Happy Friday at Virtual PAA 2020!

PAA logo for 2020 conference

There are dozens of sessions taking place today, and here are some that highlight affiliates and some close colleagues of the Harvard Pop Center community.

8:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Mental Health
  • Giacomo Pasini will be presenting a paper co-authored by Mauricio Avendano and Lisa Berkman

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Early Life Exposures and Health Over the Lifecourse

  • A paper titled “Analysis of Attained Height and Diabetes Among 554,122 Adults in Low- and Middle-Income Countries” will be presented that features several co-authors affiliated with the Center including Jennifer Manne-GoehlerS (Subu) V Subramanian, and Till Barnighausen

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Historical Mortality: Perspectives on Health and Mortality

  • Recent Bell Fellow Nikkil Sudharsanan presents “Is There a Common Path to a Life Expectancy Above Age 80? Examining Historic Variation in the Pace and Causes of Post-War Mortality Declines Across Europe.”
2:00 – 3:03
Flash: Chronic Disease, Life Expectancy, and Cross-Country Differences
  • Recent Bell Fellow Collin Payne presents a paper co-authored by Lindsay Kobayashi.