Center on Population Health and Aging
CPHA News
April 26, 2005
Faculty Honors and Awards
Keith Whitfield - Member, Institute of Medicine Committee on Assessing Interactions Among Social, Behavioral, and Genetic Factors on Health, Bethesda, MD.
Scott Hofer, Visiting Professor, Department of Gerontopsychology, June-July, 2005, University of Zurich.
Duane Alwin has been appointed to a three year term to the editorial board of Public Opinion Quarterly, effective March, 2005.
Mark Hayward was appointed to the Steering Committee, Tobacco Related Health Disparities Research Network supported by the National Cancer Institute. He also was appointed to the Advisory Board for an NIA-supported P01 project on the "Genetics of Aging" (Michal Jazwinsky, PI, Louisiana State University Medical Center).
Invited Presentations at Other Universities
Mark Hayward lectured on the social and biological pathways connecting childhood with adult onset of diabetes. Biodemography seminar series, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Presentations at Professional Conferences
Papers presented at the 2005 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Philadelphia, PA.
- "Beyond Washington Heights: Identities, Language and Economic Outcomes of Dominicans in a New Destination" Leif Jensen, Sal Oropesa, Jeffrey H. Cohen, and Jacqueline Toribio
- "Age-Specific Contributions to Changes in the Period and Cohort Life Expectancy." Vladimir Canudas-Romo and Robert Schoen, Pennsylvania State University
- "Childhood Influences on Diabetes among Older Americans." Latrica Best, Mark Hayward, and Mira Hidajat
- "Nonresident Fathers' Contributions to Adolescent Well-Being." Valarie King and Juliana M. Sobolewski
- "Pre-Divorce Factors Related to Post-Divorce Father-Child Relationship Quality." Mindy E. Scott and Alan Booth
Duane Alwin will present two papers at the 60th annual meetings of the American Association of Public Opinion Research, Miami Beach FL, May 12-15, 2005. The first paper (with Ryan McCammon) is titled "Survey Question Length and the Reliability of Measurement"5, 2005. The second paper (with Ryan McCammon, Willard Rodgers and Halimah Hassan) is titled "Aging and Errors of Measurement in Surveys: The Case of Self-Reports of Health."
Duane Alwin (with Ryan McCammon) will present a paper titled "Demographic Issues in Research on Cognitive Aging" at the International Conference on Cognitive Aging Research, University Park PA, May 20-22, 2005.
Duane Alwin and Linda Wray will present a paper titled "Social Inequalities and Metabolic Disorders" at the 100th annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia PA, August, 2005.
Recent Publications
Duane Alwin and Linda Wray (with Ryan McCammon and Williard Rodgers) recently completed a book manuscript titled The Aging Mind in Social and Historical Context available through the Population Research Institute.
Shanahan, M. J., & Hofer, S. M. (2005). "Social context in gene-environment interactions: Retrospect and prospect." Journal of Gerontology: Behavioral and Social Sciences, 60B (Special Issue I), 65-76.
Short, Pamela Farley, Joseph Vasey, and Kaan Tunceli. "Employment Pathways in a Large Cohort of Adult Cancer Survivors." Cancer 103:1292-1301. See press release.
Other Major Activities
Duane Alwin and Scott Hofer have organized an International Conference on Cognitive Aging Research that will be held at the Penn Stater Conference Center, University Park PA, May 20-22.
Duane Alwin organized a session titled, "Milestones in Life Course and Aging" for the section on Aging and Lifecourse to be held at the 100th annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia PA, August, 2005.
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