Michelle Poulin
@michellepoulin.bsky.social
Sociologist and Demographer. Executive Director of the Berkeley Population Center. I study family, gender, fertility, economics, mostly in Africa.
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As the federal #shutdown enters week 2, GPAC is monitoring developments and working with partners (@cossa.bsky.social) to address disruptions.
If your research/funding has been affected, share impacts via our portal—your examples help strengthen advocacy for a swift resolution. buff.ly/pIO1QQw
If your research/funding has been affected, share impacts via our portal—your examples help strengthen advocacy for a swift resolution. buff.ly/pIO1QQw
Share Your Research Activities Negatively Affected by Shutdown
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October 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
As the federal #shutdown enters week 2, GPAC is monitoring developments and working with partners (@cossa.bsky.social) to address disruptions.
If your research/funding has been affected, share impacts via our portal—your examples help strengthen advocacy for a swift resolution. buff.ly/pIO1QQw
If your research/funding has been affected, share impacts via our portal—your examples help strengthen advocacy for a swift resolution. buff.ly/pIO1QQw
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The BERKELEY POPULATION SCIENCES BROWNBAG SERIES returns! Our first three talks feature:
Ian Lundberg - UCLA
@nathanlo.bsky.social - Stanford University
@mpbitler.bsky.social - UC Davis
Join us Wednesdays, 12 - 1PM at 310 Social Sciences Building, or via Zoom ID: 985 2901 0198 Passcode: DEMOG_BB
Ian Lundberg - UCLA
@nathanlo.bsky.social - Stanford University
@mpbitler.bsky.social - UC Davis
Join us Wednesdays, 12 - 1PM at 310 Social Sciences Building, or via Zoom ID: 985 2901 0198 Passcode: DEMOG_BB
August 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The BERKELEY POPULATION SCIENCES BROWNBAG SERIES returns! Our first three talks feature:
Ian Lundberg - UCLA
@nathanlo.bsky.social - Stanford University
@mpbitler.bsky.social - UC Davis
Join us Wednesdays, 12 - 1PM at 310 Social Sciences Building, or via Zoom ID: 985 2901 0198 Passcode: DEMOG_BB
Ian Lundberg - UCLA
@nathanlo.bsky.social - Stanford University
@mpbitler.bsky.social - UC Davis
Join us Wednesdays, 12 - 1PM at 310 Social Sciences Building, or via Zoom ID: 985 2901 0198 Passcode: DEMOG_BB
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During the 1st week of June we held our 11th Annual Berkeley Workshop in Formal Demography. We had a terrific workshop & are already looking forward to next year! TY to NIH & to instructors @ayesha-mahmud.bsky.social
@rchung.bsky.social Josh Goldstein @dennisfeehan.bsky.social @jnobles.bsky.social!
@rchung.bsky.social Josh Goldstein @dennisfeehan.bsky.social @jnobles.bsky.social!
June 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
During the 1st week of June we held our 11th Annual Berkeley Workshop in Formal Demography. We had a terrific workshop & are already looking forward to next year! TY to NIH & to instructors @ayesha-mahmud.bsky.social
@rchung.bsky.social Josh Goldstein @dennisfeehan.bsky.social @jnobles.bsky.social!
@rchung.bsky.social Josh Goldstein @dennisfeehan.bsky.social @jnobles.bsky.social!
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In a country where "more than a third of marriages are between first cousins," marrying outside the family leads to more progressive gender attitudes--even though people marry younger. sites.duke.edu/ericafield/f...
by Al-Shafaee, Field, @seema.bsky.social, @munirsquires.bsky.social
by Al-Shafaee, Field, @seema.bsky.social, @munirsquires.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
In a country where "more than a third of marriages are between first cousins," marrying outside the family leads to more progressive gender attitudes--even though people marry younger. sites.duke.edu/ericafield/f...
by Al-Shafaee, Field, @seema.bsky.social, @munirsquires.bsky.social
by Al-Shafaee, Field, @seema.bsky.social, @munirsquires.bsky.social
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Long-Term Effects of the US Medical Research Effort During World War II www.nber.org/digest/20250...
May 2, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Long-Term Effects of the US Medical Research Effort During World War II www.nber.org/digest/20250...
