It's here! The @popassocamerica.bsky.social Call for Papers for its 2027 annual meeting is officially live! Lots of great topics. Start thinking about your submissions!!! paa_acgi.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT...

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Congratulations to DUPRI Scholars Tonia Poteat and Christina Gibson-Davis, whose teams received community-engaged research seed grants to address housing challenges in Durham. The projects partner with local organizations to develop evidence-based solutions. dupri.duke.edu/news-events/...

Congratulations to AP Pittman, PhD candidate in Sociology, on being named a Duke SSRI PARISS Fellow! PARISS supports emerging scholars conducting innovative, interdisciplinary social science research. AP's research explores how state-level policy differences shape population health disparities.

Congratulations to DUPRI Scholars Tonia Poteat and Jerry Reiter on being named distinguished professors, and to @hermanpontzer.bsky.social on being named a 2026 Bass Chair. These appointments honor their outstanding research and teaching. Read more: dupri.duke.edu/news-events/...

A new publication out in @sfjournal.bsky.social co-authored by DUPRI's Hedwig Lee examines how state incarceration policies shape birth outcomes in the United States. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

The newest Deep Dive Podcast, "The Health Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment," is available now. It highlights the work of Christopher Wildeman, made possible by a pilot grant from DUPRI. dupri.duke.edu/research/hea...

NextGenPop has been awarded a five-year renewal from NICHD. NGP is an undergraduate program in population research that trains and nurtures the next generation of population scientists. Congrats to PIs @marcyc.bsky.social and Kelly Musick!

Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial group in the US. We spoke with @hpostel.bsky.social of @dukesanford.bsky.social about the history of Asian immigration and how current policy might shape immigration going forward. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/asi...

A short history of Asian immigration

Hannah Postel discusses the evolution of Asian immigration to the United States.

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Congratulations to @profmohanan.bsky.social on being named the Duke vice provost for interdisciplinary programs. He will lead Duke’s efforts to strengthen interdisciplinary research, education, and collaboration across the university’s schools and academic units.

The newest Deep Dive Podcast, "Why Heart Failure Patients Return to Hospitals," is available now. It highlights the work of Matthew Dupre, Scott Lynch, @drjessicaswest.bsky.social, and @hanzhang-xu.bsky.social. dupri.duke.edu/research/why...

The 3rd annual Population Ecology, Aging, and Health Network (PEcAHN) Meeting was held May 30 - June 1 at Duke. PEcAHN, led by Herman Pontzer, brings together research teams conducting intensive, long-term fieldwork in rural communities in the US and abroad. More info here: sites.duke.edu/pecahn/

The Spring 2026 DUPRI Newsletter, detailing the latest work and news from DUPRI scholars, is out now! Find it here: mailchi.mp/ea70663ff6e9...

Christopher Wildeman is the 2026 @popassocamerica.bsky.social Clifford C. Clogg Award Winner for Mid-Career Achievement. Congrats Chris!

Several Duke NextGenPop 2024 fellows attended #PAA2026 to network and present their work. One even won a poster award! Check out their work on our website.

#PAA2026 was a great success! Check out the work of our students who attended this year's meeting in St. Louis. dupri.duke.edu/news-events/...

In “Net Worth Poverty in Childhood,” Gibson-Davis, @lisagennetian.bsky.social et al. use @umpsid.bsky.social data to examine the “role of wealth deprivation across a child’s life course” & assoc. w/ HS graduation & college attendance. @duke-university.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

Congrats to Jen'nan Read and @fatimagfairfax.bsky.social for receiving an @ipums.bsky.social Research Award for their article "Hidden Heterogeneity: How the White Racial Category Masks Interethnic Health Inequality." The work was supported by a CPHA pilot grant. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

#PAA2026 is in one week! This year, DUPRI scholars and students are participating in panels, presenting posters, and serving as discussants at the @popassocamerica.bsky.social Annual Meeting in St. Louis from May 6-9. Here's a roundup of their research. dupri.duke.edu/news-events/...

Today's DUPRI seminar features qualitative sociologist Megan Comfort. She is presenting "COVID-19 vaccination choices among Black women in Alameda County: The complexities of ‘trust’."

Today's DUPRI seminar features Samuel Arenberg, Assistant Professor of Economics at University of Houston. He is presenting "Candidate Origins of the Recent Stagnation in Midlife Mortality in the United States."

Today's DUPRI seminar features Justin Moore, Professor of Implementation Science & Public Health Sciences at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He is presenting "Implementation Science as a Catalyst for Improving Population Health in a Learning Health System."

Congratulations to Herman Pontzer on being elected a 2025 @aaas.org fellow! dupri.duke.edu/news-events/...

Today's DUPRI seminar features Neil K. Mehta, Professor and Chair of Epidemiology at University of Texas Medical Branch. He is presenting "Recent Insights into the U.S. Life Expectancy Stagnation with an Eye Toward the Future."

Financial well-being is more than income or wealth alone. By analyzing income, assets, and debt together, DUPRI's Lisa Keister, Jim Moody, & @shuyiqiu.bsky.social ID 10 financial profiles—revealing hidden forms of stability and vulnerability in U.S. households. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Rethinking Financial Status: A Comprehensive Case-Based Approach - Lisa A. Keister, James W. Moody, Shuyi Qiu, 2026

Financial status—the configuration of a household’s income, assets, and debts—shapes economic security, social position, influence, and opportunities for interg...

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@shuyiqiu.bsky.social's research is grounded in the idea that inequalities in adulthood can be traced back to earlier stages of life, shaped jointly by macro, meso and micro contexts. Q&A w/ the Duke PhD candidate in Public Policy & Sociology: duke.is/qiu-qa

How did U.S. policy shape Asian immigration? Duke Sanford’s Hannah Postel shows how exclusion laws, citizenship bans & the 1965 reforms shaped who could come from Asia. What we often see as “cultural” patterns often trace back to policy decisions. Read more: sanford.duke.edu/story/new-re...

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Duke Sanford faculty members consider key moments in public policy history that changed the lives of women, including the Lanham Act (1940) which provided federally-subsidized childcare for families during World War II. youtube.com/shorts/hTht5...

What public policies changed the lives of women? (The Lanham Act)

YouTube video by Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy

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A new paper from the Moffitt & Caspi Lab presents replicated evidence showing that people with schizophrenia exhibit a faster pace of whole-body biological aging compared with controls, as measured using a novel neuroimaging biomarker. doi.org/10.1017/S003...

Today's DUPRI seminar features @pahoman.bsky.social, Raymond Flavious Bellamy Chair in Population Studies & Associate Professor of Sociology at Florida State University. She is presenting "Power, Institutions, and Population Health in the US."

As a student, Lauren Brinkley‑Rubinstein thought she might work in law enforcement, but she changed her mind when she saw biases in the legal justice system. Now her work focuses on how incarceration impacts a person’s physical and mental health. dupri.duke.edu/news-events/...