Fall 2025 Seminar Series

Early Life Deprivation and Later Development 

Studies of Children Adopted Internationally from Orphanage-like conditions

September 8  |  Megan Gunnar, Professor, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota

 

The Epidemiology of Child Maltreatment: Advancing Evidence for Primary Prevention

September 15  |  Susan Marshall Mason, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota

 

How Journalists Use Data to Tell Stories

September 22  |  MaryJo Webster, Data Editor, Star Tribune

 

ConnectedNest: Improving Cancer Survivorship by Connecting Individuals to Community Resources

September 29  |  David Haynes, Assistant Professor, Institute for Health and Informatics and Helen Parsons, Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota

 

Modeling Climate-Related Migration in Coastal Bangladesh

October 6  |  Kelsea Best, Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University

 

Hot Topics: Flash Sessions and Round Table Discussions 

October 13  |  Various members from the MPC and LCC

  • Steve Ruggles: The Pig in the Python: Labor Force Flows in the United States, 1900 - 2040
  • Janette Dill: Earnings growth among the healthcare workforce during the pandemic and recovery
  • Theresa Osypuk: The influence of a housing voucher experiment on mortality, fertility, and family formation after 30 years
  • Julia Drew & Andrew Fenelon: U.S. Health Surveys Microdata for Population Health Research
 

Deadly divides: Socio-geographic Disparities of Persistently High Mortality During the Era of Medicaid Expansion in the United States

October 20  |  Regina Baker, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of North Carolina (This seminar was not recorded)

 

Cardiovascular Health Across the Lifespan and Risk of Early and Late-Onset Dementia

October 27  |  Sanaz Sedaghat, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota (This seminar as not recorded)

 

Preliminary Findings from the Future of Families Generation 3 Study

November 3  |  Julien Teitler, Professor, Social Work, Columbia University (recording only available to members upon request).

 

The Challenges of Assessing the Performance of Acute Care Hospitals in the United States

November 10  |  Jason N Mose, Director of Research Operations, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

 

Exploring Connections: Environmental Exposures, the Physical Landscape, and Health Outcomes from Infancy to Adulthood

November 17  |  Celeste Butts-Jackson, Assistant Professor, Population Health Management and Policy, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (This seminar will not be recorded)

 

Life Course Center Pilot Project Presentations

November 24  |  Extended Time: 12:15 - 1:30 PM  |  Set of four presentations from LCC pilot project recipients 

  • Quantifying the contribution of Social, Behavioral, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors to Dementia Prevalence in the United States - Ruija ChenPostdoctoral Associate, Epidemiology, Boston University
  • Context and Cognitive Difficulty - Dylan Connor, Associate Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University
  • The Long-Run Effects of Early-Life Public Housing Exposure - Andrew Fenelon, Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Community Health, University of Minnesota
  • Biomarkers of Aging, Education, and Health Outcomes in Cancer Survivors - Shuo Wang, Postdoctoral Associate, Laboratory Medicine, University of Minnesota 

Impacts of School Re-Segregation in the Twin Cities Metro over the Last 25 Years

December 1  |  School Segregation Team: Theresa Osypuk, Myron Orfield, Rachel Widome, Christopher Uggen, and Susan Marshall Mason

 

Integrated Longitudinal Data in Minnesota: Linking Early Childhood, Education, and Workforce Systems

December 8  |  Susan Brower, Minnesota State Demographer, Jen Verbrugge, and Steve Rogness