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Columbia Population Research Center, Columbia University

  • Jennifer S. Hirsch, Co-Director
  • Jane Waldfogel, Co-Director

CPRC’s mission is to (1) nourish a vibrant intellectual community of population researchers at Columbia, fostering the development of junior population scientists and encouraging collaborations among population scientists and between population scientists and scientists in other disciplines; (2) advance population research in our four primary research areas; (3) continue to be a leading population center focused on research on inequalities in the health and wellbeing of vulnerable populations, and on public policies relevant to those populations; and (4) take advantage of Columbia’s location in New York City by partnering with city policy makers and practitioners to address mutual research interests.

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This list includes articles in PubMed as of January 6, 2021 with a PubMed entry date between October 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020 that reference P2C, R24, or T32 grant support from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development and oversight by Population Dynamics Branch Program Officials. Recent Articles…

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This website was prepared by the Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR) at the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) for the Population Dynamics Research Centers. This website is made possible by the generous support of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).