of Epidemiology and The People’s Health: Theory and Context (Oxford University Press (OUP)\, 2011) and editor for the OUP series “Small Books Big Ideas in Population Health” (starting with Political Epidemiology & The People’s Health\, by Jason Beckfield\, OUP\, 2018; Climate Change & The People’s Health\, by Sharon Friel\, OUP\, 2019; and Critical Epidemiology & The People’s Health by Jaime Brielh\, OUP\, 2021). She also is editor of Embodying Inequality: Epidemiologic Perspectives (Baywood Press\, 2004) and co-editor\, with Glen Margo\, of AIDS: The Politics of Survival (Baywood Publishers\, 1994)\, and\, with Elizabeth Fee\, of Women’s Health\, Politics\, and Power: Essays on Sex/Gender\, Medicine\, and Public Health (Baywood Publishers\, 1994). In 1994 she co-founded\, and still chairs\, the Spirit of 1848 Caucus of the American Public Health Association\, which focuses on links between social justice and public health. \n  \nWe record as many videos as possible. You can see previous events here. \nThis event will be held on Zoom. You can register here. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. \n  URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/nancy-krieger-structural-racism-and-peoples-health-history-and-context-matters/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Nancy-Krieger_photo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210416T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210416T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20210104T162725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210121T135259Z UID:37808-1618574400-1618578000@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:Ross Boyce: Geography as Destiny: Malaria in the Highlands of Western Uganda DESCRIPTION:On April 16\, 2021\, Ross Boyce\, a Fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine\, will present “Geography as Destiny: Malaria in the Highlands of Western Uganda” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year\, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members. \nAbstract: \nMalaria remains one of the leading cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality in Uganda\, despite the availability of effective prevention measures\, diagnostic tools\, and treatments. The development of new interventions to achieve further progress against the disease requires a detailed knowledge of the geographic factors that drive transmission as well as an intricate understanding of the existing public health systems that provide frontline care. Nowhere are these factors more important than in western Uganda\, where the highland terrain creates micro-environments of intense transmission\, while also imposing significant barriers to service delivery and care seeking. \nBio: \nDr. Ross Boyce is a Fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He is a native of Clemmons\, North Carolina\, having graduated Magna Cum Laude from Davidson College with Honors in Chemistry. After graduation\, Dr. Boyce was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in the United States Army\, eventually rising to the rank of Captain. He completed two deployments to Iraq\, where he served in a variety leadership positions including Reconnaissance Platoon Leader\, Operations Officer\, and Civil-Military Officer. For his service\, Dr. Boyce was awarded three Bronze Star Medals\, including one with a Valor Device for heroism in combat. \nUpon leaving the military\, Dr. Boyce attended medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Between his third and fourth years of medical school\, Dr. Boyce completed a M.Sc. In Public Health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine\, focusing his thesis on the control of Dengue vectors. Dr. Boyce completed his medical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital\, where together with his partners at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) and Epicentre Mbarara Research Base\, he has worked to establish an active malaria research program in the highlands of Western Uganda. \nDr. Boyce’s research focuses on the epidemiology of malaria and vector-borne diseases in East Africa\, particularly in rural\, underserved communities. He is interested in the expanding field of implementation science with the intent of developing and operationalizing evidence-based practices to improve care delivery and optimize limited resources. Currently\, Dr. Boyce has two areas of active investigation. The first is an evaluation of multiple antigen rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) to provide a semi-quantitative estimate of parasite density and ideally\, risk of severe malaria in order to guide management strategies at remote health facilities. A second area of investigation is the use of geographic information systems (GIS) to describe the spatial epidemiology of malaria and eventually identify and target “hotspots” via community-based interventions. Such work holds the potential to reduce local malaria transmission in a sustainable\, cost-effective manner\, while maximizing existing public health infrastructure such as community health workers. \nThis event will be held on Zoom. You can register here. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/ross-boyce-geography-as-destiny-malaria-in-the-highlands-of-western-uganda/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Rain_LowRes.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210409T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210409T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20210104T162749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210315T154845Z UID:37806-1617969600-1617973200@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:Margaret Sheridan: Deprivation and threat\, testing conceptual model of adversity exposure and developmental outcomes DESCRIPTION:On April 9\, 2021\, Margaret Sheridan\, an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, will present “Deprivation and threat\, testing conceptual model of adversity exposure and developmental outcomes” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year\, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members. \nAbstract: \nExposure to childhood adversity is common and associated with a host of negative developmental outcomes as well as differences in neural structure and function. It is commonly posited that these social experiences “get under the skin” in early childhood\, increasing long-term risk through disruptions to biology. In this talk I propose a novel approach to studying the link between adversity\, brain development\, and risk for psychopathology\, the dimensional model of adversity and psychopathology (DMAP). In this model we propose that adversity exposure can be defined according to  different dimensions which we expect to impact health and well-being through different neural substrates. Whereas we expect deprivation to primarily disrupt function and structure of lateral association cortex (e.g.\, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and superior parietal cortex) and thus complex cognitive processing such as executive functioning. In contrast\, we expect threat to alter structure and function of subcortical structures such as the hippocampus and amygdala and midline regions associated with emotion regulation such as the ventral medial prefrontal cortex and thus\, associated emotion reactivity and automatic regulation processes. In a series of studies I test the basic tenants of the DMAP concluding that initial evidence\, using both a priori hypothesis testing and data-driven approaches is consistent with the proposed model. I conclude by describing future work addressing multiple dimensions of adversity and potential adjustments to the model. \nBio: \nMargaret Sheridan is an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the director of the Child Imaging Research on Cognition and Life Experiences Lab (CIRCLE Lab). Margaret’s research examines typical and atypical neurodevelopment of the prefrontal cortex and related systems supporting development of executive function across age. In particular within the CIRCLE lab we examine how early life experiences ranging from maltreatment to poverty or institutionalization impact neural development leading to risk for externalizing psychopathology. Our work has demonstrated that exposure to a variety of early life adversities are related to deficits in function of the prefrontal cortex and that different exposures may impact neural development in specific ways. In particular exposures to threat or violence may impact neural development and thus risk for externalizing psychopathology differently than exposures characterized by a lack of social interaction\, cognitive enrichment\, and complex linguistic experience. The CIRCLE lab uses multiple neuroimaging methods (e.g.\, EEG/ERP\, fMRI\, structural MRI) and multiple behavioral methods (e.g.\, cognitive testing\, structured clinical interview\, in home observation) to achieve these goals. \nThis event will be held on Zoom. You can register here. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/margaret-sheridan-tbd/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210326T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210326T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20210104T162812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210212T150210Z UID:37803-1616760000-1616763600@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:Craig Hadley: Food insecurity and mental wellbeing: What role does culture play in explaining the association? DESCRIPTION:On March 26\, 2021\, Craig Hadley\, Winship Distinguished Research Professor at Emory University\, will present “Food insecurity and mental wellbeing: What role does culture play in explaining the association?” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year\, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members. \nAbstract: \nUncertain access to food\, or food insecurity\, plagues low income households around the world and is especially prevalent and persistent in the Global South. Scores of studies have shown that food insecurity is consistently and robustly associated with poorer mental health. Scholars from public health nutrition and the social sciences have pitched two broad explanations for this association. One set of explanations links food insecurity to poor dietary quality which is posited to erode mental health.  A second set of explanations focuses on the social and cultural aspect of foods and suggests that food insecurity disallows individuals from achieving normative consumption behaviors\, which leads to stress and poor mental wellbeing. In this talk\, I discuss a project from Ethiopia and Brazil that attempts to tease apart these competing explanations and outline some of the challenges inherent in doing so. I conclude by offering some thoughts on how to meaningfully integrate culture into studies of health and wellbeing. \nBio: \nCraig Hadley is Professor of Anthropology at Emory University with research interests that center around the social and cultural production of health. He has worked in Tanzania and Ethiopia for two decades with a focus on carrying out mixed methods studies that explore the social determinants of health. He is increasingly interested in the ways in which the meaning people attribute to feelings\, objects\, and events impact their wellbeing. \nThis event will be held on Zoom. You can register here. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/craig-hadley-tbd/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210319T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20210104T153345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T185107Z UID:37801-1616155200-1616158800@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:Cassandra Davis: Moving from research to practice: A reflection on hurricanes\, schools\, and stakeholders DESCRIPTION:On March 19\, 2021\, Cassandra Davis\, Research Assistant Professor of Public Policy at UNC\, will present “Moving from research to practice: A reflection on hurricanes\, schools\, and stakeholders” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year\, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members. \nAbstract: \nIn 2020 alone\, FEMA declared ten major disaster declarations due to a hurricane or tropical storm across eight states and one U.S. territory.  