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New research looks at kindergarten vaccination rates in California
October 6, 2023In 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
The Psychosocial Resources Caregivers Need to Provide Nurturing Care
October 2, 2023Faculty Fellow Stephanie Martin recently co-authored a blog post entitled “The Psychosocial Resources Caregivers Need to Provide Nurturing Care: How Can We Help?” for USAID Advancing Nutrition, the Agency’s flagship multi-sectorial nutrition project. Martin and other researchers detail how nutrition … Read more
UNC Awarded $90 Million Global Health PEARL Project to Support Localized Generation and Use of Evidence and Data
September 27, 2023CHAPEL HILL, NC—The Carolina Population Center (CPC) of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was awarded a new $90 million cooperative agreement by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement the Global Health Program Evaluation, … Read more
New report on reducing intergenerational poverty from NASEM
September 25, 2023The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) recently convened a committee of experts to conduct a comprehensive study of intergenerational poverty in the United States. Faculty Fellow Fenaba Addo served as a member of the Committee, which released … Read more
2022 American Community Survey Release
September 18, 2023The US Census Bureau released the 2022 1-Year American Community Survey (ACS) data on September 14. The ACS is a rolling monthly survey that reports socioeconomic characteristics – income, poverty, educational attainment, commuting, etc. – of the population annually. ACS … Read more
New research examines intergenerational support between parents and children throughout adulthood
September 14, 2023New research by Anna Manzoni and Jane Lee published in Sociological Perspectives challenges the notion of complete independence as a necessary marker of adulthood. The two researchers examine how parents and children exchange both financial and housing resources over their … Read more
Researchers receive $25.3 million to study potential risks for Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease related dementias
August 15, 2023A team led by Kathleen Mullan Harris and Krista M. Perreira (MPIs) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Joseph Hotz and Naomi Duke (MPIs) at Duke University have received a five-year, $25.3 million National Institute on … Read more
Conghe Song named Chair of the Department of Geography and Environment
August 1, 2023Faculty Fellow Conghe Song has been named the new Chair of the Department of Geography and Environment. Song researches how socio-economic factors drive land-cover/land-use changes, and how the ensuing changes in ecosystem services feedback to influence people’s livelihoods.
Meet the Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellows elected in 2023
July 17, 2023The Carolina Population Center’s Faculty Fellows elected eight UNC faculty members to join the CPC Fellows program in 2023. Regina Baker, Sociology As a sociologist with training in both sociology and social work, Dr. Baker’s research is fundamentally concerned with … Read more
CPC welcomes new external affiliates
July 5, 2023The Carolina Population Center (CPC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has selected 11 population researchers from across North Carolina and South Carolina for external affiliate appointments. The external affiliates represent a broad array of institutions and … Read more
