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Official account for the Center for Demography and Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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🧑‍💻New #publication in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences from @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Richard Davidson “Wellbeing skills strengthening as a model for healthy adolescent digital technology use”

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Wellbeing skills strengthening as a model for healthy adolescent digital technology use
Digital technologies (DTs) have become ubiquitous. Adolescents are avid users of DTs. As access to and use of DTs has increased among adolescents, daily life and adolescent social interaction patterns have shifted in profound ways. Although the ...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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🌟CDE at GSA 2025🌟

We're excited to share that several of our CDE affiliates, including @michaeltopping.bsky.social, Meiyi Li, & Yue Qin are presenting at the Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Scientific Meeting today and tomorrow in Boston, MA!

Learn ➡️ www.gsa2025.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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🗞️CDE and @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Michael Massoglia’s research cited in Davis Vanguard

“Immigrants in the US have lower incarceration risk, study finds”

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Immigrants in the US Have Lower Incarceration Risk, Study Finds - Davis Vanguard
A new study from the Cato Institute finds that immigrants in the United States are far less likely to be incarcerated than native-born Americans, debunking the claim that immigration drives crime.
davisvanguard.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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🚨DEMSEM🚨

Please join us to learn from Sigal Alon this upcoming Tuesday, November 11th!
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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👥New #publication in International Journal of Epidemiology from @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Lauren Bishop

➡️“Childhood household dysfunction and psychiatric, criminal, and social outcomes in emerging adulthood. A cousin comparison study”
doi.org/10.1093/ije/...
Childhood household dysfunction and psychiatric, criminal, and social outcomes in emerging adulthood. A cousin comparison study
AbstractBackground. Childhood household dysfunction is a well-known risk factor for adverse medical and social outcomes. However, less is known about the e
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November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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DemSem This Thursday 🔔

Join us as we welcome Dr. Diana Hernandez (Columbia University) for her talk:
“Energy Insecurity: The People’s Struggle for Power at Home”

🗓 Thursday, November 6
🕓 4:15–5:15 PM
📍 1163 Mechanical Engineering Building

We hope to see you there!
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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💰CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Dan Sacks quoted in @fox6now.bsky.social “Ascension, UnitedHealthcare battle puts Wisconsin patients at higher bill risk”

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Ascension, UnitedHealthcare battle puts Wisconsin patients at higher bill risk
Patients may face higher bills if no deal is reached, though continuity-of-care protections may apply for those mid-treatment.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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🚨 Call for Proposals: 2025 CDE Rapid Research Seed Grants!

➡️Visit our website to learn more about this opportunity: cde.wisc.edu/2024-cde-see...
October 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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📶Read @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Alvin Thomas’s article in @theconversation.com “Helping teens navigate online racism - study shows which parenting strategy works best”

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Helping teens navigate online racism − study shows which parenting strategy works best
Parents can help their Black and Hispanic teens handle online racism by talking it through, but monitoring internet use can backfire.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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🚨Be sure to submit your application for the NIH/NIA T32 Postdoctoral Scholar position!

📌Advanced training in the demography of aging & the life course will be offered, allowing independent research to thrive, collab with mentors, & engagement with leading longitudinal studies.
October 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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👏New #publication in American Journal of Public Health from CDE affiliates Jenny Higgins and @lsenderowicz.bsky.social

➡️“A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why”

doi.org/10.2105/AJPH...
A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 9
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
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October 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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❤️‍🩹CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Jonathon Patz quoted in Insurance Journal “Studies Tie Unrecognized Deaths, Health Problems to Hawaii and LA Wildfires”

➡️Read more here: www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/20...
Studies Tie Unrecognized Deaths, Health Problems to Hawaii And LA Wildfires
The toll of wildfires is usually counted in acres burnt, property destroyed and lives lost to smoke and flames. But three new studies suggest the cost to
www.insurancejournal.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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📈New #publication in Human Reproduction from CDE affiliate Jenna Nobles

➡️“Validating the current duration approach for measuring infertility prevalence using novel app data from the USA”
doi.org/10.1093/humr...
Validating the current duration approach for measuring infertility prevalence using novel app data from the USA
AbstractSTUDY QUESTION. Are the assumptions required by the current duration (CD) approach to estimating population infertility met, and does the CD approa
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October 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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💘CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Christine Schwartz quoted in @theweek.com “How the gender education gap is impacting dating”

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How the gender education gap is impacting dating
Lack of college-educated suitors is forcing women to 'marry down'
theweek.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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🫄New #publication in Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs from CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Leonelo Bautista

