Minnesota Demography and Aging Seminar

All Seminars will be held in-person on Mondays from 12:15-1:15PM CT in the Seminar Room in 50 Willey Hall. Seminars will also be live streamed via Zoom. Snacks and beverages will be served.

Contact mpc@umn.edu with any questions.

The Zoom link for all seminars is: https://umn.zoom.us/j/93187787184

Spring 2023 Seminar Series

 

January 23 

“It’s None of Their Damn Business”: Privacy and Disclosure Control in the U.S. Census, 1790-2022

Steve Ruggles and Diana Magnuson - Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation, University of Minnesota  |  Watch the Recording

 

January 30 

The Impacts of Climate Change on Malaria Risk in Mozambique

Kelly Searle - Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health  |  Watch the Recording

 

February 6 

Memory Loss/Dementia in African Immigrants: What Do We Know?

Manka Nkimbeng - Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health

 

February 13

Introducing EdSHARe: Education, Racism, Dementia, and the Potential of Repurposing Two Education Cohort Studies (HSB and NLS72) for Aging Research

John Robert "Rob" Warren - Sociology, University of Minnesota

 

February 20

Leveraging Developmental and Behavioral Genetic Approaches to Understand Ethnic/Racial Minoritized Adolescents’ Resilience

Juan Del Toro - Psychology, University of Minnesota

 

February 27

Title to be announced

Alicia Kunin-Batson - University of Minnesota Medical School

 

March 13

Discrimination & Adolescent/ Young Adult Development: Identity, Sleep & Health

Tiffany Yip - Psychology, Fordham University

 

March 20

Caregiving and Labor Force Participation: New Evidence from Administrative Data

Yulya Truskinovsky - Economics, Wayne State University

 

March 27 - 28

Minnesota Population Center Barnraising Event: Person, Place, and Policy: Understanding Health Equity Implications of a Changing Abortion Landscape

 

April 3

Applying for an NIH/NIA Grant: Guidance on Process, Policy, and Funding Priorities

Emerald Nguyen - Program Officer at the National Institute on Aging (NIA)

 

April 10

Introduction to Machine Learning for Human Development and Family Research

Xiaoran Sun - Family Social Science, University of Minnesota

 

April 17

Urban Care Infrastructures and Heat Risk in Mexico

Landy Sanchez - Centro de Estudios Demográficos Urbanos y Ambientales (CEDUA), El Colegio de México

 

April 24

Biological age (BA): The Influence of Physiological, Genetic, and Epigenetic States

Hiram Beltran-Sanchez - Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles 

 

May 1

The Immune System and the Brain: What Can They Tell Us About Racism and Chronic Disease Risk?

Bridget Goosby - Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

 

To watch previous seminar recordings, visit the ISRDI YouTube channel.

Previous Seminar Series:

Since 2004, the MPC has been bringing national and international demographers to Minnesota to share their research at our Seminar Series. Click on the links below to see a listing of previous MPC Seminar Series presentations and speakers. If you would like more information regarding a past presentation, please contact mpc@umn.edu.