MINNESOTA DEMOGRAPHY AND AGING SEMINAR
These seminars are designed for researchers studying issues at the intersections of topics related to the life course and demography. Seminars are held during both the fall and spring semesters. All seminars are hybrid with in person speakers and audience as well as a Zoom option for attending remotely. The University of Minnesota community and friends of the Life Course Center are welcome to attend.
The Zoom link for all seminars is: https://umn.zoom.us/j/98877152382
All seminars are 12:15 - 1:15 PM Central Time in 50 Willey Hall Seminar Room (unless otherwise noted).
Spring 2023 Seminar Series
January 23
“It’s None of Their Damn Business”: Privacy and Disclosure Control in the U.S. Census, 1790-2022
Steve Ruggles and Diana Magnuson - Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation, University of Minnesota
January 30
The Impacts of Climate Change on Malaria Risk in Mozambique
Kelly Searle - Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
February 6
Memory Loss/Dementia in African Immigrants: What Do We Know?
Manka Nkimbeng - Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
February 13
Introducing EdSHARe: Education, Racism, Dementia, and the Potential of Repurposing Two Education Cohort Studies (HSB and NLS72) for Aging Research
John Robert "Rob" Warren - Sociology, University of Minnesota
February 20
Leveraging Developmental and Behavioral Genetic Approaches to Understand Ethnic/Racial Minoritized Adolescents’ Resilience
Juan Del Toro - Psychology, University of Minnesota
February 27
Title to be announced
Alicia Kunin-Batson - University of Minnesota Medical School
March 13
Discrimination & Adolescent/ Young Adult Development: Identity, Sleep & Health
Tiffany Yip - Psychology, Fordham University
March 20
Caregiving and Labor Force Participation: New Evidence from Administrative Data
Yulya Truskinovsky - Economics, Wayne State University
March 27 - 28
April 3
Applying for an NIH/NIA Grant: Guidance on Process, Policy, and Funding Priorities
Emerald Nguyen - Program Officer at the National Institute on Aging (NIA)
April 10
Introduction to Machine Learning for Human Development and Family Research
Xiaoran Sun - Family Social Science, University of Minnesota
April 17
Urban Care Infrastructures and Heat Risk in Mexico
Landy Sanchez - Centro de Estudios Demográficos Urbanos y Ambientales (CEDUA), El Colegio de México
April 24
Biological age (BA): The Influence of Physiological, Genetic, and Epigenetic States
Hiram Beltran-Sanchez - Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles
May 1
The Immune System and the Brain: What Can They Tell Us About Racism and Chronic Disease Risk?
Bridget Goosby - Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
PREVIOUS SCHEDULES
Fall 2022 (Schedule and recordings)
Spring 2022 (Schedule and recordings)
Fall 2021 (schedule and recordings)
Spring 2021 (schedule and recordings)
Fall 2020 (schedule and recordings)
Spring 2020 Flyer (Note because of COVID-19 seminars starting March 18th were cancelled).
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
The LCC regularly convenes Open Forums where research results are presented to the broader community. in addition to piloting its new University of Minnesota Advanced Careers Initiative (UMAC), promoting intergenerational learning and career readiness for what’s next in people's lives.