IPR nurtures population and health research at Ohio State University in four broad areas: Sexual and Reproductive Health; Family Demography; Mortality and Health over the Life Course; Migration. IPR furthers research in these areas by:

• Technical advice and workshops that advance the skills of IPR affiliates in employing four analytical, methodological, spatial and contextual approaches: intergenerational and life course analysis, biomarker measures, and administrative data;
• Serving as a bridge between the behavioral and biomedical departments at OSU;
• Cultivating faculty strength in population and health in Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Psychology, Sociology, Public Policy, Human Sciences, Statistics, Public Health, Nursing, and Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics;
• Fostering new large-scale collaborative multidisciplinary research projects that can compete successfully for external funding;
• Involving and mentoring junior faculty and nurturing their interests and skills;
• Providing demographic training for students across diverse but allied disciplines.