Today’s #WednesdayWisdom comes from CSHP Instructor @marasheftel.bsky.social, who co-authored an article for the @asaging.bsky.social’s Generations Journal. The piece explores how exposure to #heat at #work relates to work #disability, especially among vulnerable subgroups: go.rutgers.edu/w62pyx6m
Mara Getz Sheftel
@marasheftel.bsky.social
lifecourse sociologist, demographer instructor @rutgerscshp @RutgersSPH postdoc @psupopresearch phd @CUNY_GC health disparities, cognition, aging, immigration
I was honored to be invited to give the first annual Schoeni TRENDS Lecture on trends in health and well-being among the older US Latino immigrant population. Our work benefited from insightful comments by Neil Mehta. Check it out here!
Did you miss our first annual Schoeni TRENDS Lecture featuring @marasheftel.bsky.social and Neil Mehta of @utmbspph.bsky.social? You can view it now on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL5c... or on our website at micda.isr.umich.edu/programs/the...
If you want to learn more about the aging undocumented population, go to usmigrationmetrics.org on 4/15/2026 to get more information based on research by @vanhookjenny.bsky.social and @marasheftel.bsky.social.
Honored to be presenting the 1st Annual Schoeni TRENDS talk. Register below to join us remotely!
We're looking forward to the 1st annual Schoeni TRENDS lecture featuring @marasheftel.bsky.social and Neil Mehta. Register here: micda.isr.umich.edu/programs/the...
Today we’re sharing another #FindingsFriday insight from a study published by @springernature.com. CSHP & @rutgerssph.bsky.social Instructor @marasheftel.bsky.social and colleagues explore differences in when and how much #Latino Americans #work, known as “work temporality”: go.rutgers.edu/ugx6ii4q
This week, we’re sharing another #FindingsFriday insight from a study led by CSHP/ @rutgerssph.bsky.social Instructor @marasheftel.bsky.social. The study measures exposure to #work related strain and explores variations in the association between #strain and #cognition: go.rutgers.edu/7qfuwm6q
This week’s #WednesdayWisdom comes from CSHP and @rutgerssph.bsky.social Instructor @marasheftel.bsky.social. She is quoted in a #RutgersToday article about her study with colleagues at @cuny.edu exploring how #heat sensitive occupations can limit the #work of older adults: go.rutgers.edu/3fm36pir
@vanhookjenny.bsky.social & @marasheftel.bsky.social —“Growth & Diversity of Older Undocumented Immigrants”—find that the undocumented population has diversified beyond Mexico & C.A. & those from newer origins tend to arrive at older ages. @rutgersifh.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
Happy to share that my new article in Demography with @vanhookjenny.bsky.social that documents population dynamics and implications of the aging of the undocumented immigrant population in the US.
In a new Demography article with @marasheftel.bsky.social we document the aging of the undocumented immigrant population. Half of undocumented Asians and one in five undocumented Mexicans are 50 or older, and now entering older adulthood without a safety net. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
Today’s #FindingsFriday insight comes from a journal article co-authored by CSHP & @rutgerssph.bsky.social Instructor @marasheftel.bsky.social. The article explores occupational #stress levels among individuals of different genders, races and ethnicities: go.rutgers.edu/szcriawv
From @sungspark.bsky.social @marasheftel.bsky.social et al: “Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Functional Limitations Among Older Adults” uses HRS data to assess effect of physically demanding work over the life course. @rutgerssph.bsky.social @ccpratucla.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
📣 Great opportunity for Early Career Scholars at an amazingly supportive institution @pop.psu.edu!
🚨 Please help us spread the word to Early Career Scholars! We @pop.psu.edu are happy to welcome our second cohort of External Fellows to Penn State's University Park campus this May for our grant-writing training, networking, and mentoring program. Please see below for more details.
🚨 Please help us spread the word to Early Career Scholars! We @pop.psu.edu are happy to welcome our second cohort of External Fellows to Penn State's University Park campus this May for our grant-writing training, networking, and mentoring program. Please see below for more details.
Early career scholars: Consider @pop.psu.edu's External Scholar program. Prepare a NICHD grant over 4 days of intensive grant-writing training, networking, and mentorship at the start of the first year of the program, May 13-16, 2025. Apply: pop.psu.edu/resources/si...