Research suggest that our current decade will see more hydrological hazards will greater intensity as compared to years prior. With this detrimental shift in our communities\, how will schools fare in supporting the academic and emotional needs of their students and educators. In this presentation\, Dr. Davis will share findings from her study that investigated the impact of hurricanes on educators and students in Texas and North Carolina. She will conclude with her process on engaging stakeholders at the regional\, state\, and federal levels. \nBio: \nCassandra R. Davis\, Ph.D.\, is a research professor in the Department of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on the environmental disruptions to schooling\, specifically the impact of natural disasters on low-income\, communities of color. Dr. Davis’ goal is to support educators\, community leaders\, and policymakers to improve responses\, preparedness\, and recovery in areas with the highest need. Her most recent project focus on the impact of COVID-19 on schooling communities and First-generation college students. From 2017-2020\, Dr. Davis received funding from the National Science Foundation to explore the impacts of Hurricanes Florence (2018)\, Harvey (2017)\, and Matthew (2016)\, on schools\, educators\, and students. Dr. Davis has also collaborated with school districts to assist them with understanding and applying best practice strategies on topics related to recovering from natural hazards\, improving graduation rates of underrepresented groups\, supporting students with learning differences\, identifying opportunity and achievement gaps amongst students\, assessing the quality of professional development training for school personnel\, and investigating ways to improving school-parent engagement. \nThis event will be held on Zoom. You can register here. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/cassandra-davis/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/crd00.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210305T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210305T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20210104T162526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210120T230852Z UID:37796-1614945600-1614949200@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:Michal Engelman: Deaths\, Disparities\, and Cumulative (Dis)Advantage: How Social Inequities shape an Impairment Paradox in Later Life DESCRIPTION:On March 5 2021\, Michal Engelman\, an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, will present “Deaths\, Disparities\, and Cumulative (Dis)Advantage: How Social Inequities shape an Impairment Paradox in Later Life” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year\, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members. \nAbstract \nResearch on health across the life course consistently documents widening racial and socioeconomic disparities from childhood through adulthood\, followed by stabilization\, convergence\,or cross-overs in later life. This pattern appears to contradict expectations informed by cumulative(dis)advantage theory\, but may be a function of differential mortality risks earlier in the life course. Using the Health and Retirement Study\, we characterize the functional impairment histories of a nationally-representative sample of 8\,464 older adults between 1992-2016. Employing non-parametric analyses and discrete outcome multinomial logistic regressions\, we examine how midlife health and social position influence subsequent health change\, mortality and attrition at older ages. Exposures to disadvantages earlier in the life course are strongly associated with poorer functional health in midlife and with mortality. However\, a higher number of functional limitations in midlife is negatively associated with the accumulation of subsequent limitations for white men and women and for Black women\, but not Black men. The impact of social exposures such as educational attainment and marriage on later life health also differs across race and gender groups. The apparent convergence in later-life functional impairment across groups defined by race\, gender\, and socioeconomic status emerges from the impact of social and health inequities on earlier mortality. Higher exposure to disadvantages and a lower protective impact of advantageous exposures lead to higher mortality among Black Americans\, a pattern which in turn masks persistent health inequities later in life. \nBio \nEngelman is a demographer and gerontologist studying the dynamics of population aging and the determinants of longevity and well-being at older ages. Her work examines trajectories of health throughout the life course and their connection with changing aggregate patterns of mortality and morbidity over time. She is currently analyzing the implications of historical population change for contemporary health inequalities and developing a conceptual framework linking demographic and clinical notions of frailty and resilience with the sociological concept of cumulative disadvantage. \n  \nThis event will be held on Zoom. You can register here. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/michal-engelman-deaths-disparities-and-cumulative-disadvantage-how-social-inequities-shape-an-impairment-paradox-in-later-life/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/engleman.