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New research looks at kindergarten vaccination rates in California

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

D4I at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference 2023

Lessler to Co-Lead Atlantic Coast Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Analytics (ACCIDDA)

The Psychosocial Resources Caregivers Need to Provide Nurturing Care

Faculty 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

CHAPEL 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

The 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

Boyce Receives $4.4 Million to Lead a Malaria Intervention Project in Uganda Following Extreme Weather Events

New research examines intergenerational support between parents and children throughout adulthood

New 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

A 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