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Lisa Berkman presents at PAA’s Capital Hill briefing on aging baby boomer generation’s prospects of working longer

Lisa Berkman presenting at PAA congressional briefing

Lisa Berkman, Harvard Pop Center Director and President of the Population Association of America (PAA), participated in a Capital Hill briefing titled “Happy Birthday, Baby—Boomers!”  A panel of population scientists explored the social and economic policy impacts of an aging population and workforce before an audience of congressional staff. The briefing, sponsored by PAA, along with the Association of Population Centers (APC), is summarized on the PAA website and includes…

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Social epidemiologist Lisa Berkman named president-elect of the Population Association of America

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Lisa Berkman, PhD, director of Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, and the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Epidemiology, and Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been named president-elect of the Population Association of America (PAA). Berkman will begin her term as president-elect of the non-profit, professional organization dedicated to supporting high-quality population research on January, 1, 2022, followed by one year…

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PAA 2020 has gone virtual: Two live sessions today with Harvard Pop Center affiliates

PAA logo for 2020 meeting

The 2020 PAA annual meeting has gone virtual. Today, there are two live sessions (both from 1:00–2:30 EST) that include Harvard Pop Center faculty member Alexandra Killewald (FLASH: Determinants of the Gender Pay Gap) and several speakers formerly associated with the Center including Xiana Bueno, Mahesh Karra, Eunsil Oh and Jocelyn Finlay (Flash: Politics and Policy Surrounding Fertility, Family Planning, Sexual Behavior, and Reproductive Health). Check out the schedule of…

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Researchers, learn to access & use WFHN data at free workshop at PAA annual meeting

There will be a free workshop on how to access and use the datasets from Work, Family & Health Network study at the upcoming 2015 annual meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) in San Diego. The hands-on workshop will take place on Wednesday, April 29, 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront (Room Aqua 311ab). Advanced registration is required; please visit this link to register.For…

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Harvard Pop Center Bell Fellow Ian Salas Receives Prestigious Award

J.M. Ian Salas, PhD, one of our current Bell Fellows, was recently presented with the prestigious Dorothy S. Thomas Award by the Population Association of America (PAA) at their annual meeting in Boston. This award, which recognizes research focused on the interrelationships among social, economic and demographic variables, was given to Salas for a paper that was published while he was a doctoral student at the University of California Irvine…

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