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210226T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210226T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20210121T194629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210212T150007Z UID:38106-1614340800-1614344400@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:John Batsis: The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts? The Importance of Fat and Muscle in the Aging Process. DESCRIPTION:On February 26\, 2021\, John Batsis\, an Associate Professor\, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gillings School of Global Public Health\, will present “The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts? The Importance of Fat and Muscle in the Aging Process” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year\, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members. \nAbstract: \nWith the population of adults aged 65 years and older increasing\, so is the prevalence of obesity and the risk of developing age-related loss of muscle mass and strength\, termed sarcopenia. These two disease entities independently increase a person’s risk for impaired physical function\, disability\, and death. Yet\, a subset is classified as having sarcopenic obesity which is thought to be at higher risk for synergistic complications from both sarcopenia and obesity. This presentation will initially describe the importance and consequences of obesity\, sarcopenia\, and the consequences of the two in older adults. The emerging literature on health promotion will be presented along with the critical gaps and existing barriers that need to be overcome to advance the field and translate findings into clinical practice. \nBiography: \nDr. Batsis is a geriatrician and health services researcher that recently joined the faculty at UNC Chapel Hill in September 2020. Previously\, he was on faculty at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth since 2008. He has considerable experience in large datasets analyses where he has evaluated important relationships between the changes observed in fat and muscle with aging (obesity and sarcopenia) on important outcomes relevant to older adults\, including mortality and physical function. His specific interests are in the synergistic impact of obesity and low muscle mass and strength\, sarcopenic obesity\, and has published extensively in this field. Dr. Batsis recently is a participating member on an International Consensus Definition workgroup for this syndrome. \nHis recent work has focused on translating large-dataset epidemiology-based work to clinical trials in older adults. He is focusing on obesity and the use of technology to improve one’s health. Dr. Batsis has a keen interest in health promotion through the lifecourse and has focused his interests in body composition changes during weight loss efforts. He has written explicitly on the importance of close monitoring in this population. Importantly\, he leverages his ongoing experience in providing clinical care in the outpatient and nursing home settings to older adults with multimorbidity and frailty which inform his research work. \nDr. Batsis is currently funded by the National Institute on Aging and has published over 140 papers. He has received several clinical and research accolades having received the New Investigator Award from the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and was selected to the prestigious TidesWell Emerging Leaders in Aging Program for mid-career faculty in geriatrics. He is heavily involved at the national level as a long-standing member of the research committee of AGS and the Gerontological Society of America\, and was a member of The Obesity Society’s Clinical Committee. He recently was appointed to the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society and the Journal of Gerontological Medical Sciences. \nThis event will be held on Zoom. You can register here. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/john-batsis-tbd/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Batsis-John.tdi_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210219T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210219T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20210104T162919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210212T150131Z UID:37790-1613736000-1613739600@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:Matt Hauer: Causal Inference in Population Trends: Searching for Demographic Anomalies in Big Data DESCRIPTION:On February 19\, 2021\, Matt Hauer\, an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Florida State University who studies the impacts of climate change on society\, will present “Causal Inference in Population Trends: Searching for Demographic Anomalies in Big Data” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year\, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members. \nAbstract \nThe proliferation of big data\, wider access to advanced computing platforms\, and the development of powerful statistical algorithms can uncover hidden anomalies in social data\, previously dismissed as noise. Here\, we combine causal inference techniques and abductive reasoning to identify fertility and mortality anomalies on twenty years of complete demographic data in the United States. We uncover real\, “hidden” baby booms/busts and mortality spikes/dips\, distinguishable from regular trend variations. We identify more than 22 and 156 fertility and mortality anomalies\, totaling more than 200k and 600k anomalous births and deaths\, respectively. Notable detectable mortality anomalies include the September 11 2001 terrorist attack in New York and the emergence and acceleration of the opioid epidemic in New Hampshire. Notable fertility anomalies include the “missing births” in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina and the reduction in fertility behavior after the September 2008 stock market crash in Connecticut\, amongst others. The combined causal inference and abductive reasoning approach can be readily adapted to find other\, undiscovered social phenomena or to evaluate the efficacy of important public policies \nBio \nI’m an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Florida State University and a faculty affiliate in the Center for Demography and Population Health. My expertise is at the intersection of demography\, migration\, population projections\, and climate change. My recent review article on Sea Level Rise and Human Migration describes one of the most costly and permanent consequences of climate change. \nI have twice received the E. Walter Terrie Award for the best paper on Applied Demography\, in 2015 Florida State University named me a Top 30 Under 30 Young Alumni\, and the University of Georgia awarded me an Excellence-in-Research Award for my dissertation on sea level rise and human migration. More than 270 media outlets have covered my research including Time Magazine\, the New York Times\, the Guardian\, the Washington Post\, and National Geographic. My publications appear in a diverse set of journals including Nature Climate Change\, Demography\, Environmental Research Letters\, Demographic Research\, Population and Environment\, Statistical Modelling\, and Population Research and Policy Review\, among others. Prior to arriving at FSU\, I spent nearly a decade directing the Applied Demography Program at the University of Georgia. https://mathewhauer.com/ \n  \n  \nThis event will be held on Zoom. You can register here. