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Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie testifies before U.S. Senate

December 18, 2023

On December 14th, Faculty Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie (Nutrition) testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on the topic of “What is fueling the diabetes epidemic?” You can see her testimony here.  

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Faculty Fellow Batsis participates in National Council on Aging Roundtable on Obesity and Equitable Aging

November 27, 2023

Faculty Fellow Dr. John Batsis participated in a National Council on Aging Roundtable on Obesity and Equitable Aging on November 15, 2023. The goals of the roundtable were to: — to shift the mindset on obesity so it is addressed … Read more

National Council on Aging Roundtable on Obesity and Equitable Aging

Faculty Fellow Perreira co-authors report on improving safety net benefit access for immigrant families in North Carolina

November 15, 2023

Many immigrant families face an array of barriers to enrolling in safety net programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Some are universal structural barriers that many program applicants confront navigating complex enrollment systems. Others are unique … Read more

Publications

Pop Sci Summer

October 23, 2023

Amelia Maani, Alexis Siegler, Stephanie Forlemu, Sara Ahmed, and Samuel Kornylak Five of the 2023 Carolina Population Center summer undergraduate interns: Amelia Maani, Alexis Siegler, Stephanie Forlemu, Sara Ahmed, and Samuel Kornylak. (photos by Caroline Bittenbender | composite by Corina Prassos)

Exposure to a large-scale disaster affects cortisol levels more than a decade later

October 16, 2023

Exposure to a large-scale disaster, such as a tsunami, impacts population health over a decade later. A new study by an inter-disciplinary team of researchers in the United States and Indonesia has found that women who lived along the coast … Read more

immediate and longer-term consequences of the 2004 Sumatran-Andaman earthquake and tsunami and recovery efforts.

Demography Daze is Back!

October 16, 2023

Demography Daze participants

CPC at University Research Week

October 11, 2023

University Research Week will take place at UNC from October 23-27. You can see all events here. Below, we have listed all of the events that feature an affiliate of the Carolina Population Center. Galapagos Seed Grant Program 2023-34 Q&A … Read more

University Research Week at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

New research looks at kindergarten vaccination rates in California

October 6, 2023

In 2016, a California policy (Senate Bill 277) eliminated nonmedical vaccination exemptions for school entry. Afterwards medical exemptions for kindergarteners increased, and California tightened restrictions on medical exemptions through two Senate bills (collectively SB276) passed in 2019. A new research … Read more

girl about to receive vaccine