Carolina Population Center
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Our faculty, staff, and students conduct research on population, health, aging, and the environment, and share data and findings that push the field forward.
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CPC Fellow Fenaba Addo says "stark racial disparities in student loan debt accumulation and repayment make it clear that race and racial inequality are central to understanding the student loan debt crisis in the United States."
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Experts discuss racial inequities in student debt at UW webinar
The University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty hosted a webinar Oct. 29. The webinar examined the effects of student loans and how they specifically target Black students and families, ...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
CPC Fellow Fenaba Addo says "stark racial disparities in student loan debt accumulation and repayment make it clear that race and racial inequality are central to understanding the student loan debt crisis in the United States."
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CPC Director Karen Guzzo discusses the pronatalism movement on WBUR's Here and Now. "Low birth rates have been mainstreamed without being well understood and they're being used to foment a population panic."
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The state of the pronatalist movement
The pronatalist movement, which claims to be rectifying what some of its members describe as the likely collapse of civilization due to population decline.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
CPC Director Karen Guzzo discusses the pronatalism movement on WBUR's Here and Now. "Low birth rates have been mainstreamed without being well understood and they're being used to foment a population panic."
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CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie will launch Lola, a personalized AI online grocery shopping technology that nudges users toward healthier choices as part of the new Kairos program at UNC’s Eshelman Innovation Institute.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie will launch Lola, a personalized AI online grocery shopping technology that nudges users toward healthier choices as part of the new Kairos program at UNC’s Eshelman Innovation Institute.
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Congratulations to CPC Fellows Cassandra Davis and Stephanie Martin on being named to the 2025 class of Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars, a Carolina Center for Public Service initiative that supports and accelerates community-engaged research and teaching!
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October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Congratulations to CPC Fellows Cassandra Davis and Stephanie Martin on being named to the 2025 class of Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars, a Carolina Center for Public Service initiative that supports and accelerates community-engaged research and teaching!
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Carolina Population Center fellows Audrey Pettifor, Marissa Hall, and Ilene Speizer will serve as departmental liaisons for the International Student Departmental Liaisons program at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Carolina Population Center fellows Audrey Pettifor, Marissa Hall, and Ilene Speizer will serve as departmental liaisons for the International Student Departmental Liaisons program at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
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American kids' daily intake of ultraprocessed foods and sugary snacks should be more of a concern than their eating candy on a once-a-year holiday like Halloween, says CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie.
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Food allergies can make Halloween tricky to navigate
While food dye and allergen concerns are valid at Halloween, a UNC researcher says sharper focus should be on improving kid's everyday diets.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
American kids' daily intake of ultraprocessed foods and sugary snacks should be more of a concern than their eating candy on a once-a-year holiday like Halloween, says CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie.
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Insecticide-treated baby wraps help provide a 'bridge' for babies until they are old enough to get the malaria vaccine. "You’re protecting the kid while they’re getting to that optimal vaccine-reduced protection," says CPC Fellow Ross Boyce.
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In Fight Against Malaria, an Unexpected — and Snuggly — Shield
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October 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Insecticide-treated baby wraps help provide a 'bridge' for babies until they are old enough to get the malaria vaccine. "You’re protecting the kid while they’re getting to that optimal vaccine-reduced protection," says CPC Fellow Ross Boyce.
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Watch CPC Fellow Ted Mouw's UNC Research Week presentation "Using UNC's Research Data Center to Analyze Local Demographic Micro Data"
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Ted Mouw - Using UNC's Research Data Center to Analyze Local Demographic Micro Data
YouTube video by Carolina Population Center at UNC-Chapel Hill
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October 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Watch CPC Fellow Ted Mouw's UNC Research Week presentation "Using UNC's Research Data Center to Analyze Local Demographic Micro Data"
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New tool created by Carolina Demography and the N.C. Dept. of Public Instruction helps researchers group and compare school districts based on multiple indicators, rather than just using county population density.