➡️“Typologies of Maternal Substance Use in Pregnancy: Latent Classes and Sociodemographic Correlates in a U.S. Sample”
doi.org/10.15288/jsa...
Typologies of Maternal Substance Use in Pregnancy: Latent Classes and Sociodemographic Correlates in a U.S. Sample: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: Vol 86, No 5
Objective: Substance use patterns vary considerably in the general population, yet little is known about patterns before and during pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to describe single substanc...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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⚕️CDE affiliate Federico Rey quoted in @elpais.com “Revolution in medicine: A molecule produced by gut bacteria causes atherosclerosis, responsible for millions of deaths”
➡️Read more here: english.elpais.com/health/2025-...
Revolution in medicine: A molecule produced by gut bacteria causes atherosclerosis, responsible for millions of deaths
The discovery, made thanks to an experiment involving hundreds of bank employees in Spain, opens the door to new treatments beyond reducing cholesterol
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October 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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🚸New #publication in Nature Communications from CDE affiliates Katherine Magnuson & Sarah Halpern-Meekin
➡️“Effects of unconditional cash transfers on family processes and wellbeing among mothers with low incomes”
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Effects of unconditional cash transfers on family processes and wellbeing among mothers with low incomes - Nature Communications
The authors examine the impact of monthly unconditional cash transfers starting at childbirth on families with low incomes. Transfers had minimal effects on family processes and maternal wellbeing, but improved family incomes and time mothers spent doing enriching activities with their child.
doi.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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📝New #publication from CDE affiliate Lawrence Berger & colleagues in American Academy of Pediatrics

➡️”State-Based Eviction Moratoria and Child Maltreatment During COVID-19 Pandemic” publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
State-Based Eviction Moratoria and Child Maltreatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
10.1542/6364912770112Video AbstractPEDS-VA_2024-0681746364912770112OBJECTIVES. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic crisis increased housing difficulties for families in the United States, pu...
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May 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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🌀New #publication in Population and Environment from CDE affiliates Monica Grant, Katherine Curtis & colleagues finds that environmental disruptions like Cyclone Idai lead to longer birth intervals due to economic instability that creates future uncertainty

➡️Read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Fertility intentions in rural Malawi after Cyclone Idai - Population and Environment
Environmental disruptions, such as extreme weather events, can heighten household uncertainty by causing financial, marital, and housing instability. In this paper, we draw on unique interview data to...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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🌍New #publication in BMJ Journals from CDE affiliate Leigh Senderowicz & colleagues

➡️ “Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study”

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study
Global family planning scholars have critiqued traditional measures of programmatic success and called for new, person-centred measures that consider people’s preferences. We propose a new measure tha...
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May 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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🌊CDE affiliate Max Besbris quoted in The New York Times on the topic of global warming’s effects on housing and how local officials in New York need to “rethink what a conventional home looks like”

➡️Read more here: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/n...
In 15 Years, 80,000 Homes in the New York Area May Be Lost to Flooding
The metro region’s housing shortage is acute. But by 2040, dozens of neighborhoods and suburbs are likely to have lost thousands of homes to floods, a new report found.
www.nytimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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🏫Learn CDE affiliate Michael Light’s passion and curriculum in @dailycardinal.bsky.social “UW-Madison professor teaches immigration and enforcement in divided America”
“If we can’t talk about controversial issues here, then where can we talk about them?”
➡️Read: www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...
UW-Madison professor teaches immigration and enforcement in a divided America
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s second term in office, one professor strives to teach the “empirical reality” of immigration.
www.dailycardinal.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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🌲New #publication from CDE affiliates Monica J. Grant, Katherine J. Curtis & colleagues in Population and Environment explores how environmental crises influence fertility choices through research involving rural Malawians after Cyclone Idai struck

➡️Read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Fertility intentions in rural Malawi after Cyclone Idai - Population and Environment
Environmental disruptions, such as extreme weather events, can heighten household uncertainty by causing financial, marital, and housing instability. In this paper, we draw on unique interview data to...
link.springer.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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👥Listen to CDE affiliate @jmcollinswi.bsky.social in WPR “Changes to Social Security Administration creating uncertainty for beneficiaries”

“Many of these people are just going to get left behind.”
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Changes to Social Security Administration creating uncertainty for beneficiaries
UW-Madison professor J. Michael Collins explains what impact Social Security changes will have for recipients.
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April 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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📃New #publication in Early Childhood Research Quarterly by CDE affiliate Youngjin Stephanie Hong & colleagues

➡️”Reducing childcare subsidy instability through eligibility period extensions: Equity impacts of 12-month recertification requirements”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
April 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM