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Official account for the Center for Demography of Health and Aging at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Huge congratulations to Dr. Natascha Merten, who received an award at #GSA2025! 🏆

She presented “Accelerated Phenotypical Aging in Midlife and Long-Term Cognitive Decline,” highlighting her impactful research on sensory & cognitive aging.

Way to represent the CDHA community!
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🚨CDE/CDHA Grant Management Series🚨

See below if interested!
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🌟CDHA at GSA 2025🌟

Stephanie Robert, Michal Engelman, Jooyoung Kong & Victoria Williams concluded our time at GSA in Boston, MA, with phenomenal presentations today!

A huge thank-you to everyone who shared new findings and connected with our researchers!
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
🌟CDHA at GSA 2025🌟

Weidi Qin & Sarah Salas both have two presentations today at the Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, MA.

There is just one more day remaining of this phenomenal event, and we are beyond proud of all attending!
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🌟CDHA at GSA 2025🌟

Several of our affiliates, including Yue Qin, Meiyi Li, & Gina Lee, are presenting today at the Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, MA.

Presentations run until the 15th, and we are proud to celebrate them each day!
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🌟CDHA at GSA 2025!🌟

We’re proud to have several of our affiliates, including Julie Ober Allen, Natascha Merten, and @michaeltopping.bsky.social, present today at the Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, MA.

Stay tuned to see more of our very own present!
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🚨DEMSEM🚨

Please join us to learn from Sigal Alon this upcoming Tuesday, November 11th!
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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
🚨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
🎉 Congratulations to CDHA postdoc Gina Lee, recipient of the Institute on Aging’s Young Investigator Award!

Her research explores how sibling relationships in midlife shape cognitive health later in life, highlighting the lasting power of social connection.

👏 Well done, Gina!
October 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Get ready for @michaeltopping.bsky.social & Sara Peters’s session at #PAA2025 @popassocamerica.bsky.social on Sunday, April 13th, “Decomposing the Rural Mortality Penalty”
April 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
📅Save the date! Meiyi Li, @michalengelman.bsky.social & Amy Schultz will present their work on reexamining the health implications of objective & subjective neighborhood measures at #PAA2025 @popassocamerica.bsky.social THIS Sunday, April 13th
April 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Check out Vikas Gawai & Lauren Schmitz’s presentation at #PAA2025 @popassocamerica.bsky.social on Sunday, April 13th, “Cognitive Decline and Life Course Patterns: Evidence From Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI)”
April 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Mark your calendars for Xiyuan Hu & Mariétou Ouayogodé’s talk at #PAA2025 @popassocamerica.bsky.social! They’ll be presenting on the association between the COVID-19 Pandemic and health care quality in the medicare shared savings program on Friday, April 11th
April 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Make sure to attend Amy Schultz & @michalengelman.bsky.social’s session at #PAA2025 @popassocamerica.bsky.social on Friday, April 11th: “How Does Life Course Exposure to Residential Disadvantage Accelerate Biological Aging? The Role of Psychological Responses”
April 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
At #PAA2025, @popassocamerica.bsky.social, check out Edith-Marie Green, Paul Peppard & Amy Schultz presentation on "Changes in Advance Care Planning During COVID-19: A Study of the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin," Friday, April 11th
April 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
👏Thank you to Sarah Burgard for joining us today for #UWDemSem with @cdeuw.bsky.social to share “Remembrance of things past? Measuring life course exposures retrospectively”
November 12, 2024 at 7:29 PM
👏Thanks so much to Jessica Ho for joining us today for #UWDemSem to present "Routes to High & Low Life Expectancy in High-Income Countries"
@cdeuw.bsky.social
October 8, 2024 at 6:15 PM
⭐️ CDHA is pleased to welcome 6 new affiliates this fall!
September 20, 2024 at 2:40 PM
🎉Congratulations to CDHA & @cdeuw.bsky.social graduate Boyan Zheng (@uwsoc.bsky.social) who will be a Peking-Princeton Postdoc at Peking University & Princeton University in Beijing, China, & Princeton, NJ
July 11, 2024 at 2:25 PM
🎉Congratulations to CDHA & @cdeuw.bsky.social graduate Karin Wu who will be an assistant professor at National Taiwan University in their Agricultural Economics department in Taipei, TW
June 4, 2024 at 3:21 PM
🎉Congratulations to CDHA & @cdeuw.bsky.social graduate Shiro Furuya (@furuyashiro.bsky.social) who will be a Postdoc at The Harvard Center for Population & Development Studies in Cambridge, MA
May 24, 2024 at 1:59 PM
🎉Congratulations to CDHA & @cdeuw.bsky.social graduate Grace Venechuk (@uwsoc.bsky.social) who will be a Postdoc at the University of Chicago for their Center for Health and the Social Sciences (CHeSS)
May 23, 2024 at 2:13 PM
🎉 Congratulations to CDHA & @cdeuw.bsky.social graduate Vikas Gawai who will be a Postdoc at the CDC in Atlanta, GA
May 21, 2024 at 6:00 PM
☀️Thank you to all who attended the "Climate Change, Aging, & Health Across the Life Course" workshop!
#ClimateChangeWorkshop
May 15, 2024 at 3:22 PM