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Compare NC school districts with this new Carolina Demography tool
Carolina Demography created a set of 10 North Carolina school district clusters that accurately capture their similarities and differences.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New tool created by Carolina Demography and the N.C. Dept. of Public Instruction helps researchers group and compare school districts based on multiple indicators, rather than just using county population density.
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Children who grow up in areas where wealth is more unevenly spread are less likely to move up the income ladder, says CPC Fellow Manuel Schechtl.
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Q&A: Professor’s landmark study links wealth inequality to upward mobility | UNC-Chapel Hill
Children who grow up in areas where wealth is more unevenly spread are less likely to move up the income ladder.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Children who grow up in areas where wealth is more unevenly spread are less likely to move up the income ladder, says CPC Fellow Manuel Schechtl.
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BRIEF: The relationship between the current fertility rate and population decline is not straightforward, CPC Director Karen Guzzo and co-authors say.
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How Do We Know When Fertility Is Too Low? - Contemporary Families - The University of Utah
Falling birth rates in the U.S. have raised concerns that the current total fertility rate (TFR) has fallen "below replacement" level. In reality, the relationship between current fertility rates and ...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
BRIEF: The relationship between the current fertility rate and population decline is not straightforward, CPC Director Karen Guzzo and co-authors say.
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Lack of confidence in the future—especially around the cost of living and childcare expenses—is leading many people to postpone having children, CPC Director Karen Guzzo says.
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White House issues warning over US fertility rate
Robert F. Kennedy Jr deemed declining U.S. fertility rates a "national security threat," saying birth rates are not high enough to stabilize the population.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Lack of confidence in the future—especially around the cost of living and childcare expenses—is leading many people to postpone having children, CPC Director Karen Guzzo says.
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We are excited to announce that Nathan Dollar, Director of Carolina Demography, was accepted into Class 33 of Leadership North Carolina. He will work with and learn from 55 other North Carolina leaders across all sectors to tackle our state’s biggest challenges. #LNC #LNC33
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Leadership North Carolina Announces Members of 33nd Class
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October 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We are excited to announce that Nathan Dollar, Director of Carolina Demography, was accepted into Class 33 of Leadership North Carolina. He will work with and learn from 55 other North Carolina leaders across all sectors to tackle our state’s biggest challenges. #LNC #LNC33
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UNC launches nation’s first rural OB-GYN fellowship. “Early and regular prenatal care is critical for reducing the risks of pregnancy and birth complications,” says fellowship director and CPC Fellow Kavita Arora.
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UNC Health launches nation’s first rural OB-GYN fellowship | UNC-Chapel Hill
The new UNC School of Medicine program addresses urgent need to improve maternal health.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
UNC launches nation’s first rural OB-GYN fellowship. “Early and regular prenatal care is critical for reducing the risks of pregnancy and birth complications,” says fellowship director and CPC Fellow Kavita Arora.
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Lack of a legal definition of 'ultraprocessed foods' is a major issue in nutrition and California's new ban takes on the problem with evidence-based solutions, says CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie.
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California Will Ban Certain Ultraprocessed Foods in Schools
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October 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Lack of a legal definition of 'ultraprocessed foods' is a major issue in nutrition and California's new ban takes on the problem with evidence-based solutions, says CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie.
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"It was a level of effect that was beyond even our wildest expectations," CPC Fellow Ross Boyce says about the protection against malaria children received from wraps treated with insecticide.
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Babies take a lesson from soldiers in the war against malaria
Inspired by a military strategy to ward off disease-carrying mosquitoes, researchers see if the technique will help cut malaria infections in little ones.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"It was a level of effect that was beyond even our wildest expectations," CPC Fellow Ross Boyce says about the protection against malaria children received from wraps treated with insecticide.
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CPC Fellows Ted Mouw and Marissa Hall will present as part of UNC's University Research Week next week! View a full schedule of the week's events at researchweek.unc.edu.