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New study estimates that the Trump administration's 90-day funding freeze for USAID's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief would result in ~60 thousand HIV deaths across 7 countries.
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
The impact of the PEPFAR funding freeze on HIV deaths and infections: a mathematical modelling study of seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa
The sudden cessation of PEPFAR funding likely results in tens of thousands of HIV
deaths and new infections. These losses of life and health should compel the United
States government to rapidly and f...
www.thelancet.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
New study estimates that the Trump administration's 90-day funding freeze for USAID's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief would result in ~60 thousand HIV deaths across 7 countries.
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
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Join our next Brownbag this Wednesday, 4/16 at noon, to hear Magali Barbieri (UC Researcher in Demography at UC Berkeley) present her project, “Multi-morbidity and the US Disadvantage in Life Expectancy.”
Attend in-person at 310 Social Sciences or via Zoom (ID: 985 2901 0198 Passcode: DEMOG_BB).
Attend in-person at 310 Social Sciences or via Zoom (ID: 985 2901 0198 Passcode: DEMOG_BB).
April 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Join our next Brownbag this Wednesday, 4/16 at noon, to hear Magali Barbieri (UC Researcher in Demography at UC Berkeley) present her project, “Multi-morbidity and the US Disadvantage in Life Expectancy.”
Attend in-person at 310 Social Sciences or via Zoom (ID: 985 2901 0198 Passcode: DEMOG_BB).
Attend in-person at 310 Social Sciences or via Zoom (ID: 985 2901 0198 Passcode: DEMOG_BB).
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When home heating is less affordable, more people die each winter. That's what our analysis found for a period when LIHEAP was in place. Without LIHEAP, the effect would presumably much larger.
Ungated copy of the study here: bit.ly/2JrJfxR
Ungated copy of the study here: bit.ly/2JrJfxR
April 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
When home heating is less affordable, more people die each winter. That's what our analysis found for a period when LIHEAP was in place. Without LIHEAP, the effect would presumably much larger.
Ungated copy of the study here: bit.ly/2JrJfxR
Ungated copy of the study here: bit.ly/2JrJfxR
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Huge crowds in SF today for #standupforscience. inspiring stories, not only from scientists like @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social, but also people who have lived through life-saving/changing experiences as a direct consequence of federally-funded scientific research 💪🏽
March 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Huge crowds in SF today for #standupforscience. inspiring stories, not only from scientists like @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social, but also people who have lived through life-saving/changing experiences as a direct consequence of federally-funded scientific research 💪🏽
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One week left to apply to our Annual Workshop on Formal Demography!
We are now accepting applications for our Annual Workshop on Formal Demography, taking place in-person at UC Berkeley on June 2-6, 2025. Deadline to apply is March 10.
See more information on the workshop and how to apply here: populationsciences.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
Please share widely!
See more information on the workshop and how to apply here: populationsciences.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
Please share widely!
March 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
One week left to apply to our Annual Workshop on Formal Demography!
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Here are updated forms for Federal Cuts Tracker Map project, live later this week
🙏🏼 Help share and crowdsource!!!
www.linkedin.com/posts/abigai...
🙏🏼 Help share and crowdsource!!!
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Here are updated forms for Federal Cuts Tracker Map project, live later this week.
If you're new to the project, it is an interactive map that is tracking… | 21 comments on LinkedIn
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March 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Here are updated forms for Federal Cuts Tracker Map project, live later this week
🙏🏼 Help share and crowdsource!!!
www.linkedin.com/posts/abigai...
🙏🏼 Help share and crowdsource!!!
www.linkedin.com/posts/abigai...
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Surreal read of the day: a paper using USAID-funded and now terminated Demographic & Health Surveys to count the huge number of lives saved by the now frozen US PEPFAR program to fight HIV, co-authored by current US admin’s nominee to lead cuts in health research
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
HIV Development Assistance and Adult Mortality in Africa
To determine the effects of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Bendavid and coauthors conducted analyses of adult mortality using person-level data from the Demographic and He...
jamanetwork.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Surreal read of the day: a paper using USAID-funded and now terminated Demographic & Health Surveys to count the huge number of lives saved by the now frozen US PEPFAR program to fight HIV, co-authored by current US admin’s nominee to lead cuts in health research
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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We are now accepting applications for our Annual Workshop on Formal Demography, taking place in-person at UC Berkeley on June 2-6, 2025. Deadline to apply is March 10.
See more information on the workshop and how to apply here: populationsciences.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
Please share widely!
See more information on the workshop and how to apply here: populationsciences.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
Please share widely!
February 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We are now accepting applications for our Annual Workshop on Formal Demography, taking place in-person at UC Berkeley on June 2-6, 2025. Deadline to apply is March 10.
See more information on the workshop and how to apply here: populationsciences.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
Please share widely!
See more information on the workshop and how to apply here: populationsciences.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
Please share widely!
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Our two papers on abortion bans and fertility/infant mortality are now out.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
🧵 US states that implemented abortion bans saw higher than expected infant mortality rates, with larger increases among Black infants and those in southern states, according to this analysis of US national vital statistics data from 2012–2023.
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February 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our two papers on abortion bans and fertility/infant mortality are now out.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
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Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
6. The policy does not just affect funding going forward. All existing NIH grants will have their indirect rates cut to 15% as of today, the date of issuance.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
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For every $100 million of funding, NIH-supported research generates 76 patents. These patents create opportunities for an estimated $598 million in further research and development.
February 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
For every $100 million of funding, NIH-supported research generates 76 patents. These patents create opportunities for an estimated $598 million in further research and development.
Yes, exactly.
Purely from the perspective of whatever your conception of American greatness is, soft power is a lot cheaper than military spending.
“Many of those interviewed broke down in tears as they described the rapid destruction of decades of work.
The programs that have frozen or folded over the past six days supported frontline care for infectious disease, providing treatments and preventive measures that help avert millions of deaths”
The programs that have frozen or folded over the past six days supported frontline care for infectious disease, providing treatments and preventive measures that help avert millions of deaths”
February 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Yes, exactly.
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PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...
February 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...
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PAA is led by members who volunteer their time and expertise to guide the organization and meet the needs of our field. The 2025 election slate is being prepared and PAA members can submit suggestions. Nominate by Feb. 20: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...
Call for Nominations to PAA Leadership
www.populationassociation.org
January 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
PAA is led by members who volunteer their time and expertise to guide the organization and meet the needs of our field. The 2025 election slate is being prepared and PAA members can submit suggestions. Nominate by Feb. 20: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...
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Reminder: January 31st, 2025 is the deadline for abstract submissions -> ECSR 2025 Conference "Demography and social inequality" uni-koeln.converia.de//frontend/in... Faced with below replacement fertility, high levels of immigration, increasing life expectancy: Demographic change as a challenge
January 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Reminder: January 31st, 2025 is the deadline for abstract submissions -> ECSR 2025 Conference "Demography and social inequality" uni-koeln.converia.de//frontend/in... Faced with below replacement fertility, high levels of immigration, increasing life expectancy: Demographic change as a challenge
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🚨Applications are now open for the 2025 Berkeley Stone center Summer School on inequality
A unique program geared towards students at the beginning of their PhD, taught by leading scholars in the field, all costs covered!
Apply now
👇👇👇
sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...
A unique program geared towards students at the beginning of their PhD, taught by leading scholars in the field, all costs covered!
Apply now
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sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...
January 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🚨Applications are now open for the 2025 Berkeley Stone center Summer School on inequality
A unique program geared towards students at the beginning of their PhD, taught by leading scholars in the field, all costs covered!
Apply now
👇👇👇
sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...
A unique program geared towards students at the beginning of their PhD, taught by leading scholars in the field, all costs covered!
Apply now
👇👇👇
sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...
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Science @science.org magazine's Breakthrough of the Year is fantastic: an HIV-prevention drug protects people for six months at a time and in two clinical trials showed 99.9% and 100% (!) efficacy in preventing infection www.science.org/content/arti... by @cohenjon.bsky.social 🧪
Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year: Opening the door to a new era of HIV prevention
A drug with a novel mechanism protects people against the AIDS virus for 6 months. It could speed the end of the epidemic—if those who need it most get access
www.science.org
December 16, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Science @science.org magazine's Breakthrough of the Year is fantastic: an HIV-prevention drug protects people for six months at a time and in two clinical trials showed 99.9% and 100% (!) efficacy in preventing infection www.science.org/content/arti... by @cohenjon.bsky.social 🧪