Center on Population Health and Aging
CPHA News
February 20, 2006
Awards, Honors or Appointments
John Casterline was re-elected to a four-year term-2006-2009-to the (governing) Council of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP], the leading international demographic association.
Melissa Hardy completed her term as Chair of the Section on Behavioral and Social Sciences of the Gerontological Society of America at the 2005 GSA meetings in Orlando FL in November.
Scott Hofer was appointed as Consulting Editor of the journal, Multivariate Behavioral Research.
Carla Miller was appointed as Associate Director of the Penn State Diabetes Center beginning January, 2006.
Duane Alwin was appointed to a three-year term on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, beginning January, 2006.
Duane Alwin was appointed to a one-year term on the Margret Baltes Award Selection Subcommittee, Behavioral and Social Science Research Section, Gerontological Society of America, 2005-2006.
New Grant Awards:
Carla Miller was awarded a grant from General Mills Corporation for the study "Glycemic Index and Health Outcomes in a Nationally Representative Sample." The purpose of this study is to examine the relations among dietary intake, particularly the glycemic load of Americans' diets, body weight and metabolic outcomes. The dietary intake and characteristics of those who are normal and overweight will be compared.
Conferences and Professional Meetings
Paul R. Amato made an invited presentation, "Marital Conflict, Marital Instability, and Children's Well-Being," at a conference, "Studying Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics," held in Mannheim, Germany, July 22, 2005.
Paul R. Amato served as Discussant for session on "Development of Romantic Relationships during Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Links with Other Relationships and Adjustment," at the annual meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development, Atlanta, April 8, 2005.
Paul R. Amato presented the keynote address, titled "Long-Term Consequences of Divorce for Children" at the meetings of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, held in Sedona, Arizona, February 3, 2006.
Melissa Hardy presented a paper, "Older Workers in the U.S." at a conference titled "Ageing, Work and the Enterprise," held in Monte Verita, Switzerland, sponsored by Leopoldina-acatech-Arbeitsgruppe.
Scott Hofer made an invited presentation titled "Methodological Considerations and Approaches for Examining Aging-related Changes" at the Case Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center, Case Western Reserve University and Metro-Health Medical Center in October 2005.
Scott Hofer presented a paper titled "Strategies for Understanding Age and Aging" at a Research Symposium on Advancing Psychosocial and Health Services Research on Aging and Cancer, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, October 2005.
Scott Hofer and Andrea Piccinin made a presentation titled "Understanding Aging: Characteristics of Longitudinal studies, Levels of Analysis, and Latent Growth Curve Modeling Approaches" at the Gerontology Center Colloquium Series, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, October 2005.
Scott Hofer, L. Hoffman, M.J. Sliwinski, and A.M. Piccinin presented a paper titled "Short and Long-term Cognitive Change in Aging Individuals" at the annual meeting of the Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology, Lake Tahoe, CA, October 2005.
L. Hoffman, Scott Hofer, A.M. Piccinin and B. Johansson, B. presented a paper titled "Differential Change in Cognitive Functioning Relating to Age, Dementia Progression, and Time-to-Death: Results from the Octogenarian Twin Study of Aging" at the annual scientific meetings of the Gerontological Society of America Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 2005.
Scott Hofer, L. Hoffman, A.M. Piccinin, and B. Johansson presented a paper titled "Correlated and Coupled Cognitive Change: Results from the Octogenarian Twin Study of Aging" at the annual scientific meetings of the Gerontological Society of America Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 2005.
Scott Hofer gave an invited presentation titled "Understanding Lifelong Adaptation and Prevention: Integrating Longitudinal Evidence" at a research meeting of the Volkswagen Foundation, Hannover, Germany in February 2006.
Peter Kemper, France Priez, Pamela Farley Short, and Dennis Shea presented a paper titled "Does Medicaid Spending Matter?" at the annual scientific meetings of the Gerontological Society of America Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 2005.
Peter Kemper, Brigitt Heier, Joe Angelelli, Teta Barry, Diane Brannon, and Haiyan Wang presented a paper titled "Improving the Jobs of Frontline Workers in Long Term Care: What Do Workers Say?" at the annual scientific meetings of the Gerontological Society of America Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 2005.
Linda Wray organized and chaired a Symposium titled "Do Health-Promoting Behaviors Really Promote Health?" at the annual scientific meetings of the Gerontological Society of America in which she presented a paper (with Duane Alwin) on "Risky Health Behaviors, Social Status and Health," Orlando FL, November 2005.
Linda Wray, E.A. Beverly, Carla Miller, and Sherry Willis presented a poster titled "Spousal Support and Diabetes Management," at the annual meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando FL, November 2005.
Recent or Forthcoming Publications
Duane Alwin, Scott Hofer and Ryan McCammon. 2006. Modeling the Effects of Time: Integrating Demographic and Developmental Perspectives. In R.H. Binstock and L.K. George (Eds.), Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences (pp. 20-38). Sixth Edition. San Diego CA: Elsevier Inc.
Duane Alwin. (2005). Book review of Sociological Studies of Children and Youth (Oxford, UK), edited by Katherine Brown Rosier, Contemporary Sociology 34:553-554.
