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.
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A prominent paper originally published in Science on the genetics of longevity in centenarians has recently been retracted.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
The Duke Population Research Institute (DUPRI) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a T32 training grant from the National Institute of Aging at the National Institutes of Health.
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7/12/2011
A recent article posted by BBC News examines the widening gap in life expectancy rates between the US and other Western countries.
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7/11/2011
James B. Duke Professor of Sociology Linda M.
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5/31/2011
M. Giovanna Merli, Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy, has been awarded a four-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
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5/04/2011
The International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN) is an organization founded in 1993, with the objective of encouraging economists and policymakers to discuss issues of AIDS and economics.
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4/04/2011
DuPRI Director, Seth Sanders works with other research professors on the topic of gay and lesbian couples living in committed relationships across the country had two options when filling out the 2010 Census: “husband/wife” or “unmarried partner.” Their decisions on which box to check could have
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11/03/2010