"Monkeys don't smoke, and they don't do yoga," says Jenny Tung. But monkeys do experience the kind of psychosocial stress that can drive humans to embrace both of those coping mechanisms.
Jenny Tung, Faculty Associate at DUPRI and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, has been awarded a five-year R01 grant from the National Institute of General Me
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9/05/2012
Five economics Ph.D. students head to the Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting this week. The conference will be held May 3 - 5 in the heart of San Francisco.
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4/29/2012
This call is open to individuals who are conducting research on the issue of HIV/AIDS and economics.
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1/18/2012
The American Public Health Association is now accepting abstracts for the 140th APHA Annual Meeting. The theme of the meeting is: Prevention and Wellness Across the Lifespan.
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1/10/2012
For students who wish to learn more about Training in the Population Sciences at Duke, DUPRI has launched a comprehensive Training website. The site aims to answer any questions prospective students may have regarding courses, grant funding, and conference attendance.
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10/03/2011
A prominent paper originally published in Science on the genetics of longevity in centenarians has recently been retracted. Research professor and DUPRI Associate Anatoli Yashin was skeptical from the start. "I didn't believe it," he says.
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7/26/2011
With support from the U.S. National Institute on Aging, a group of U.S. and European scientists met in May at Duke's Population Research Institute to share findings from their ongoing work.
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7/14/2011