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U.S. Policy Communication Training Program

The U.S. Policy Communication Training Program builds on PRB’s 40-year legacy of training researchers to bridge the gap between research findings and the policy development process. While research often has…

Recent COVID-19 Seed Grants at NICHD Population Centers

Summary of Seed Grant Funding by Major Topic Area Economic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities Ohio State University (Grant # P2CHD058484) Household Formation and Inequalities in Financial Coping in the COVID-19 Crisis: Building…

Creating and Using Measures of Structural Racism

Minnesota Demography & Aging Seminar: Creating and Using Measures of Structural Racism George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Philando Castile. Michael Brown. COVID mortality rates of 108.4 per 100,000 for Blacks vs….

Webinar: “Missing links? Social developmental pathways from childhood adversity to later life health”

WHEN: Thursday, November 19, 2020 (12:00–1:00 p.m. EST) WHERE: Online (REGISTER) COST: Free The Social Demography Seminars, sponsored by the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS), provide a forum for social science scholars to discuss…

NIH Inviting Comments and Suggestions on their Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Research

Urgent public health measures are needed to control the spread of the novel coronavirus. Scientific research to improve basic understanding of COVID-19 and to develop the necessary tools and approaches…

NIH Releases New Policy for Data Management and Sharing

The National Institutes of Health recently released a new Policy for Data Management and Sharing to promote the management and sharing of scientific data generated from NIH-funded or conducted research….