October 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
CPC Fellows Ted Mouw and Marissa Hall will present as part of UNC's University Research Week next week! View a full schedule of the week's events at researchweek.unc.edu.
Carolina Demography Director Nathan Dollar will speak on a panel at the "Six Decades Later: Legacies of the 1965 Immigration Act" event at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3 at UNC's Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Carolina Demography Director Nathan Dollar will speak on a panel at the "Six Decades Later: Legacies of the 1965 Immigration Act" event at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3 at UNC's Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History.
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Insecticide-treated baby wraps help protect against malaria during the day when bed nets can't be used, says CPC Fellow Ross Boyce.
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UNC-Led Study Published in the New England Journal of Medicine Demonstrates Repellent-Treated Baby Wraps Can Substantially Reduce Malaria Among Young Children | Institute for Global Health and Infecti...
Published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, this trial led by Ross Boyce, MD, MSc and colleagues highlights the potential impact of permethrin-treated textiles as a novel tool in the fight...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Insecticide-treated baby wraps help protect against malaria during the day when bed nets can't be used, says CPC Fellow Ross Boyce.
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Congratulations to Carolina Population Center fellows Elizabeth Frankenberg, Robert Hummer, and Nathan Dollar for their successful renewal of the Carolina Center for Population Aging and Health (CCPAH)!
Visit the CCPAH website to learn about their work.
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Visit the CCPAH website to learn about their work.
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Carolina Center for Population Aging and Health
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October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Congratulations to Carolina Population Center fellows Elizabeth Frankenberg, Robert Hummer, and Nathan Dollar for their successful renewal of the Carolina Center for Population Aging and Health (CCPAH)!
Visit the CCPAH website to learn about their work.
ccpah.cpc.unc.edu
Visit the CCPAH website to learn about their work.
ccpah.cpc.unc.edu
Congratulations to CPC Fellow Lauren Gaydosh, who received the Early Career Award in Population Health from the Milbank Quarterly at the 2025 Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) Conference!
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Lauren Gaydosh Recipient of Milbank Quarterly-IAPHS Early Career Award | Milbank Memorial Fund
News article: The Milbank Quarterly was pleased to present its Early Career Award in Population Health to Lauren Gaydosh, PhD, an Associate Professor of Sociology and faculty fellow at the Carolina Po...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Congratulations to CPC Fellow Lauren Gaydosh, who received the Early Career Award in Population Health from the Milbank Quarterly at the 2025 Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) Conference!
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Census Scientific Advisory Committee chaired by CPC Fellow Barbara Entwisle returns as an independent body to continue offering recommendations.
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Experts independently resurrect Census Bureau advisory committee axed by Trump administration
A U.S. Census Bureau advisory committee disbanded by the Trump administration has reconstituted itself.
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October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Census Scientific Advisory Committee chaired by CPC Fellow Barbara Entwisle returns as an independent body to continue offering recommendations.
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Cancelling annual hunger survey may mean the government plans to cut food assistance programs, says CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie.
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October 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Cancelling annual hunger survey may mean the government plans to cut food assistance programs, says CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie.
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CPC Fellow Barry Popkin says that without regulations or laws to mandate change in the food and drug industries, 'MAHA' report is "all promises and has no teeth."
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MAHA’s ‘Make Our Children Healthy Again’ guidance ignores real causes of poor childhood health, experts say | CNN
Experts say the latest MAHA report, which focused on children’s health, didn’t include science-backed ways or address funding to improve their well-being.
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September 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin says that without regulations or laws to mandate change in the food and drug industries, 'MAHA' report is "all promises and has no teeth."
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Recommending lower priority solutions rather than tackling more substantial issues like sugary drinks in schools "speaks to industry lobbying," CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie says.
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The Jarring Contradiction at the Heart of Kennedy’s Agenda
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September 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Recommending lower priority solutions rather than tackling more substantial issues like sugary drinks in schools "speaks to industry lobbying," CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie says.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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