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/matt-hauer-causal-inference-in-population-trends-searching-for-demographic-anomalies-in-big-data/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210212T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20210104T152215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210212T161203Z UID:37799-1613131200-1613134800@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:Chris Wildeman: Does Incarceration Shape Trust in the State\, Community Engagement\, and Civic Participation? DESCRIPTION:On February 12\, 2021\, Chris Wildeman\, Professor of Sociology at Duke University\, will present “Does Incarceration Shape Trust in the State\, Community Engagement\, and Civic Participation?” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year\, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members. \nAbstract \nIn this article\, we provide the most complete assessment to date of how incarceration is associated with trust in the state\, community engagement\, and civic participation in the United States. Our analysis uses data from the Family History of Incarceration Survey (FamHIS) and is rooted in the theoretical and normative observation that\, while highly salient and immensely disruptive\, incarceration is one of many factors that might influence community and civic engagement and that incarceration can be mobilizing or demobilizing\, potentially leading to net zero effects. Ultimately\, the results support three conclusions. First\, own incarceration is associated with a deep distrust of state institutions even after adjusting for a host of confounders and matching on observed characteristics. Second\, family member incarceration is associated with distrust of state institutions\, but these differences are roughly half the magnitude of the associations tied to own incarceration. These first two conclusions strongly mirror findings from existing research\, suggesting that the FamHIS data can provide reliable estimates of how incarceration shapes community engagement and civic participation. Finally\, and in a significant break from most research in this area\, neither own incarceration nor family member incarceration is associated with any of the 14 indicators of community and political participation we consider in any of the 84 models we run on participation (14 outcomes\, 3 models per outcome\, models including own incarceration and family member incarceration). Although the cross-sectional nature of our data precludes strong causal claims\, we see this finding as providing vital evidence that while there may be heterogenous effects of incarceration on community engagement and civic participation\, it appears that these heterogenous effects largely cancel each other out. \nBio \n\nChristopher Wildeman is Professor of Sociology at Duke University and Professor at the ROCKWOOL Foundation Research Unit. His work focuses on the prevalence\, causes\, and consequences of contact with the criminal legal system and the child welfare system for families.\n\nThis event will be held on Zoom. You can register here. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/chris-wildeman-does-incarceration-shape-trust-in-the-state-community-engagement-and-civic-participation/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210205T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20210104T153146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210120T230641Z UID:37788-1612526400-1612530000@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:Ken Bollen and Iliya Gutin: What longitudinal model should I choose? DESCRIPTION:On February 5\, 2021\, Ken Bollen and Iliya Gutin will present “What longitudinal model should I choose?” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year\, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members. \nAbstract: \nWith the growing availability of longitudinal data comes the question of what model to use? In an ideal world\, theory and substantive arguments would be sufficiently clear to dictate one. But in practice\, there is little guidance and academic fads or the practice in researchers’ fields typically affect model choice. We illustrate how a general longitudinal model (LV-ALT) can help researchers in their selection. The LV-ALT model can specialize to other popular models such as the classic random or fixed effects\, growth curve models\, autoregressive\, latent difference scores\, and a variety of other hybrid structures. The LV-ALT model can help to defend the choice of one of these traditional models or it can suggest new hybrid models to consider.  We illustrate our results with Add Health NLYS79 data on self reported health and an analysis from a forthcoming Demography paper. \nBios: \nKenneth A. Bollen is the Henry Rudolph Immerwahr Distinguished Professor of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and the Department of Sociology. He is a Fellow of the Carolina Population Center and oversees the Methods Consulting Services. He has been at UNC since 1985. From 2000 to 2010\, he was the Director of the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science. \nBollen’s primary research focus is the creation and application of new statistical tools for the social and behavioral sciences with specializations in structural equation models\, latent variables\, and longitudinal modeling. Most of his current applications are in population and health studies. Google Scholar lists over 110\,000 citations to his work. His methodological contributions have been recognized by lifetime achievement awards in two disciplines\, Sociology (Paul F. Lazarsfeld Memorial Award for Distinguished Contributions in the Field of Sociological Methodology\, 2000) and Psychology (Career Award for Lifetime Achievement. Psychometric Society\, 2018). In 