MPC Workshop
The MPC Workshop provides a rich set of opportunities for faculty, staff, and students to familiarize themselves with, and keep abreast of, the important work being done at the MPC. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to present their research and other works in progress and to pursue professional training and development. The flexible and casual setting of the MPC Workshop is designed to support all participants. Workshops are scheduled on Fridays from 12:15pm-1:15pm during the academic year and held in the seminar room of 50 Willey Hall. Snacks are served.
Please contact mpc@umn.edu with any questions.
Spring 2020 Schedule
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24
Length-Biased Sampling as a Unifying Concept in Population Studies
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31
Understanding Research Impact Metrics: When, Why, and How to Use Them
Jenny McBurney & Allison Langham-Putrow
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14
How to Review Articles for Journals
Rob Warren & Theresa Osypuk
FRIDAY, MARCH 6
Child Mortality and Racial Residential Segregation: Indications for Contemporary Trends
J'Mag Karbeah
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Calculating Duration Expectancy to Describe Rust Belt Migration Before, During, and After the Great Recession
Chris Levesque
FRIDAY, MARCH 20
How to Give a 12-minute Research Talk
Jose Pacas
FRIDAY, MARCH 27
Impact of Drought on Healthcare Expenditure in Rural India
Divya Pandey
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Comparing the Life Satisfaction and Subjective Well-being of Black and White Americans Across the Life Course
Corey Culver
FRIDAY, APRIL 3
Note: This workshop will be 90 minutes long
Baby Boom or Bust? Evidence from Poland's Family 500+ Program
Anna Bokun
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Impact of Switching Occupation in Later Life on Retirement Decision
Yun Taek Oh
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Sharing Fine Resolution Protected Health Information: Using Regionalization to create HIPAA Compliant Aggregations
Brittany Krzyzanowski
FRIDAY, APRIL 10
PAA Poster Practice
FRIDAY, APRIL 10
PAA Presentation Practice
FRIDAY, MAY 1
Reproducible Research Workflows
Alicia Hofelich Mohr & Caitlin Bakker
FRIDAY, MAY 8
Non-Academic Career Panel
Panelists:
Susan Brower, State Demographer, State of Minnesota
Michael Davern, Executive Vice President for Health Care Research, NORC
Misty Heggeness, Principal Economist/Senior Advisor, U.S. Census Bureau; Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute
Anne Kaduk, Research Associate, Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic; Formerly: Quantitative Researcher, Growth: Population and Survey Sciences team, Facebook
To view past MPC Workshop (previously the Inequality & Methods Workshop) schedules, please use the links below: