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Jennifer Ailshire

Associate Professor of Gerontology, Sociology, and Spatial Sciences
University of Southern California

Sarah Burgard

Research Professor, Population Studies Center. Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, ISR. Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Literature, Science and the Arts. Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health. Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan

Jennifer Karas Montez

Professor of Sociology, Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies, Co-Director of the Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab
Syracuse University

Taylor Hargrove

Associate Professor, Sociology
University North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Program Officer

Frank Bandiera

Program Official
Division of Behavioral and Social Research (DBSR)

Co-Investigators

Barbara Entwistle

Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Shannon Monnat

Professor of Sociology; Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion; Co-Director of the Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab, Aging Studies Institute
Syracuse University

Julie Zissimopoulos

Professor; Director, Research Training, USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics
University of Southern California

Grace Noppert

Research Assistant Professor, Survey Research Center and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan

Advisory Board

Scott Burris
Professor of Law and Public Health
Director of the Center for Public Health Law Research
Temple University

Kathleen Cagney
Professor of Sociology
Director of the Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan

Robert Hummer
Howard W. Odum Distinguished Professor, Sociology
University North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kyle Crowder
Department Chair
Blumstein-Jordon Professor of Sociology
University of Washington

Matt Grossman
Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR)
Professor of Political Science

Michigan State

Maggie Levenstein
Director, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Executive Director, Michigan Federal Statistical Research Data Center
Research Professor
Adjunct Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
University of Michigan

Rob Warren
Professor of Sociology
University of Minnesota

Network Members

Leah Abrams
Assistant Professor of Community Health
Tufts University 

Chinyere Agbai
Provost’s Assistant Professor, Sociology
Ohio State University 

Mariana Arcaya
Professor of Urban Planning and Public Health
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Kerry Ard
Associate Professor Environmental and Natural Resource
Sociology
Ohio State University

Michael Bader
Associate Professor of Sociology
Johns Hopkins University

Arun Balachandran
Postdoctoral Associate
Sociology
University of Maryland

Jason Beckfield
Robert G. Stone Jr. Professor of Sociology
Harvard University

Dan Belsky 
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Hiram Beltrán-Sáchez
Professor, Community Health Sciences & Sociology
Associate Director of the UCLA California Center for Population Research
University of California, Los Angeles 

Jason Boardman
Professor, Department of Sociology
Director of the Health & Society Program, Institute of Behavioral Science
University of Colorado in Boulder

Courtney Boen
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Brown University

Jacqueline Britz
Co-director, Ambulatory Care Outcomes Research Network (ACORN)
Assistant Professor, Clinician Researcher
Department of Family Medicine and Population Health
Virginia Commonwealth University

Lauren Brown 
Assistant Professor of Gerontology
Edward L. Schneider, MD, Chair in Gerontological Research
University of Southern California

Tyson Brown
Professor of Sociology
Associate Professor in Medicine
Duke University

Phillip Cantu
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch

Dawn Carr
Professor and Director of the Claude Pepper Center
Florida State University

Derek Chapman
Professor, Department of Epidemiology School of Public Health
Virginia Commonwealth University

Shelley Clark
James McGill Professor of Sociology
McGill University

Ryon Cobb
Assistant Professor and Chancellor’s Scholar for Inclusive Excellence in Research on Black Americans
Rutgers University

Catherine Cubbin
Associate Dean for Research, Clara Pope Willoughby Centennial
Professor in Community Safety
The University of Texas at Austin

Blair Darney
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine
Associate Professor, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
Oregon Health & Science University

Reed DeAngelis
Postdoctoral Researcher
Duke Aging Center, Duke University School of Medicine

Delan Devakumar
Professor of Global Child Health
University College London

Benjamin Dominque 
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education
Associate Professor, Sociology
Member, Bio-X
Stanford University

Molly Dondero
Assistant Professor of Sociology
American University 

Jennifer Dowd 
Associate Professor of Demography and Population Health
Deputy Director of Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science
University of Oxford

Laura Dwyer-Lindgren
Assistant Professor of Health Metric Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
University of Washington

Irma Elo
Tamsen and Michael Brown Presidential Professor of Sociology
Graduate Group in Demography
Research Associate at the Population Studies Center and the Population Aging Research Center
University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences

Michal Engelman
Professor of Sociology
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Michael Esposito
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Minnesota

Mateo Farina
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
University of Texas at Austin

Andy Fenelon
Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health
University of Minnesota

Jason Fletcher
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Public Affairs
Director of the Center for Demography and Aging
Director of WiscRDC
University of Wisonsin-Madison

Catherine García Pérez 
Assistant Professor of Department of Human Development and Family Science
Syracuse University

Lauren Gaydosh
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk
Associate Professor Department of Sociology and Criminology
University at Buffalo

Carmen Gutierrez
Assistant Professor Department of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Tod Hamilton
Professor of Sociology
Faculty Associate of the Office of Population Research
Princeton University

Mary Hamman
Associate Professor of Economics
University of Wisconsin La Crosse

Matthew Hauer
Charles B. Nam Professorship in the Sociology of Population
Associate Professor of Sociology
Associate Director of the Center for Demography and Population Health
Florida State University 

Patricia Homan 
Associate Professor and Director of Research and Strategic Initiatives for the Public Health Program
Florida State University 

Lori Hunter
Professor of Sociology
Director of the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado Boulder