Duane Alwin, Ryan McCammon and Scott Hofer. (2006). Studying Baby Boom Cohorts within a Demographic and Developmental Context: Conceptual and Methodological Issues. In S.K. Whitbourne and S.L. Willis (Eds.), The Baby Boomers at Midlife: Contemporary Perspectives on Middle Age, Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc., Publishers. Forthcoming.
Paul R. Amato. (2005). The Impact of Family Formation Change on the Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Well-Being of the Next Generation. Future of Children 15: 75-96.
Juliana M. Sobolewski and Paul R. Amato. (2005). Economic Hardship in the Family of Origin During Childhood and Psychological Well-Being in Adulthood. Journal of Marriage and Family 67:141-156.
Paul R. Amato and Jacob Cheadle. (2005). The Long Reach of Divorce: Tracking Marital Dissolution and Child Well-Being Across Three Generations. Journal of Marriage and Family 67: 191-206.
Paul R. Amato and Shelley Irving. (2005). A Historical Perspective on Divorce in the United States. Pp. 41-58 in Mark Fine and John Harvey (Ed.), Handbook of Divorce and Relationship Dissolution. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Melissa Hardy. (2006). Older Workers. In R.H. Binstock and L.K. George (Eds.), Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences (pp. 201-218). Sixth Edition. San Diego CA: Elsevier Inc.
Scott Hofer and M.J. Sliwinski (2006). Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Studies of Aging. In J. E. Birren & K. W. Schaie (Eds.), Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (6th Edition; pp. 15-37). San Diego: Academic Press.
D.E. Bontempo, Scott Hofer, and F.R. Lawrence. (In press). Assessing Factorial Invariance in Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Studies. In A.D. Ong and M. van Dulmen (Eds.), Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology. Oxford University Press.
Scott Hofer and L. Hoffman. (In press). Statistical Analysis with Incomplete Data: A Developmental Perspective. In T. D. Little, J. A. Bovaird, and N. A. Card, (Eds.), Modeling Developmental Processes in Ecological Context. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Scott Hofer and A.M. Piccinin, (In press). Longitudinal Studies. In J. E. Birren (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gerontology (2nd Edition). Oxford: Elsevier Ltd.
Peter Kemper, Harriet L. Komisar, and Lisa Alecxih. (2006). Long Term Care over an Uncertain Future: What Can Current Retirees Expect? Inquiry, Forthcoming.
J.M. Sobolewski and Valarie King. (2005). The Importance of the Coparental Relationship for Nonresident Fathers' Ties to Children. Journal of Marriage and Family. 67:1196-1212.
D.N. Hawkins, Paul R. Amato, and Valarie King. (2006). Parent-Adolescent Involvement: The Relative Influence of Parent Gender and Residence. Journal of Marriage and Family, 68, 125-136.
Carla K. Miller and M.S. Davis (2005). The Influential Role of Social Support in Diabetes Management. Topics in Clinical Nutrition 20:157-165.
J.D. Ritchie, Carla K. Miller, H. Smiciklas-Wright. (2005) Tanita Foot-to-Foot Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis System Validated in Older Adults. Journal of The American Dietetic Association. 105:1617-1619.
A. Davey, E.E. Femia, Steve Zarit, Dennis Shea, G. Sundstrom, S. Berg, M.A. Smyer, and J. Savla. (2005). Life on the Edge: Patterns of Formal and Informal Help to Older Adults in the United States and Sweden. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences 60(5):S281-288.
B. Stuart, B.A. Briesacher, Dennis Shea, B. Cooper, F.S. Baysac, and M.R. Limcangco. (2005). Riding the Rollercoaster: The Ups and Downs of Out-of-Pocket Spending Under the Standard Medicare Drug Benefit. Health Affairs 24(4):1022-1031.
B.A. Briesacher, M.R. Limcangco, L. Simoni-Wastila, J.A. Doshi, S.R. Levens, Dennis Shea, and B. Stuart. (2005). The Quality of Antipsychotic Drug Prescribing in Nursing Homes. Archives of Internal Medicine 13;165(11):1280-85.
Pamela Farley Short and Erin L. Mallonee. (2006). Income Disparities in the Quality of Life of Cancer Survivors. Medical Care. 44(1):16-23.
Linda Wray, M.B. Ofstedal, K.M. Langa, and C.S. Blaum. (2005). The Effect of Diabetes on Disability in Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 60:1206-1211.
Other Activities
Melissa Hardy completed a White Paper commissioned by the National Research Council on the "Effects of Age and Social Context on Decision Making."
Scott Hofer and Mike Martin (University of Zürich) completed an inter-university agreement for research collaboration and exchange between Pennsylvania State University and the University of Zürich, February, 2006.
Carla Miller and Linda Wray were participants in the Pennsylvania Diabetes Summit, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, held in Pittsburgh PA in November, 2005.
Linda Wray and Carla Miller participated in the Behavioral Research in Diabetes Group Exchange (BRIDGE) meetings held in Savannah, Georgia in February, 2006.
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