2019\, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University (Sweden). He is the former Chair of the National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Social\, Behavioral and Economic Sciences and is an elected Fellow in a number of scholarly organizations. \n  \nIliya Gutin is a doctoral candidate in sociology and predoctoral trainee at the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill\, having received his BA in Sociology at the University of Chicago and then worked at the NORC research organization as a research analyst. His current work focuses on the conceptualization\, definition\, and measurement of health\, illness\, and disease in medical and social research\, and how these decisions influence what it means to be “healthy” in a highly-dynamic and stratified society. Specifically\, his dissertation examines clinical\, epidemiologic\, and subjective ambiguity in our understanding of body weight as a health risk\, and how we can better account for this uncertainty in studying population health. Iliya hopes to continue this kind of work throughout his career\, collaborating with health researchers across different disciplines and backgrounds to achieve closer and more meaningful linkages between the health concepts\, issues\, and disparities we are interested in and the measures we have access to our data. \n  \nThis event will be held on Zoom. You can register here. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/ken-bollen-and-iliya-gutin/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210129T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20210104T162630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210125T205622Z UID:37786-1611921600-1611925200@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:Elizabeth Wrigley-Field: The Deaths America Treats as Normal DESCRIPTION:On January 29\, 2021\, Elizabeth Wrigley-Field\, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities\, and a Faculty Member of the Minnesota Population Center\, will present “The Deaths America Treats as Normal” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year\, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members. \nAbstract: \nThis talk explores racial disparities in mortality during U.S. pandemics\, using the 1918 flu and COVID-19 pandemics to develop general frameworks for understanding inequality in pandemic experiences—and what they reveal about inequality during ordinary\, non-pandemic times. The first part of the talk considers racial disparities during the most devastating respiratory pandemic of the 20th century\, the 1918 flu; shows that those disparities were surprisingly small; and develops new hypotheses\, grounded in social immunology\, to account for this anomaly. The second part of the talk pivots from 1918 to 2020. During the 1918 pandemic\, U.S. white mortality was still lower than U.S. Black mortality had been nearly every year. Today\, during the COVID-19 pandemic\, the same pattern holds: for white mortality in 2020 to reach the best-ever Black mortality levels would take 400\,000 excess deaths among whites. Using pandemic mortality as a measuring stick for racial disparities offers a new perspective on the measures we do — and do not — embrace in order to combat racial inequality. I use demographic mortality models to make a new\, demographically based case for reparations for racism. \nBio: \nElizabeth Wrigley-Field is a sociologist and demographer at the University of Minnesota\, specializing in racial inequality in mortality and historical infectious disease. She is also a quantitative methodologist\, developing models designed to clarify relationships between micro and macro perspectives on demographic relationships. \nThis event will be held on Zoom. You can register here. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/elizabeth-wrigley-field-the-deaths-america-treats-as-normal/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20210104T153728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T143849Z UID:37745-1611316800-1611320400@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:Fenaba Addo: Wealth Inequality in Young Adulthood: Higher Education\, Racial Disparities\, and Middle Class Status DESCRIPTION:On January 22\, 2021\, Fenaba Addo\, an Associate Professor of Public Policy at UNC\, will present “Wealth Inequality in Young Adulthood: Higher Education\, Racial Disparities\, and Middle Class Status” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year\, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members. \nAbstract: \nFor whom is higher education an engine of economic mobility? How should we value post-secondary education in a society with extreme wealth inequality and skyrocketing student loan debt? The message that post-secondary education is one of the strongest predictors of socioeconomic mobility\, for Black and Latinx young adults in particular\, is quite pervasive. It was not until recently\, however\, that we as society begin to grapple with amount of debt that individuals are having to take on in order to complete their post-secondary degrees. Using data of youth born in the early 1980s\, this new research examines racial inequality in wealth in young adulthood\, its relationship with higher education\, and what is means to be middle class. \nBio: \nFenaba R. Addo is an Associate Professor of Public Policy. Her work examines debt and wealth inequality with a focus on family\, relationships\, and higher education. She received her Ph.D. in Policy Analysis and Management from Cornell University and holds a B.S. in Economics from Duke University. Prior to joining UNC\, she was the Lorna Jorgensen Wendt Associate Professor of Money\, Relationships\, and Equality (MORE) in the Department of Consumer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. \nThis event will be held on Zoom. You can register here. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/fenaba-addo-wealth-inequality-in-young-adulthood-higher-education-racial-disparities-and-middle-class-status/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DSC03014.