Carolina Population Center

The Theory of Change and Response: A New Agenda for Research on Population and Development in Africa
2015-04-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
The Theory of Change and Response: A New Agenda for Research on Population and Development in Africa
Dr. Yves Charbit, Professor Emeritus of Demography, University of Paris, Descartes

Selection In Utero and Quality of Surviving Males in Historical and Modern Societies
2015-04-17 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Tim-Allen Bruckner, Assistant Professor of Public Health & Planning, Policy and Design, University of California, Irvine

Competing Risk Data Analysis
2015-04-10 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. C. Suchindran, Professor of Biostatistics, UNC-CH; Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center

The Far-Reaching Impact of Job Loss and Unemployment
2015-03-27 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Jennie Brand, Associate Professor of Sociology, UCLA; CPC Training Program Alumna

Early Environments, Inflammation, and the Perpetuation of Health Disparities within and Across Generations
2015-03-20 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Thomas McDade, Professor of Anthropology & Director, Laboratory for Human Biology Research, Northwestern University; CPC Training Program Alumnus

Longitudinal and Multilevel Methods for the Multinomial Logit Model
2015-02-20 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. David Guilkey, Cary C. Boshamer Professor of Economics, UNC-CH; Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center

No Control Group, No Problem? Using Natural Experiments to Evaluate National-Level Nutrition Initiatives in the U.S. and Mexico
2015-02-13 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Lindsey Smith, Research Assistant Professor of Nutrition, UNC-CH; CPC Training Program Alumna

The Perils of Precarity: The Impacts of Insecure Work on Individuals and Families in Industrial Societies
2015-02-06 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Arne Kalleberg, Professor of Sociology, UNC-CH; Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center

An Overview of Instrumental Variables (IVs) in the Social Sciences
2015-01-30 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Bollen, Henry Rudolph Immerwahr Professor of Psychology & Sociology, UNC-CH; Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center

Linking Microfinance and Cell Phone Technology to Promote Optimal Breastfeeding Practices in Nigeria
2015-01-23 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Valerie Flax, Research Assistant Professor of Nutrition, UNC-CH

Identity Categories and Identity Construction in Demographic Research
2015-01-15 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. David Kertzer, Paul Dupee University Professor of Social Science & Professor of Anthropology and Italian Studies, Brown University

Intergenerational Socioeconomic and Cultural Determinants of Latino Health: The NINOS Study
2014-11-14 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Allison Aiello, Professor of Epidemiology, UNC-CH; Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center

Social, Biological, and Environmental Linkages
2014-11-07 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Linda Adair, Professor of Nutrition, UNC-CH; Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center

Environmental Contaminants and Inequality in Chronic Disease Morbidity: Arsenic and Cardiometabolic Risk
2014-10-31 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Michelle Mendez, Assistant Professor of Nutrition, UNC-CH; Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center

Incorporating Geographic Context into Randomized Controlled Trials: The Case of the Oral Cholera Vaccine
2014-10-24 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Michael Emch, Professor and Chair of Geography, UNC-CH; Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center

Compression of Morbidity: Change over Time in the Morbidity Process
2014-10-10 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Eileen Crimmins, AARP Professor of Gerontology, University of Southern California

The Demography of Natural Disasters: What Can We Learn from DesInventar?
2014-10-03 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Mark Montgomery, Professor of Economics, Stony Brook University; Senior Associate, Population Council

Economic Boom, Population Aging, and Policy Shift: What’s Ahead for China?
2014-09-26 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Yong Cai, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UNC-CH; Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center

MEASURE Evaluation: The Next Five Years
2014-09-19 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Jim Thomas, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, UNC-CH; Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center; Director, MEASURE Evaluation

Psychosocial Influences on Clinical Outcomes Among Adults Living with HIV
2014-09-12 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Brian Pence, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, UNC-CH

New Methods for Soliciting Responses to Sensitive Questions: Evidence from Adolescent Surveys in Ethiopia
2014-09-05 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. David Lindstrom, Professor of Sociology, Brown University
