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California Center for Population Research, University of California, Los Angeles

  • Jennie Brand, Director
  • Patrick Heuveline, Associate Director
  • Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, Associate Director

The California Center for Population Research at UCLA (CCPR) is an interdisciplinary research organization. CCPR supports and fosters innovative and ambitious research and training in population science. We provide research resources, services, and environment to enhance research quality. CCPR trains the next generation of population scientists to carry out informed research in social, economic, and public health. CCPR seeks deeper understanding of the demographic and social determinants of health and the effects of health on population dynamics and socioeconomic wellbeing.

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