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201113T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20200729T144358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T145129Z UID:36705-1605268800-1605272400@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:Margaret Hicken: Landscapes of racial dispossession and control: Cultural and structural racism and population health inequities DESCRIPTION:On November 13\, 2020\, Margaret Hicken\, a Research Associate Professor at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center\, will present “Landscapes of racial dispossession and control: Cultural and structural racism and population health inequities” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year\, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members. \nAbstract: \nThe health inequalities between Black and White Americans have been well-documented for decades\, with much of the population and public health literature still focused on individual-level behaviors and health care. A small but growing literature has called for an emphasis on structural racism as the root driver of these inequalities\, but often focus solely on single institutional aspects of US structure\, on contemporary forms of racism\, and/or on the psychosocial impact of racism. In the Landscapes of Racial Dispossession and Control project\, historical and contemporary forms of racial violence are linked through notions of cultural racism to result in sustained racial health inequalities. Cultural racism is composed of our shared values\, ideologies\, and beliefs of what it means to be American. These value systems then shape the ways our interconnected and symbiotic institutions operate to create our social structure. In other words\, cultural racism shapes the structural answers to “Whose life counts?”. With a framework linking cultural and structural racism through history\, the fundamental drivers — and potential intervention points — of contemporary population health inequalities becomes clearer. \nBio: \nMaggie Hicken is an interdisciplinary population health scientist with training in both demography and epidemiology as well as molecular and cellular biology and population genetics. She examines notions of cultural and structural racism and their relation to health inequities through biological mechanisms. Much of her research to date has focused on cultural racism and the toxic burden of vigilance on the part of Black Americans as they navigate everyday White space as well as on modifying impact of biosocial stress on the association between environmental hazards and health. With her K01 award\, she gained training in population genetics and has examined the role of the social environment in the link between genes and chronic conditions. Further\, with her current R01-funded research\, she is examining the both historical and contemporary forms of residential segregation\, the interactive impact of social stressors and environmental hazards\, and DNA methylation patterns that might be associated with racial inequalities in aging. Through each thread of her research\, Dr. Hicken weaves together theory from the humanities\, legal studies\, and social science to clarify the root causes of racial health inequalities. \nThis event will be held on Zoom and is closed to the public. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/margaret-hicken-landscapes-of-racial-dispossession-and-control/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201016T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201016T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20200729T144017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T145105Z UID:36702-1602849600-1602853200@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:Tyson Brown: Structural Racism and Health Stratification in the U.S.: Connecting Theory to Measurement DESCRIPTION:On October 16\, 2020\, Tyson Brown\, an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and the director of the Center on Health & Society at Duke University\, will present “Structural Racism and Health Stratification in the U.S.: Connecting Theory to Measurement” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year\, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members. \nAbstract: \nDespite the centrality of structural explanations for understanding racialized inequality\, less than one percent of studies on the link between race and health have focused on structural racism. Moreover\, there has often been a disconnect between the conceptualization of structural racism in the race theory literature and the measurement strategies used in population health research.  This study advances the field by 1) synthesizing literatures on macro-level structural racism and population health to provide a theoretical framework for understanding the links between them\, 2) measuring macro-level structural racism in U.S. states across multiple domains\, including political participation\, education\, economics\, housing\, and the judicial system\, and 3) quantifying the effects of structural racism on multiple health outcomes among middle-aged and older Blacks and Whites. We use administrative data measuring state-level racial stratification linked to geocoded individual-level demographic and health data from the Health and Retirement Study (N=9\,126). Results show that structural racism is associated with worse health for Blacks but not Whites. By distilling the central tenets of structural racism theories and concretizing them in a way that improves our ability to measure structural racism\, this study demonstrates the utility of macro-level approaches to understanding the deleterious impact of racism on health. \nBiography: \nDr. Brown’s program of research examines the who\, when\, and how questions regarding ethnoracial inequalities in health and wealth. He has authored numerous articles in leading sociology and population health journals\, and his research contributions have been recognized with awards from the American Sociological Association. Brown is also the recipient of Duke University’s Thomas Langford Lectureship Award. In addition\, he has been awarded funding for his training and research from the Robert Wood Johnson and Ford Foundations as well as the National Institutes of Health. \nBrown is currently working on several