DUPRI Scholar Jennifer Lansford will receive the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science (APS), recognizing her lifetime of significant contributions to applied psycholo
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10/06/2026
A new study co-authored by DUPRI Scholar Alexander Kulminski suggests that the health advantages seen in families with exceptional longevity may begin much earlier in life than previously understood. Published in Nature Communications, the study examines four generations of Danish families in which multiple siblings lived to very old ages. Using nationwide administrative and health-register data, the researchers compared the descendants of these “longevity-enriched” families with similar individuals in the general population.
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9/28/2026
A study published in Nature Human Behaviour, co-authored by DUPRI Scholar Lisa Gennetian, reports that providing cash transfers to mothers with low income during the first four years of their children's lives changed the children's biological aging in ways associated with better health in adulthood.
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9/15/2026
DUPRI scholar Heather Whitson is helping lead a national effort to investigate unexpected moments of lucidity in people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Through the NIH-funded Lucidity in Alzheimer’s and Dementia (LEAD) Network, Whitson and her colleagues are studying what these episodes could reveal about memory, cognitive resilience, and the brain’s capacity to recover abilities that appear to have been lost.
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9/03/2026
DUPRI Scholar Jessica West has received a K01 Research Career Development Award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) to investigate how stigma surrounding hearing loss may prevent adults from seeking hearing healthcare and to identify strategies for reducing those barriers. The award, “Improving Hearing Healthcare Outcomes by Addressing Hearing Loss Stigma: A Mixed Methods Approach” (K01DC023305-01A1), provides more than $668,000 in support for West’s research. West is an Assistant Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences at Duke.
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8/26/2026
A new review article by DUPRI Scholar Hannah Postel traces more than 150 years of Asian immigration to the United States, showing how immigration policy has profoundly influenced who came to the country, where they settled, and the opportunities available to them.
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8/24/2026
A new study led by an international team of researchers, including DUPRI Scholar James Moody, provides some of the strongest evidence to date that women's social networks play an important role in contraceptive decision-making. Using longitudinal data from more than 2,200 adults across eight villages in rural Uganda, the researchers examined how friendships and other social relationships influence the contraceptive methods women choose over time.
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8/10/2026
DUPRI scholars are leading two of three community-engaged research teams awarded seed grants to investigate housing and economic well-being in Durham. The grants, jointly awarded by the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity and the Duke Center for Community-Engaged Scholarship, support partnerships between Duke researchers and local organizations to develop evidence-based solutions to pressing housing challenges.
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8/04/2026
DUPRI student and PhD Candidate in Sociology AP Pittman has been named an SSRI PARISS Fellow, a program that supports emerging scholars conducting innovative, interdisciplinary research across the social sciences.
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7/30/2026
DUPRI Scholars Tonia Poteat (Ruby L. Wilson Distinguished Professor in Nursing) and Jerome Reiter (Henry W. Newson Distinguished Professor of Statistical Science), along with 36 other Duke faculty, have been awarded distinguished professorships.
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7/23/2026