Mosi Ifatunji
Associate Professor, Department of African American Studies and Sociology
University of Wisconsin at Madison

Margot Jackson
Professor of Sociology
Director, Population Studies and Training Center
Brown University

Wesley James
Founding Executive Director of the Center for Community Research and Evaluation (CCRE)
Interim Chair of the Department of Anthropology
Pat E. Burlison Professor in the Department of Sociology
Faculty Affiliate in the UofM School of Public Health, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
University of Memphis

Lucie Kalousová
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Vanderbilt University

Viji Kannan
Post Doctoral Research Associate
University of Rochester Medical Center

Lisa A. Keister
Professor of Sociology
Duke University

Blakelee Kemp
Assistant Professor of Child, Youth and Family Studies
University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Yeonwoo Kim
Assistant Professor, Social Work, Kinesiology
University of Texas at Arlington

Kim Jung Ki
Research Associate Professor of Gerontology
University of Southern California

Scott Landes
Associate Professor of Sociology
Faculty associate in the Aging Studies Institute
Syracuse University 

Joseph Lariscy
Associate Professor of Sociology
Graduate Coordinator
University of Memphis

Elizabeth Lawrence 
Associate Professor of Sociology
Graduate Coordinator
University of Nevada Las Vegas

Adam M. Lippert
Associate Professor
Graduate Programs Director
University of Colorado Denver

Claire Margerison
Associate Professor of Epidemiolgy and Biostatistics
Michigan State University

Melissa Martinson
Associate Professor for School of Social Work
University of Washington

Ryan Masters 
Associate Professor in Sociology
University of Colorado Boulder

Sarah Mawhorter
Assistant Professor of Housing
University of Groningen

Neil Mehta
Associate Professor Department of Epidemiology
Associate Dean for Research
University of Texas

Courtnee Melton-Fant
Assistant Professor Division of Health Systems Management and Policy
University of Memphis

Gabe H. Miller
Assistant Professor of Sociology
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Uchechi Mitchell
Associate Professor Community Health Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago

Stefanie Mollborn
Professor of Sociology
University of Colorado Boulder 

Corina Mommaerts
Assistant Professor with Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kathleen Mullan Harris
James Haar Distinguished Professor of Sociology
Adjunct Professor of Public Policy
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Collin Mueller
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Maryland

J. Thomas Mueller
Assistant Professor of Population Health
University of Kansas Medical Center

Miriam Mutambudzi
Assistant Professor of Public Health
Syracuse University 

Lauren Nicolas
Associate Professor Adjunct
School of Medicine – Joint
Health Policy and Management – Affiliated
Johns Hopkins University

Rourke O’Brien
Associate Professor Sociology
Yale University

Evelyn Patterson
Associate Professor of Sociology
Associate Professor of Law
Affiliated Faculty with Centers of Medicine, Health and Society, and Society for the Study of Democratic Institutions
Health Policy Associate with Center for Health Policy and Meharry Medical College
Vanderbilt Law School 

Adriana Reyes
Assistant Professor Policy Analysis and Management
Cornell University 

Megan Reynolds
Associate Professor Sociology
University of Utah

Alicia R. Riley 
Assistant Professor & Core Faculty in Global and Community Health Program
UC Santa Cruz

Fernando Riosmena
Associate Professor, Population Program
Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS)
Department of Geography
University of Colorado at Boulder

Jean-Maria Robine
Directeur d’études cumulant
École Practique des Hautes Études

Javier Rodriguez
Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Policy
Field Chair for Policy
Claremont Graduate University

Melissa Rogers
Associate Professor, Politics & Policy
Co-Director, Inequality and Policy Research Center
Field Chair, Comparative Politics
Field Chair, American Politics
Claremont Graduate University

Issac Sasson
Associate Professor of Sociology
Tel Aviv University

Connor Sheehan
Associate Professor in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics
Arizona State University

Susan Short
Professor of Sociology
Director of the Population Studies and Training Center
Brown University

Andrew Stokes
Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health
Boston University

Miles Taylor
Professor of Sociology
Faculty Associate at the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy
Florida State University

Alexander Testa
Assistant Professor of Management, Policy & Community Health
University of Texas Health Science Center

Johanna Thunell
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at USC Schaeffer Center
University of Southern California

Fatima Touma
Predoctoral Trainee at Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Yulya Truskinovsky
Assistant Professor of Economics
Wayne State University

Debra Umberson
Professor of Sociology
Director of the Population Research Center
Co-Director of the Texas Aging & Longevity Center
University of Texas at Austin

Stephanie Ureña
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Health Policy Initiative
University of Maryland 

Katrina Walsemann
Associate Professor
Rogger Lipitz Chair in Health Policy
University of Maryland

Ming Wen
Professor of Sociology
University of Utah

Christopher Wildeman
Professor of Sociology
Duke University

Steven Woolf 
C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Distinguished Chair in Population Health and Health Equity
Director Emeritus and Senior Advisor, VCU Center on Society and Health
Virginia Commonwealth University

Meghan Zacher
Assistant Professor of Population Studies
Brown University

Anna Zajacova
Associate Professor of Sociology
University of Western Ontario

Emma Zang
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Biostatistics, and Global Affairs
Yale University

Preeti Zanwar
Lecturer Applied Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Thomas Jefferson University

Yuan Zhang
Assistant Professor for Sociomedical Sciences
Columbia University 

Frederick Zimmerman
Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management
University of California Los Angeles