projects that investigate macro-level factors and psychosocial mechanisms that underlie social inequalities in health. The first project\, “Structural Racism and Health Stratification in the U.S.: Connecting Theory to Measurement\,” is on the conceptualization and measurement of state-level structural racism and its effects on population health. The second project uses robust analytic techniques to quantify the contributions of socioeconomic adversity and stress processes to ethnoracial inequalities in health. \nProfessor Brown is actively engaged in service at the university and national level. He founded and co-organizes Duke’s Writing and ReseArch Productivity (WRAP) Group\, which aims to promote excellence in scholarship and support Black faculty by creating protected writing time and a space that enhances faculty inclusion and sense of community. Brown has also served in leadership position within professional organizational as well as on the editorial boards of top journals such as Social Forces\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, Journals of Gerontology\, and the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. \nThis event will be held on Zoom and is closed to the public. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/tyson-brown-talk-tba/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/image_3367982.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200925T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200925T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20200729T143307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T145041Z UID:36697-1601035200-1601038800@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:Chantel Martin: Embodying Place: Neighborhood Environment and Health Disparities DESCRIPTION:On September 25\, 2020\, Chantel Martin\, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Faculty Fellow at the Carolina Population Center\, will present “Embodying Place: Neighborhood Environment and Health Disparities” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year\, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members. \nChantel Martin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Faculty Fellow at the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As an epidemiologist\, Dr. Martin’s research seeks to uncover social and biological mechanisms of health disparities across the life course. By identifying the long-term health effects of social stressors\, her multidisciplinary research aims to improve health among racial/ethnic minorities and eliminate health disparities. Dr. Martin’s work currently investigates how social and environmental factors during early life stages\, such as pregnancy\, childhood\, and adolescence\, become biologically embodied to impact risk of chronic disease and health disparities within and across generations. Her research is currently supported by two NIMHD grants: the K99/R00 Pathways to Independence Award and the Social Epigenomics Research Focused on Minority Health and Health Disparities program. Chantel received her PhD in Epidemiology from UNC Chapel Hill and her MSPH from UNC Charlotte. \nHer talk will explore biological embodiment of the social environment\, its influence on cardiometabolic health\, and potential biological mechanisms that may partially explain associations. \nThis event will be held on Zoom and is closed to the public. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/chantel-martin-embodying-place-neighborhood-environment-and-health-disparities-2/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Chantel_Martin_Picture_2-e1575662249921.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200911T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200911T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T063527 CREATED:20200729T143637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T145013Z UID:36700-1599825600-1599829200@www.cpc.unc.edu SUMMARY:Tonia Poteat: Black Trans Lives Matter: Understanding and Addressing Embodied Inequalities DESCRIPTION:On September 11\, 2020\, Tonia Poteat\, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Medicine and Faculty Fellow at the Carolina Population Center\, will present “Black Trans Lives Matter:  Understanding and Addressing Embodied Inequalities” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This year\, the CPC Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will be open to both CPC members and Social Epidemiology program members.\n \nDescription \nAfter a brief overview of Dr. Poteat’s research on LGBTQ health inequities\, the majority of this presentation will focus on her current studies that use qualitative\, quantitative\, and clinical methods to elucidate mechanisms responsible for stigma-induced health inequities and identify effective interventions to reduce them. \nBiography \nTonia Poteat\, PhD\, PA-C\, MPH\, is Assistant Professor of Social Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill\, as well as core faculty in the UNC Center for Health Equity Research. After completing her PhD at Johns Hopkins\, Dr. Poteat served for two years in the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator as the Senior Advisor for Key Populations. Since returning to academia in 2014\, Dr. Poteat’s research\, teaching\, and practice have focused on HIV and LGBT health disparities with particular attention to the health and well-being of transgender communities. Her current work attends to the health consequences of stigma based on multiple marginalized identities. Dr. Poteat is a certified HIV Specialist by the American Academy of HIV Medicine and has devoted her clinical practice to providing medically appropriate and culturally competent care to members of the LGBTQ community as well as people living with HIV. In 2018\, she was selected for the Simmons Scholars Program which provides support for underrepresented faculty in medicine. \nThis event will be held on Zoom and is closed to the public. We will post a recording after the talk. You can see previous events here. URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/tonia-poteat-black-trans-lives-matter/ CATEGORIES:2020-21 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR